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On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 16:40, Everett Barnes wrote: > >> lug nuts... > > With just one missing, it is safe to drive, and with 2 missing 180 apart, > > you can get home. You may feel some brake pulsation. I towed my '66 FB > > home on a dolly, with only 2 lug bolts in each front wheel. (I lost a rear > > wheel, and needed lug bolts for that wheel when I put it back on.) > > > A Type 3 guy in Arizona drove his Squareback for a while with only 2 lug > bolts in the rear. They call him the "2-lug thug". > > I prefer the 5-lug "thug life". > What do you do, when you are 20 miles from nowhere, and your wheel is laying in the ditch. I still recommend for anyone buying an unknown car, "CHECK THE LUG BOLTS". I was lucky, no cars coming, and it did minimal damage to the rear fender. It landed on the shock mount. Just a little scuff mark there. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~