Women of VW

Aug 04, 2004 31 Replies

IBTD. The single port 1300 "F" engine is one of my favourites. Sure, it does lack the punch of a 1600, especially a single port 1600 -- but it's sweet, reliable, and reasonably fast in a '60s Bug. A better 1200 in every respect, and very notably faster than one, without being costlier (which the 1600s are).

The dual port 1300 "AB" engine is not as nice, but it still is an okay engine, and even when burdened with a heavy Super Beetle still notably faster than a 1200 Bug. It's just not worth it -- if you're going to put up with a dual port and the leaky intake manifolds and higher revs and worse mileage they come with, you might as well go 1600 and have something to show for it. ;-)

Just MHO of course, YMMV.

Airhowlingly yours, Erik.

Well maybe they will pop back up....I have had a few responses and the page is comming along well. Still have a long way to go on the whole site though.

Susan

Remember Kathy Meyers with the Purple Bus, and Jenn with the Ghia. The real oldies might remember Michelle from Larosa Racing. Remember Trisha the girl that was also into Ferrets.

Bill Berckman

67 Beetle

Kidd of course is BACK, and DeeDee dropped by just a short while ago, so technically they aren't "missing" but shoudl be included in the list.

Jan

Wow, Jan. You keep kissing ass like that and there's gonna be some seriously chapped butt cheeks around here. :) Speaking of Goddess, I was with her last night and she said to tell everyone Hello.

Kidd "A hundred days to make me older since the last time that I saw your pretty face. A thousand lies to make me colder and I don't think I could look at this the same, but all the miles that seperate disappear now when I remember your face."

On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 20:56:18 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@ohatzhapu.bet (The Queen of Cans and Jars) scribbled this interesting note:

I don't know about that. When driving a 1959 with an original, un-rebuilt 36hp engine I still am passing traffic right and left.

It isn't the car...its the driver...

-- John Willis (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)

Parking lots don't count.

Randy

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On 07 Aug 2004 16:20:49 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@aol.comcrap (RSMEINER) scribbled this interesting note:

BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

That's a pretty good one!

At just about every light, when it turns green, the '59 is the first car across the intersection (after making certain traffic has cleared, of course!). On the highway it does take a while to get up to speed, but once there, again, I'm passing more traffic than is passing me...and those huge SUVs make pretty good vehicles to draft behind!

Really, it isn't the car that makes a vehicle dangerous. Yes, that small 36hp engine is in no way in the same class as any of the modern day engines it shares the road with, but it gets the job done, safely, when the limitations it imposes on a driving experience are taken into account. All that considered, when driving on the road, in traffic, in Dallas, Texas, I still pas more traffic than passes me, and I do it safely.

-- John Willis (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)

I understand. I used to have a 59 also. And it was pretty quick off the line.

Randy

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Ok, I'll bite and reveal myself. My name is Randy (no, really!), a mother of 3 grown kids, and I live in Northern Virginia. I own a '70 'vert which won't start right now. Can't go out and try Speedy Jim's advice on the solenoid 'cuz it's raining and we have a tornado watch going on.

Susan, what's the URL of your site?

Randy in NoVa hope ya don't mind the cc

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There it is.

Kidd What's the difference between a northern fairytale and a southern fairytale? A northern fairytale starts out "Once upon a time..." A southern fairytale starts with "Ya'll ain't gonna believe this s*it..."

i saw my name mentioned...

website here:

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email me if you want any more info cause i rarely stop by anymore...

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