another hippie bus i found being auctioned off on my vw auction site . i also included a picture of an typical vw engine from those days. these were air cooled engines of between 36 and 50 horse power deending on the year. very simple power plants that any handy person could keep running well . this is the same engine that is in the original bugs. both are under powered by american standards but still, these cars got you where you needed to go . i had a 50 horse engine in the camper i had and it took me across america many times and when things went wrong i fixed them myself . you could even change the whole engine within a few hours work . the bug and vw bus/camper were truely an amazing part of automotive history and also cultural history here in america . and to think dr porche designed the peoples car for adolf hitler. allan
posted by sparky at 11:48 AM
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i'll need years jilly , pinto's , mavericks and novas were around for a while . i forget what a maverick looks like , my friend freddy used to drag race his 6 cylinder 65 pinto in the f class at drag raaces we would go to as kids . f was the absolutely slowest class at the drags . if i remember right he was beaten by a 1960 rambler 3 speed with one of the last flat head 6 cylinder emgines manufactured in the united states . i know entirerly too much about cars . allan
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