Took the 68 on it's first road trip

[volksnut]

and WOW was it hot (sign said 99 degrees) rode 5 1/2" hours in that thing, got 22 mpg though not to bad running @ 4000rpm...I passed 1 car, and got passed by thousands...thinking about getting a Komfortbar..get those feet off the floor, anyone else use one?

 

[speedwell68]

Cool, can't wait to get my '68 back on the road. What exactly is a Komfort Bar?

 

[volksnut]

Komfortbar is sort of a roll bar that is designed around the front of the cab and has 4 attaching points, it is about 16" above the floor and is used to rest your feet on....Foreign Unlimited carrys them now
check their site http://www.foreignunlimited.com look under photo page

 

[Scampi]

and WOW was it hot (sign said 99 degrees) rode 5 1/2" hours in that thing, got 22 mpg though not to bad running @ 4000rpm...I passed 1 car, and got passed by thousands...thinking about getting a Komfortbar..get those feet off the floor, anyone else use one?

Good outing fella

 

[volksnut]

well I did the math and it looks as though I was traveling at 67 mph (speedo error with low profile tires) I could have slowed it down a bit for mileage (showed good a/f reading though) but I would have bet I was traveling at 55 considering the wind velocity of the passing motorists

 

[Scampi]

Would be very nice to go for a long drive arounf Florida.

Lucky fella.

 

[volksnut]

well as I was picking up bus parts it was the quickest route from point A to point B, all interstate which is flat and straight...you want beautiful driving I lived in Western North Carolina for 4 years, love to have had my bus up there..but I had my bug....very nice and cool, this is a picture I took on the way to work one day with my 62...now they use it on cal-look.com

 

[TexasAirCooler]

volksnut, Very nice looking '62. Are those louvers in the upper corners of the engine lid? If so were they bolt on's or stamped?

 

[speedwell68]

volksnut, Very nice looking '62. Are those louvers in the upper corners of the engine lid? If so were they bolt on's or stamped?

It looks like a genuine Riverside EMPI decklid.

 

[easy]

Blinkin nice bug! 8)

Sun??? no sun today only dark and grim in Bristol

 

[Scampi]

well as I was picking up bus parts it was the quickest route from point A to point B, all interstate which is flat and straight...you want beautiful driving I lived in Western North Carolina for 4 years, love to have had my bus up there..but I had my bug....very nice and cool, this is a picture I took on the way to work one day with my 62...now they use it on cal-look.com

Nice bug

 

[volksnut]

well it was a limited repop fiberglass Empi lid by no other than Simon and Shane in the UK...I've since sold the lid and the car, I now have a turbo'ed 72 standard beetle in other pictures on the site...I also had the infamous Junkyard Turbo buggy, seen in Ultra VW and a few dune buggy books by James Hale....here's one

and my 72 at last years Bug Jam

here's the turbo 1600, homegrown with SU carb (I kind of favor these carbs)

 

[Scampi]

Sweet dude

 

[easy]

Nicely crowbarred in the engine bay 8)