North meets South in the Blue Ridge Mtns October 24-26
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VERY NICE!!! Defintely jealous. One day.
Concrete you're right of course. I might have to go off trail to pull you out. 
Better to be prepared. Even though they'll have to come back off for OBX in Dec.
Coach I'm glad you decided the street tires might not be the final answer.
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Better to be prepared. Even though they'll have to come back off for OBX in Dec.
Coach I'm glad you decided the street tires might not be the final answer.
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Bill, i know how you drive. Keep the mudder's on for this one
Oh, and my vote is for super putty!! As seen on tv
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NO BABY!!!!Yeah Baby...
lookin a little more ready than thou.....................tank is out, cracked in the very same place as last time ???? no contact w/ the body, random crack at the intersecion of two stamped depressions
Me too. I just put the street tires back on and was hoping to avoid bringing the mud skates. Oh well, guess I'll be changing tires in the parking lot of wal-mart again. Something tells me that the 33x9.5 all terrains would be "fun" on the trail. In fact, it would remind me a lot of my first wheeling experience in my 1977 Honda civic.
Then clay dirt donuts in a '66 Beetle count as wheeling? (1000cc/6v import, dad brought back from his tour in Stuttgart) He built a trailer bar across the front of it for flat towing behind his Chevy PU. That thing was almost as good as a IPOR bumper!
Rick we went to the same school!
My dad had a '59 Beetle, his car to drive to work, mine for when he was home.
One sunny Sunday afternoon a friend of mine told me about a 'dirt track' he had heard about so we went to check it out. Basically just a circle in a field people had been driving around.
After a few laps clockwise got boring I decided to go the other way, using a full bore 'bootleg' turn to change directions.
But I hadn't noticed a little elevation change in the middle of the 'back straight'. I went over that sucker sliding straight sideways, the rear wheel folded under and baloomp, baloomp, baloomp, a three side roll. We rolled her back on the wheels, unfolded the hood and tied it down with the spare fanbelt, and drove her home.
Every piece of sheet metal on that car was crushed except the trunk.
My dad was very disappointed in me. My mom was amazed I was cold sober. For the rest of her life she would tell that story ending with "and it was the middle of the afternoon, clear sunny day, and he was cold sober.
I was probably 14 so this was 1962.
He got it fixed, it went on to go through 7 clutches, 4 tranny rebuilds and I don't know how many tires. and when I finally slid down Caesar's Head on its side in 1965 he retired it.
#1 street rat racer in Greenville, it was. If the straights were short enough I could whup anybody.
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My dad had a '59 Beetle, his car to drive to work, mine for when he was home.
One sunny Sunday afternoon a friend of mine told me about a 'dirt track' he had heard about so we went to check it out. Basically just a circle in a field people had been driving around.
After a few laps clockwise got boring I decided to go the other way, using a full bore 'bootleg' turn to change directions.
But I hadn't noticed a little elevation change in the middle of the 'back straight'. I went over that sucker sliding straight sideways, the rear wheel folded under and baloomp, baloomp, baloomp, a three side roll. We rolled her back on the wheels, unfolded the hood and tied it down with the spare fanbelt, and drove her home.
Every piece of sheet metal on that car was crushed except the trunk.
My dad was very disappointed in me. My mom was amazed I was cold sober. For the rest of her life she would tell that story ending with "and it was the middle of the afternoon, clear sunny day, and he was cold sober.
I was probably 14 so this was 1962.
He got it fixed, it went on to go through 7 clutches, 4 tranny rebuilds and I don't know how many tires. and when I finally slid down Caesar's Head on its side in 1965 he retired it.
#1 street rat racer in Greenville, it was. If the straights were short enough I could whup anybody.
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Who is bringing DRY firewood?
Barry, see cross over post here
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Now that sounds like fun. Our Beetle got passed down to my two younger brothers, but only after I wrecked it pretty good a couple times. By the time the middle brother got it, the only thing original was the drivetrain and that tow bar dad fabbed up. Funny thing is, it could barely hit 60 going downhill w/a tailwind. Definitely not the Rat you had.
Had a friend in HS that built a Baja style Beetle in his garage. You could here that thing coming from 5 miles away - straight exhaust up out the back of the engine compartment and big fat tires on the drive wheels...
nice strolling down memory lane.
Had a friend in HS that built a Baja style Beetle in his garage. You could here that thing coming from 5 miles away - straight exhaust up out the back of the engine compartment and big fat tires on the drive wheels...
nice strolling down memory lane.
i plan on bringing one row up to the top of my tailgate, about what $out has in his picture.
bill, bring your chainsaw cause i'm leaving mine at the house this time.
Oh, i pulled myself out this time
Oh, i pulled myself out this time
Any ideas on radio channels?
Well.......I've been waiting until the last minute trying to work a few things out and It just isnt going to work out. I cant believe I have to bail on this trip, I've been looking forward to this trip for months. I guess theres always next time, take lots of pics.
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please... if any one else needs or wants to back out of the trip, MAKE SURE you post here or contact someone in the group that is going and make sure they communicate for you your intentions. Come prepared. Sorry was a bit absent this afternoon w/ repairs but it looks like were all set. Ill be checking later tonight and in the am up until 7:30 or so if you have any ?'s
tank just went in
so im off to fill it up and see how she holds.
tank just went in
so im off to fill it up and see how she holds.
Very sorry to hear this Steve, I was looking forward to hanging out with you again.
I hope everything is ok for you.................
Very sorry to hear this Steve, I was looking forward to hanging out with you again.
Thanks for the concern Joe, everything is OK. I started back to school this past semester and I have been leaving work early 4 days a week to go to class and losing around 20 hours a pay period which has really taken its toll on the wallet. I should be able to finish up after next semester and get things back to normal.........well, hopefully better than normal.