The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #151738   Message #3545717
Posted By: gnu
05-Aug-13 - 06:37 AM
Thread Name: BS: Your Best Old Volkswagen Story...
Subject: RE: BS: Your Best Old Volkswagen Story...
Ya have a boo at the new "Bugs"? Yecch!

I wonder if they'll float like the old ones. I heard that they would float pretty good for up to 13 minutes. I could get across small beaver ponds with mine if I could get enough of a run at one. Then, one day, at a pond I had crossed several time before... stump! The water was low. Took us over an hour to get it out. Thank goodness it fetched up so that the air intake didn't see any water. Never tried it again. Lost both tailpipes. The VW dealership wanted $108!!! Said I had to have a new box. I went into the Uni engineering workshop and st.. borrowed a length of thick wall, turned two pieces to fit and welded em in place. Worked just fine. Looked kinda odd tho.