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Brick owner considering buying an old VW camper???

posted by  kpwall on  Sat Jun 25 17:11 CST 2005
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I have owned several air cooled VW's.
I learned to wrench on a VW with John Muir's Idiot Guide.
I don't feel too safe driving a VW Bus because if you look at the front you will see how much of the frame is between you and whatever may hopefully not hit you!
I like the VW's. The air cooled, well oil cooled, engines are way more tempermental than water cooled engines and everything about the whole engine is very critical to keep well tuned. It seems as if there is a fine art to tuning the engines which is definatly learnable as long as you are someone who has the capacity to do so. I never owned one of the fuel injected models, but if you could get a well running one it might take care of some issues.
I have seen newer ones, from Mexico, with the '68+ body style that have a water cooled vw motor in them. That would be the ultimate conversion I think...
Good Luck. There Is certainely the best availability for an older vehicle for any part you should need.






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