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[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Huh interesting. What VW did in the 60s, when they went from 1200 to 1300 to 1500 to, finally, 1600cc engines was say to in their advertising, "The new larger engine actually gets MORE mpg!" Not really! My friend Mark had a 65 with the 12 eninge that got 38 mpg on the hiway. My 74 with the 1600 never did better than 33 and that was ONCE. Usually it got 28.

Now with (mostly) cheaper gas maybe they will put that turbo on the 1.4?

That's the ticket!

When I think about 60s VWs, the first one that comes to mind is an OLD one a friend of mine had in college. It was a 66 Bug, the end of the line with the 6 volt electrical system. We used to give him a hard time about it. We called it 'The Candlepower Bug' . Those headlights were pretty dim .

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

When I think about 60s VWs, the first one that comes to mind is an OLD one a friend of mine had in college. It was a 66 Bug, the end of the line with the 6 volt electrical system. We used to give him a hard time about it. We called it 'The Candlepower Bug' . Those headlights were pretty dim .

66 was the last year for 6v. Imagine trying to start one at 20 below which my friend with the 65 had to do! Almost no way to jump one either....all the other batteries are 12V!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

66 was the last year for 6v. Imagine trying to start one at 20 below which my friend with the 65 had to do! Almost no way to jump one either....all the other batteries are 12V!

I remember the no jumping thing being an issue for my friend as well. IIRC, we'd get a couple of guys behind the car and push him...still able to compression start. Never at 20 below though....this was near the beach in Southern California.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I remember the no jumping thing being an issue for my friend as well. IIRC, we'd get a couple of guys behind the car and push him...still able to compression start. Never at 20 below though....this was near the beach in Southern California.

Yes one good thing about starting the 6v VW was there were lots of hills where we lived!

BTW I used to start cars with automatic transmission by pushing them to ~25 mph using the old tire thing between the bumpers....

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Yes one good thing about starting the 6v VW was there were lots of hills where we lived!

BTW I used to start cars with automatic transmission by pushing them to ~25 mph using the old tire thing between the bumpers....

. I've long heard that the same could be done at a higher speed with an automatic.....but I've never tried to do that.