baywindow from airfield

I'm on it. The thing has no license plate, and no papers at all, thus it is a total pain to register.

Speedy Jim wrote in this friggin' newsgroup:

Shouldn't hurt either. BUY the thing!

Speedy Jim

Tranny will be fine, engine probably has a lot of carbon buildup on the pistons and in the combustion chamber and valve heads.

Jan

If it becomes too difficult for you, stuff it in a container on the next ship and address it to me:-) Jim

I noted you posted through a connection @ Technische Universiteit Delft NL I'm wondering if it is common for airports to use VW Buses [or trucks] this way--no tags. A local air strip in SW Virgina USA has 2 of those they use to move aircraft around. I wonder how many hanger-kept buses are left?

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Yes indeed i am posting from the Netherlands (TUDelft). well, this bus belongs to a small glider club, and before that it was from the royal air force. As far as I know it never had a plate on either place, if it is never going to leave the airstrip, why bother? My main concern was the wear of the engine on such conditions: many very short trips at low speeds, but if according to Jan it is just a matter of cleaning the engine, I'll go for it! :)

Ant

Grape Daddy wrote in this friggin' newsgroup:

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 18:37:16 -0400, Grape Daddy ran around screaming and yelling:

i am in that area....what airstrip are you refering to? JT

Since it was probably never allowed to warm up to normal operating temperature, I would think that it ran most of it's life with teh choke partially on. Expect cylinders and piston rings to be worn.

Jan

That's how my '66 was after 36 years of short local driving... it still worked fine though, but eventually seized a bearing. I've since had the original engine rebuilt, and it's still going strong.

-- Howard Rose

about 40k km, not much fort that age, right? This bus wasn't moving planes, not even people since it mostly carried comunications stuff and gear for gliders, kind of support vehicle for the club. I tend to think that they never warmed up the engine properly before running, I've seen this place and it is quite small.

Ant

ThaDriver wrote in this friggin' newsgroup:

I'm thinking that it was in the lower gears alot, therefore the RPMs would have been kept up & it's probably fairly free of carbon. Probably run plenty long enough to acheive operating temp too, moving planes around. I would think it's just been broken in good. Pure speculation on everybody's part: I would just buy it if it's reasonable. How many miles are on it? ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver"

Giggle Cream - it makes dessert *funny*!

The engine is the least of your worries, it sounds like a great bus!

-- Howard Rose

ditto! Engines can been swapped.. How's the rust? Are the panels straight? To me, the body is more important when considering a purchase.