hello all... i live in Ventura, CA and i recently aquired a 1970/Type I/1300 Bug. my neighbor had to move back to the east coast and sold it to me for 500$. it's definately a fixer-upper. it's main purpose is to get me around town and get my son to school. i've always wanted one of my own, since my parents both owned a lot of VWs till the mid 80s (it's just that smell...ahhh). recently, i have had the urge to, at the very least, fix it up a bit, as much as i can possibly do on my own. i really don't know much about engines and i don't know much about other aspects of the car that i take for granted, other then the essential maintenance. i took it over to a trusted mechanic on advice from my boss who owns a vanagon. they basically said to do whatever i could and to bring it in when it breaks down.. outside of that they didn't say much. i am pretty clueless about Bugs but have found a ton of resources online and i'm a fast learner. I have been running over John Muir's 'How to keep your VW alive' book. i'm mechanically inclined and since VWs are easy to repair and maintain, i thought this would be a great little project i could accomplish over time.
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20 years ago