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Automobile Enthusiasts

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)

4. Good times

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 10:18 PM

Jul 2020

I remember going on a trip with a friend. Broke the throttle cable at night in Twisp WA and he jammed the throttle so we could putt along about 20 mph all the way back to Bellingham. Arrived the next morning in VW bus.

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You all remember the old VW microbus... [View all] TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 OP

My buddy had one. We were amateur mechanics back then. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2020 #1

link!? ya TreasonousBastard! dweller Jul 2020 #2

Oops! TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #5

Westies! Mopar151 Jul 2020 #11

Will it have a heater? htuttle Jul 2020 #3

It better! Froze our asses off in one doing Christmas carols one year. TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #6

Good times captain queeg Jul 2020 #4

Pretty badass! Glamrock Jul 2020 #7

I had secs in those old vw busses jpak Jul 2020 #8

'taint nuthin. I saw action in a Ghia. 3Hotdogs Jul 2020 #9

Ha me 3 jpak Jul 2020 #10

I still have my 69 Ghia..auto-stick shift Lotus white..on blocks (i wish) in the garage samnsara Jul 2020 #12

The new bus appears to have no crumple zone up front. JohnnyRingo Jul 2020 #13

Watch the video-- plenty of room in front of front seats for crumpling. They couldn't... TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #14