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OK, that would be a Deluxe Station Wagon - curved rear glass, eyebrow windows, and sunroof. Station Wagon (which I had for a personal ride) had curved rear windows, but no eyebrows and no sunroof. Kombi (which I also had one of at one point) had only flat glass, the rear quarters were sheet metal.
That's a nice example, most of them - mine included - succumbed to rust. The engine upgrade was a fairly common bolt - in, as was the conversion to a one piece transaxle case with synchro on all four forward gears. Bug components bolted right in, you needed only to swap the distributor and axles; and flip the ring gear over to the opposite side of the case. Faulire to flip resulted in a four - speed reverse and one very slow forward.
The one pictured dioes not have the proper distributor, it has a Beetle distributor. This will eventually lead to engine problems, although with only 22K on it it probably isn't apparent.
That's a nice example, most of them - mine included - succumbed to rust. The engine upgrade was a fairly common bolt - in, as was the conversion to a one piece transaxle case with synchro on all four forward gears. Bug components bolted right in, you needed only to swap the distributor and axles; and flip the ring gear over to the opposite side of the case. Faulire to flip resulted in a four - speed reverse and one very slow forward.
The one pictured dioes not have the proper distributor, it has a Beetle distributor. This will eventually lead to engine problems, although with only 22K on it it probably isn't apparent.
Wow - WZLS. That station is (sort of) no longer on the air due to a long and sad history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOXL-FM
Nice van though!
Nice van though!
w00t said:
Ah, so it was that loveable RINO John McCain who is responsible for this ridiculous auction process we find ourselves under now.
That is very nice. It is great to see that it has been preserved.
I've found that people really like seeing vehicles like this at remotes. It is a lot more interesting than just a guy with a card table, banner and cell phone, which seems to be the norm these days.
For my own station I've outfitted a vintage trailer with vintage style remote equipment, including a turntable and cart machine. It seems to fascinate people when we show up with it. You can see it by visiting www.kzqx.com and clicking on the "station tour" link.
I've found that people really like seeing vehicles like this at remotes. It is a lot more interesting than just a guy with a card table, banner and cell phone, which seems to be the norm these days.
For my own station I've outfitted a vintage trailer with vintage style remote equipment, including a turntable and cart machine. It seems to fascinate people when we show up with it. You can see it by visiting www.kzqx.com and clicking on the "station tour" link.
WJOB-1230 in Hammond, IN had a microbus outfitted as a control room as well during the late 50s and into the 60s. I recall seeing it around town at football and basketball games and even Polka remotes. I recall it having an audio console of some sort in the back. I think it was more of a transportation vehicle as opposed to a true remote van but it was very cool to a very young person interested in radio back then. The WJOB VW was painted red and white.
Tom -
The proper Transporter/Wagon/Kombi distributor had no vacuum advance at all. (callled an 003 distributor). This because, ever with the reduction gears, the bus is very slow to accellerate. If it had a vacuum advance, when you try to gain speed by flooring it, the advance would be too great for the engine speed and enginne speed rate of increase. Advancing the spark too much when there's high BMEP on a loaded engine results in preignition and the possibility of detonation. Detonation is absolutely lethal to an engine, particularly one which is built around split bearings and cases. (The center main i split in the VW engine) Consequently, VW used a centrifugal onlt unit on them, which reponded solely to engine speed.
This is of very great interest to broadcasters with 'car talk' type shows.
The proper Transporter/Wagon/Kombi distributor had no vacuum advance at all. (callled an 003 distributor). This because, ever with the reduction gears, the bus is very slow to accellerate. If it had a vacuum advance, when you try to gain speed by flooring it, the advance would be too great for the engine speed and enginne speed rate of increase. Advancing the spark too much when there's high BMEP on a loaded engine results in preignition and the possibility of detonation. Detonation is absolutely lethal to an engine, particularly one which is built around split bearings and cases. (The center main i split in the VW engine) Consequently, VW used a centrifugal onlt unit on them, which reponded solely to engine speed.
This is of very great interest to broadcasters with 'car talk' type shows.
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