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« on: January 17, 2008, 16:31:52 pm »
I don't suggest you follow this example!  Shocked
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2008, 16:44:00 pm »
Quote from: Ivan on January 17, 2008, 16:31:52 pm
I don't suggest you follow this example!  Shocked

You need to use much cleaner water! Wink
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2008, 17:53:25 pm »
know thats funny , dont care who ya are. sorry about the guys car. how much damage was there
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2008, 18:07:59 pm »
I thought beetles were supposed to float  Wink  Huh  Cry
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2008, 18:33:29 pm »
I don't think any Bug with heavy Fuchs wheels would ever float, for that you'd need BRMs or DDS, something nice a light  Wink

Oh, and the car in question belongs to Alex 'Naughty' Noel and it got damaged in the floods in the summer of 2007. This photo was taken when the water had already gone down a bit. Amazingly he changed the oil, changed the plugs and drained the exhaust header and it ran fine!

It needed interior, and a lot of drying out, obviously.   
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2008, 19:07:02 pm »
Used to love that car when it had the Ercos, was allways good to see it a shows. With differnt light every body pannel looked a different colour !
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2008, 01:23:02 am »
Quote from: 49-rag on January 17, 2008, 18:07:59 pm
I thought beetles were supposed to float  Wink  Huh  Cry

"They definitely float but the don't float indefinitely."
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2008, 01:24:41 am »
Quote from: Ivan on January 17, 2008, 18:33:29 pm
I don't think any Bug with heavy Fuchs wheels would ever float, for that you'd need BRMs or DDS, something nice a light  Wink

Oh, and the car in question belongs to Alex 'Naughty' Noel and it got damaged in the floods in the summer of 2007. This photo was taken when the water had already gone down a bit. Amazingly he changed the oil, changed the plugs and drained the exhaust header and it ran fine!

It needed interior, and a lot of drying out, obviously.   
If that poor car had mag BRM's on it they would be fizzing like 4 big Alka Seltzers tablets...
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2008, 02:49:49 am »
Quote from: Bill Schwimmer on January 18, 2008, 01:24:41 am
If that poor car had mag BRM's on it they would be fizzing like 4 big Alka Seltzers tablets...

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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2008, 08:00:20 am »
ya missed abit!
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« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2008, 10:51:53 am »
that sucks. I know that kind of cleaning the car very well.
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