Posted by: six-o-one - 31 January 2005 23:19:16
Hello Everyone, If you were driving a 1950 beetle on a 1000 mile trip, what would you pack into your VW survival kit? (space being at a premium of course!) :roll: six-o-one

Posted by: zelensis61 - 01 February 2005 22:06:15
Hi, 601 First: A VW never brakes down, It just stop running once an a while. there was even an ad in the 60's : Der Kafer, Der lauft und lauft und lauft und lauft und lauft und lauft .... like tools : standard metric wrenches set. screwdrivers; flat and cross bit. pliers, vise grip, 36 mm wrench( I have one with metal strip welded on , bend in Z from to reach the generator nut on the backside. medium hammer test light with wire clamp. Jack and wheel wrench. Spares: set spark plugs and connectors, ignition points; electric wire and clamps, metal wire , gas cable, clucth cable; coil; fuel pump, Fan belt, regulator for generator. rubber hose fuel resist with clamps, old cloth wipe to clean things, Set engine gaskets. Silicone gasket tube; Some engine oil lots of imagination and brains get an insurance ( it takes no place, and get you home.) I have done it. Story 1 I was stuck once in Austian Alps 1000 km from home. Iignition was over and in a local store I bought 2.5 meter of cupper ignition wire , used the old clamps and got home. Story 2 Stuck in the ardennen in Belgium 180 km from home. oil leaking everywhere from the engine? Dropped it on the floor, dismanteled it until small block left; cleaned everything and noticed small punch in the oilcooler, went to local store, bought soft metal , let it dry in the sun with a coctail, put the engine back together and drove home. Story..... and I can go on and on and on and on..... you can put the parts in a box and store them next the battery ( if there is only one in) It is just how handy you are with tools and stress. And if you get stuck in Belgium, Call me, I ll get you to the chunnel or boat....just you and other people, O course I ll keep your car 601. :lol: If you need my nr, mail me . Greetings, and have a safe and nice trip. Peter

Posted by: Larry - 01 February 2005 22:52:38
It sounds to me like you need to just take Peter along with you on your trip. :D Hey Peter, can you come and live with me? :lol: :lol: Larry

Posted by: six-o-one - 03 February 2005 10:36:04
There's not much space in the back, how big is Peter? :wink: six-o-one

Posted by: zelensis - 03 February 2005 11:42:17
601 It might work with some heavy straps to tie him down, :roll: and the same time you have your 6Volt car alarm problem solved. :P Bart.

Posted by: six-o-one - 03 February 2005 15:03:06
Good thinking! :idea: Two birds with one Peter :shock: six-o-one

Posted by: zelensis61 - 03 February 2005 20:52:55
Hi folks It looks like I can choose where to go . 601: I whould not mind to be straped on the back of a h.bm.l.er :D It is only 1000 miles or so. If the wether is good it is Ok to me. otherwise I will pass. You know, there is a lot of space in a beetle. You just have to find it. :roll: Take the front seats, under them you can stuff 2 shoeboxes, take the glove compartiment carboard thing out and you can strech your arm in it. What a space :roll: Left side an right side of the engine: you can place a bottle of coffee and a tea botle, It stays warm too and for free . If you dont strap me on the back side, you can strap something else there, like a box with spares.... I even remember my grandfather drove a 70's beetle and he managed to drive home with the car with a bicicle in the front trunk. Once with a ladder ... tied under the car at front and rear bumper. He popped out the back window and could take pieces of cupper pipes with the car.... I wonder who's skills I heave herritated.... Larry, Where do you live, sunny california or a colder region. you have to know that I can eat like a horse and drink like a cow. And iff I move to your place I'll bring my cars an tools and spares with me. If you pay, no problem but it will take a whole ship , not 1 or 2 containers to move me. Bart: I have driven my bus and oval all over Europe and was stuck almost in any country I was ... I could tell several more stories but....when , and to who? You know me and I know you.... We could probably make a new site with tips and tricks , does and dont does, idea's and major mistakes.....We could even ask the TR4 man to help us... Hey, we have to speak soon.... do you still have webspace left over... :?: Greetings , Peter Mc Gyver

Posted by: zelensis - 04 February 2005 09:56:55
Peter, For a moment I thought you where asking at 601 to cut you in pieces and put them in all the little places you indicated :? But it would be a hell to reasamble in times of need :roll: so it is better to put some tools and spares il all of thise spaces. :lol: I ame not so experienced like you in troubleschooting on a beetle, until now I was never stranded on the side of the road with my 70' beetle but was always capabel to limp home and repaire there. Yes I have some web space over but still strugeling with the lay-out, are you goin to Mol so we coult talk there? Bart.

Posted by: heb623 - 04 February 2005 11:31:34
Hello Peter, When you can wait a little bit longer you can instead of being strapped down in the luguage compartment of Heb601 strech your legs on the passenger seat of Heb623 :wink: :twisted: ET

Posted by: six-o-one - 04 February 2005 12:33:28
...In the pasenger seat, on the back of a trailer, on 24th June! :wink: six-o-one

Posted by: heb623 - 04 February 2005 20:39:34
Hehe!!! :x Anyway better than being straped down! :lol: :twisted: ET

Posted by: Larry - 04 February 2005 21:02:52
Peter, :( I live where it gets cold and dreary in the winter, but not as bad as it gets where John (if you read this) lives. I don't have any horses or cows :lol: :lol: so you would starve to death here. Larry