On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Eric Linnhoff wrote:
> How early did VW start making the water pumper cars like Rabbits and
> Sciroccos?
1974, although those early cars had pretty small engines -- a '74 chassis
would be an immediate engine-swap candidate. And early Rabbits were not
blessed with great reliability.
> How about an old VW Squareback? ;^) I saw one for sale on
> Ebay today. Air cooled VWs are cool and can make decent power for their
> car's weight. How about a Karmen Ghia?
I thought about that -- my dad had a Ghia when I was growing up (and sold
it just before I got my license!). The trouble is, no matter what you do
to the engine, you're still stuck with that limited suspension -- even
later Ghias never got the suspension upgrades used on the Super Beetles.
In the Maryland/D.C./Virginia area, non-rusty Ghias are pretty pricy, too.
Jamie
'92 Prelude Si
Speed Demon Racing
http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr
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