what are you talking about??????

[Jim Ratto]

do you date yourself when you're talking VW stuff? I think it's funny when talking to somebody that was into VW's during a different era than me. A lot of times a guy will be talking about something, and by his terminology, I don't have a clue what the heck they are talking about. I'm stuck in my ways... I know... I just think it's funny.... you'll talk to a kid that's relatively new in the VW scene (maybe last 5-10years) and you'll hear terms like "Fuchs" or "airbagged", "fat chick" there you go, I don't know any new "VW lingo" really...I don't know what any of this means.... I'm stuck in the 80's and 90's.... still saying stuff like

"alloys"
"baby Dells"
"09"
"Claude's"
"quiet packs"
"chromies"
"nipple caps"

I guess it goes beyond what you call parts too.... it goes as far as what you know how to fix. If somebody brought me a CB fuel injection kit I would probably plug it into a wall socket in my house and burn it up. Same thing with a Zenith carb.... I'd stare blankly at the thing, but give me a Weber IDF or a Dell and I could probably make it run. When I got into VW's the big thing was wiring up amps and 12" speakers, but I was never well versed in that field either. My friends and I were too engrossed in trying to port heads with electric drills and bolt stingers on to piss off old people. 

[johnl]

You forgot;

CR's = Close ratio gears
Webs = 48 IDA Weber Carbs
 

[Jim Ratto]

You forgot;

CR's = Close ratio gears
Webs = 48 IDA Weber Carbs
 

hahaha see....? "CR" means "compression" to me and "Web" means cams. 

how about "'vert", "duals", "slammed", "merged", "041's", "super cool tins", "Procars", "baby turbos"

[Rick Sadler]

See I thought CR's were old girlfriends of Carlos or Carlos Rejects Shows what I know.

[Jim Ratto]

See I thought CR's were old girlfriends of Carlos or Carlos Rejects Shows what I know.

obviously not much..... those were guys

[Rennsurfer]

Yep, I still call 'em alloys. But I was callin' 'em 911 or 914 Fuchs back in the early '80s, too. That's what happens when you work at the dealerships. I still use all of the old phrases from the '70s/'80s.

What I DON'T use and just don't get are:

"dizzy"
"slammed"
"bagged"
"patina"


And any other gay-assed term for cars with broken axles. First time I heard that d-word in person I literally laughed out loud. Had to walk away from that conversation. I agree w/ya, 1970... the new lingo is pretty funny.

[javabug]

Did ya notice with the new lingo how fast it spreads on the internet?  Someone says something stupid and all of a sudden it is everywhere.  I mean, OMFG LOLZ!!!

 

[John Rayburn]

Jim, if you knew how to tune Claude's injection, I'd probably punch you in the skull.

[Rennsurfer]

Jim, if you knew how to tune Claude's injection, I'd probably punch you in the skull.

Feel the love that IS Rayburn.

[Jim Ratto]

"patina" that's my favorite....hahahaha   translated it means "why bother waxing/polishing/painting this car?"

better suited to Antique Roadshow

[johnl]

You forgot;

CR's = Close ratio gears
Webs = 48 IDA Weber Carbs
 

hahaha see....? "CR" means "compression" to me and "Web" means cams. 

how about "'vert", "duals", "slammed", "merged", "041's", "super cool tins", "Procars", "baby turbos"

I still get confused regarding what I always called "Sunroof" and most today refer to them as "Rags".  Back in the day a "Rag" was someone who worked in the cloting industry.  Verts have always been Verts.     

[bmxnut65]

you said nipple,hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jim Ratto]

Jim, if you knew how to tune Claude's injection, I'd probably punch you in the skull.

I can barely spell it.

[Nico86]

And any other gay-assed term for cars with broken axles. First time I heard that d-word in person I literally laughed out loud. Had to walk away from that conversation. I agree w/ya, 1970... the new lingo is pretty funny.

You should slam it on earlies !


 

[Rennsurfer]

"patina" that's my favorite....hahahaha   translated it means "why bother respectingmyselforthiscar?"

better suited to cars destined for the scrapyard.

There... fixed.

 

You should slam it on earlies !

Okay, I'm gonna take a stab at translating that: I feel that you should lower your car, using pre-'66 factory Type 1 wheels.

Am I close?

[jhicken]

Nope, earliers are early alloy's. The ones with the little dimple by the valve stem, better known as hearts.

And I'm an old guy.

-jeffrey

[Fiatdude]

"patina" that's my favorite....hahahaha   translated it means "why bother waxing/polishing/painting this car?"

better suited to Antique Roadshow

I'm getting to the age where that is starting to sound pretty good to me -- -- of course it still better haul ass

[Rennsurfer]

Nope, earliers are early alloy's. The ones with the little dimple by the valve stem, better known as hearts.

That makes sense. I still refer to the early wheels as early wheels. Sometimes, the term "hearts", as well. Oh well... can't win 'em all.

 

[louisb]

nos   

--louis

[Dave Rosique]

Now: Slammed... Then: Dumped, De-cambered or both.

To me a Vert is a Vert, bug a Ragtop is an early sunroof car... go figure.

~DR.

[Sam K]

When this kid I was talking to in Vegas last year referred to a fat chick", I thought he was talking about my mom...

[jhicken]

To me a Vert is a Vert, bug a Ragtop is an early sunroof car... go figure.

~DR.

Ragtop is an old term for a vert. Probably from the 20's or 30's. Volks folk at some time modified it to mean a cloth sunroof.... go figure...

What eludes me is when early buses became "split windows". WTF? A Split Window VW is and has always been a pre-53 Beetle to me. I even had a '66 and I never referred to is as a "splitty"





-jeffrey

[Jim Ratto]

and I never referred to is as a "splitty"





-jeffrey

I hate hearing that term. I hate '67 and earlier buses even more.

[jimi323]

"patina" that's my favorite....hahahaha   translated it means "why bother waxing/polishing/painting this car?"

better suited to Antique Roadshow

maybe "patina" comes fron Italian...
is an Italian word...(and has the same means...)

[jhicken]

I hate '67 and earlier buses even more.

ouch!

-jeffrey

[Georg/DFL]

But I guess everybody understands that, except newbies or people outside the VW scene:

82x94, 044, 11,5:1, 44x37,5, 1:1,25, FK87, 1 3/4

I remember a cartoon from an old VW Trends mag.
Two guys were taking to each other, one said something like the above.
A third guy besides them had question marks over his had ans thought: "Line dancing?"

[LuftsickTero]

What eludes me is when early buses became "split windows". WTF? A Split Window VW is and has always been a pre-53 Beetle to me.

UK-based term, or actually "split screen".

[LuftsickTero]

"patina" that's my favorite....hahahaha   translated it means "why bother waxing/polishing/painting this car?"

Guess you need to differentiate "patina", like solid one-colour original paint, from "hood riddance" 

[LuftsickTero]

The one of the most confusing term for me has been the "alloys", like why the hell Fuchs were called alloys and repro EMPIs called EMPI (instead of American Eagle which they mostly were) in magazines

[jhicken]

The funny thing about the "alloys/Fuchs" debate, with everyone calling them "Fuchs " these days, I was able to snag a few low buck deals on e-bay.

Recently I was looking to put together a set of early 5.5" and 6" heart wheels for my '69. When I searched "fuchs" alot came up and bidding would often rise to where they were out of my price range [$300+] however when they were listed as Porsche "alloys", although there were fewer listings, I found the bidding wasn't as fierce and picked up a set of five between $150-250 each.

So in this case, I'm glad some of these new terms are flying around so much.

-jeffrey