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| rfinegan |
 Jul 18 2024, 05:52 AM
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| barefoot |
Jul 19 2024, 06:55 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,309 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Charleston SC Member No.: 15,673 Region Association: South East States
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QUOTE(rfinegan @ Jul 18 2024, 07:52 AM)  Wow, never saw one of these, looks in very good condition Wish i had room |
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| Root_Werks |
Jul 19 2024, 09:00 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,408 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Almost bought an SP2 a few times. Warning, they are insanely slow.
Sure look cool though. |
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| VaccaRabite |
Jul 19 2024, 01:32 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,528 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(Root_Werks @ Jul 19 2024, 11:00 AM) Warning, they are insanely slow. Well, yeah! They are a bus with a sports car body. Don't get me wrong, they look awesome in that late 70s fastback sportscar way. But the engine was just a run of the mill bus plant - not even the 914 motors. Just plain Jane 60Hp 1.7 / 411 motors. Actually, I'm a little wrong - they were DETUNED bus and 411 motors. The Bus and 411 at the time were using fuel injection. The SP2 used duel solex carbs. I still want one though. Zach |
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| JmuRiz |
Jul 19 2024, 02:03 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,485 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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My car was a 80hp wonder in the original form, then 100hp, soon to be 230hp....anything is possible.
Cool car, maybe when they were 5-7k cars, but at that price.....no thanks. |
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| fixer34 |
Jul 19 2024, 03:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,151 Joined: 16-September 14 From: Chicago area Member No.: 17,908 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Pretty sure that's a type 3 motor, check the heat exchangers in the following picture.
Spent a lot of time working on Squarebacks in my younger years. Yea would be neat to buy, but not $50k 'neat'... |
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| SirAndy |
Jul 19 2024, 05:06 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,786 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Always liked the look of them, i'd love to own one.
I really need a bigger lot/garage/house! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
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| ejm |
Jul 20 2024, 07:28 AM
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I can see the light at the end of the tunnel Group: Members Posts: 2,701 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 224 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(fixer34 @ Jul 19 2024, 05:44 PM) Pretty sure that's a type 3 motor, check the heat exchangers in the following picture. Correct, Type 3 motor. They used a Type 1 case with crankshaft mounted fan.  |
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| Pursang |
Jul 20 2024, 11:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 237 Joined: 19-January 13 From: Beaverton Member No.: 15,386 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
There is an active and popular Volkswagen club here, the Rose City Volksters. One of their members lives a few miles from me and he just acquired an SP2 recently. He did an engine rebuild (no, I don't know the details) and cleaned it up nicely. I had never known about these cars. I agree that they are a cool, unique look. I stopped by his house one day as he was working on the motor. I like the car.
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| Dave_Darling |
Jul 21 2024, 04:21 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,036 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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In their home market, Brazil, a standard joke about these cars (SP1 and SP2) was that the SP stood for "Sim Potenza"--"without power".
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| r_towle |
Jul 21 2024, 05:47 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,620 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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I keep thinking about buying one.
The motor never stays stock in my cars….its my illness |
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| Dave_Darling |
Jul 22 2024, 04:02 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,036 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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I think it would be a good candidate for a really stout T4!
--DD |
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