I have a ’67 Beetle, and I will tell you that the heat and defrost work just fine if the hoses and controls are connected correctly. Of course I only drive it from April to October. The auto-stick is another matter: I had one around 1980-82 time frame, and it was the bad. Slushy and anemic, it robbed a lot of power from the engine, and needed constant attention.
Jon > On Jun 7, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Those air cooled engines have two major flaws for your application. > > Weak to non-existent heat. > > Valve adjustment interval is every 2500 miles, IIRC. That means laying on > the cold wet ground in the winter, if you don't have a garage, or a lift. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On June 7, 2015 8:51:50 AM EDT, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> Lazy like Sunday morning. I spent all day yesterday getting home from >> LA. About ready to go get breakfast, then go kayaking. Later today I'm >> going to check out a VW Beatle a friend has for sale. Non-rusty 1970 >> auto-stick. I've never actually driven a Beatle and never seen a >> working autostick so I'm interested. Its short money so I might grab it >> as a replacement for my unloved rusty 190D. It might make a flash at >> ChowdaQ this year. Although if it did I'd have to go a day early to >> deliver all my gear... >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
