Okay, I wasn't gonna tell this story but...

... 'round, ahhh, 1976 I bought a 66 VeeDub that some guy had been tryin' to stuff a Corvair engine into but had lost interest so it was cheap...

So I drag the poor ol' VeeDubb home with a tow bar an' proceed to finsih the job....

Right?

Well, all I had was a car, a Corvair engine (not in the car) and an adapter to make the Corvaie engine adapt to a VeeDub transaxle and nuthin more...

So I spent a couple o' days puttin' everthing together and that day had come whjen I had the Corvair engine runnin' an' it was time fir the big ol' test drive.... Right???

Well, this is where the story goes seriously left as I invited every hippie on the commune to enjoy the test ride wid me and 'bout 6 'er so come on down fir the maiden test run.... Well, I had 'bout 4 'er 6 hippies packed into this poor ol' VeeDubya bug and had that Corvair engine justa rumblin' and tumblin' an' ready to show its stuff... So I put the VeeDub in 1st gear, let up off the clutch and it went backwards???? Hmmmmm??? 2nd gear, the same!!!!

Like, ahh the Corvair engibe turns counter-clockwise and the VeeDubs turn clockwise!!!! Hmmmmmmmmm???? NO, make that: HMMMMMMMMMMMM?????

Sheeeweeit!!!!

So I had to pul;lo the engine out, the transaxle out and swap the carrier gears from on side to another and then put the engine back in to get 4 forward gears.... But by then I was totally bored with with the project, even though it worked and sold the car fir about what I bought it for?????

Nevermind...

Bobert