Re: Restoring AND driving?

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm.jf.intel.com>]

First, kudos for not relying on a car for transportation and being able to bike 
it.  Second, you're inspirational and proof of how easy it is to do ones own 
maintenance and work on a VW.      ~Toby Erkson

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Subject: Restoring AND driving?
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    11/30/97 9:59 PM

Dear List,
     I admit that I never used to work on my own cars.  I did cosmetic stuff
mostly.  My first car was an '83  VW GTI, and I couldn't get the oil
filter off to change my own oil, so I just gave up.  When I moved to the
city I stopped driving alltogether, and sold the GTI and I've riden a
bicycle for the last 5 years.
     I bought my '66 Square one year ago with the express purpose of
learning to do my own auto repairs.
...
     I guess the moral of the story is to not rely on the P.O...As someone asked
the list earlier,
restoring a daily driver is possible.  I would recommend taking your new
purchase and putting it up on jackstands until you've gone through a
complete checklist: brakes, steering, tune-up, fluids, tires, etc.

Peter Parker
'66 Square; Phillip
Portland, OR