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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog: 07/29/10

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog. Thursday, July 29, 2010. Thing's First Car Show. I didn't want a museum artifact, I wanted something fun that I could enjoy on nice summer days. I didn't know how people would react to it at a car show. Yawns? The rest was mostly questions like "Is this really a Volkswagen? And "What is this? That's generally the trend . people either remember The Thing fondly, or else they are completely bewildered by it. There are more car show pictures here. Please look and enjoy!

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog: 07/13/10

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog. Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Right Front Brake Disassembled. Tonight I disassembled my front right brakes. It went much better than the left side, mainly because I knew what I was doing. The biggest problem was the top adjuster star nut (same one that was horribly frozen on the driver's side). The brake hardware is not in terrible. Condition, but it's all pretty rusty. I marred the adjuster nut a little trying to get it off (it was really. Posted by Christopher Piggott.

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog: Out of hibernation

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog. Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Well, it's been a long winter, but we're finally out of hibernation. The first car show of the season has come and gone, and the first "project" was completed - replacing the brushes in my generator. In my case, though, an expert was able to achieve decent alignment without taking the engine out - but this will be something to look at next time around. Posted by Christopher Piggott. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Replace springs in front b...

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog: 07/23/10

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog. Friday, July 23, 2010. A Beetle by Any Other Name. The Volkswagen Beetle has many names. Most of them mean "Beetle" in the local language, but not all of them! Here are some interesting ones:. Kever ("Beetle", Netherlands). Chile). In Spanish, Poncho as a noun means just what you think, a poncho. As an adjective, it can sometimes mean "peaceful.". Little cockroach", Honduras). Frog Car", Nepal). Turtle Car", pronounced Rod Tao, Thailand). Posted by Christopher Piggott.

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog: Thing's First Car Show

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog. Thursday, July 29, 2010. Thing's First Car Show. I didn't want a museum artifact, I wanted something fun that I could enjoy on nice summer days. I didn't know how people would react to it at a car show. Yawns? The rest was mostly questions like "Is this really a Volkswagen? And "What is this? That's generally the trend . people either remember The Thing fondly, or else they are completely bewildered by it. There are more car show pictures here. Please look and enjoy!

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog: Bug Bust 2010

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Chris's 1973 Volkswagen Thing Blog. Sunday, August 1, 2010. Went to the 20th annual "Bug Bust" in Webster, NY. Here are some cool pictures (link to the rest at the end). Thing with a Rubber Chicken Stuck In Door. Lots more pictures, starting Here. Posted by Christopher Piggott. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Install cylinder head temperature gauge (perhaps using this. Adjust brake stop plate - still not quite right. Why does the horn beep when you switch the high beams on/off?

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Smarter…not harder. Get it right the 1st time…. Stay updated via RSS. Follow Blog via Email. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 7 other followers. For Father’s Day, Give the Gift of Prime. How to Leave Feedback on eBay. 1973 Volkswagen Beetle Restoration Part 3. Tips for your 700R4 Rebuild. Cracking a Coconut, Not a Big Deal. Small Business and Entrepreneurs. Atlas Concepts, LLC. Atlas Concepts, LLC. 1973 Volkswagen Beetle Restoration Part 1.

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Urbane Ramblings: September 2013

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Restaurant reviews, movie critiques, puppy updates, links to neat places, book recommendations, and anything else that I feel the need to post on the WWW (that is the World Wide Web for the more acronymically challenged). Orville - Part II. After I got Orville's new starter in and did some other work, it was clear that one of his problems was that the rust in the gas tank was clogging up the air filter, which would make the car hard to start. So, I decided to pull the gas tank and start from scratch.