Re: [T3] Another air cooled vehicle on the road (no type3)

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

Is the BMW the one with no reverse gear, and a forward opening door,
that you mustn't park nose to a wall?
Just to get it past the censors, I've a green '71 Squareback too,
which I bought looking as good as the picture shows; see it at
www.hallvw.clara.net/type3.htm


Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
www.hallvw.clara.net/
-----Original Message-----
From: Diane & Dave Burden <dburden@mindspring.com>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: 08 September 1998 01:59
Subject: [T3] Another air cooled vehicle on the road (no type3)


>I could at least mention our two Squarebacks to make this post
somewhat
>'legal' - The '71 green one is still sitting, awaiting disassembly,
and the
>'71 beige one is just sitting waiting for one of us to hop in and
drive it,
>but the '72 Bus and '82 Rabbit pickup have been the daily drivers
for the
>last few weeks.
>
>However, this post isn't about those cars - it's about our smallest
car,
>the 1957 or '58 BMW Isetta.  It finally moved under it's own power
for the
>first time since we bought it way back in 1993!  I had to do some
fumbling
>around with the gear shifter to find the gears.  It's on the
lefthand wall
>and first is down and back, 2nd down and forward, etc.  Once you
get used
>to it, it's pretty easy.
>
>Now, in case you don't know, it's powered (if you can call it that)
by a
>single cylinder, 300cc air cooled engine, producing 13.5 bhp on a
good day.
> I still need to get the lights working and do some other small
jobs on it
>before I get tags and put it into semi-daily service, but getting
it
>running certainly is a step in the right direction.
>
>Dave
>'24 Studebaker Special Six
>'26 Studebaker Standard Six
>'57 or '58 BMW Isetta 300 convertible
>'71 Squareback (times 2)
>'72 VW Bus
>'80 Rabbit pickup diesel
>'82 Rabbit pickup diesel (for sale)
>'85 Jetta diesel
>
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