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« on: May 24, 2008, 02:13:12 PM »
Does anyone know of a VW mechanic in our area?
A friend of mine has bought a 1949 cherry bodied VW that has been stored in a barn since 1958(?). Engine needs overhauled.  :)
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Re: VW's
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2008, 02:19:06 PM »
Wow, a 49? That must have been one of the earliest ones in the country, 6V system and all!
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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2008, 03:36:07 PM »
It would have to be 6 volt I would guess. I don't think the USA went 6 volt until prolly 1955. 1st Chevy with a 265 cu. in. ohv v8 was in 1955.
Ford flatheads were 6 volt until they built the 239 cu.in.ohv v8 in 1954.
I bought a 1929 Ford 4dr in New Castle about 7 years ago and the guy I bought it from had an old VW that was stored with cosmolene smeared on it every where. It had come directly from Germany.
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Re: VW's
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2008, 04:21:54 PM »
I think V-dubs went 12V in 1965.
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Re: VW's
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2008, 08:47:43 AM »
Quote from: Locknuts on May 24, 2008, 02:13:12 PM
Does anyone know of a VW mechanic in our area?
A friend of mine has bought a 1949 cherry bodied VW that has been stored in a barn since 1958(?). Engine needs overhauled.  :)
Rick Watkins on the corner of Pine and Market St prolly could help your friend Lock. Rick along with his dad Harry have been working on foreign cars for decades...The two know there stuff.
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Re: VW's
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2008, 10:23:43 AM »
Doesn't Beans on Smock Hoghway work with VW's? They did some stuff for a Rabbit I had a long time back.
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Re: VW's
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2008, 10:32:26 AM »
Bean's definately does now that you mention it.  My dad had a Rabbit and a Gulf (put well over 300k on the Gulf) and they always went to Bean's for any work he couldn't do himself.
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Re: VW's
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2008, 03:16:35 PM »
Thanks everyone for the info. I'll pass it on. :)
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Re: VW's
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2008, 03:29:19 PM »
My stepdaughters BF used to work at Beans Auto and they service VW's or at least they used to.
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