How long were ACVW's designed to last?

10 years. I know they used to award a badge if your engine made it to
100,000 km... 60,000 miles.
and who can afford re-building from the pan up?

--
when you believe the only tool you have is a hammer.
problems tend to look like nails.

" P.O.W." > wrote in message
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> 10 years. I know they used to award a badge if your engine made it to
> 100,000 km... 60,000 miles.

The original metric was 60K miles on the engine and it should be able to do
60K per hour.

> and who can afford re-building from the pan up?

They just swapped engines, silly. Here in Minnesota you could take your
lame ACVW to a shop, go across the street for lunch and come back to a new
engine and drive away. As I recall they were $600 plus install.

P.O.W. wrote:
> 10 years. I know they used to award a badge if your engine made it to
> 100,000 km... 60,000 miles.
> and who can afford re-building from the pan up?

I just read elsewhere about someone that has driven their VW as a daily
driver for the past 22 years. They have 500,000+ miles on it.

Les

"Project Magnet #1" > wrote in message
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> I just read elsewhere about someone that has driven their VW as a daily
> driver for the past 22 years. They have 500,000+ miles on it.

That might be our Mr. Hoover.

jjs wrote:
> "Project Magnet #1" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> I just read elsewhere about someone that has driven their VW as a daily
>> driver for the past 22 years. They have 500,000+ miles on it.
>
> That might be our Mr. Hoover.

Not unless he's in Washington State.

Les

Project Magnet #1 wrote:
> P.O.W. wrote:
>
>> 10 years. I know they used to award a badge if your engine made it to
>> 100,000 km... 60,000 miles. and who can afford re-building from the
>> pan up?
>
>
> I just read elsewhere about someone that has driven their VW as a daily
> driver for the past 22 years. They have 500,000+ miles on it.
>
> Les


My '63 Notch has over 400,000 miles on it, which is not all that impressive. If
I had driven 16000 miles per year, as I did for many years, it would have
720,000 miles after 45 years.

Randall

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:12:45 -0700, Randall Post >
wrote:

>
>
>Project Magnet #1 wrote:
>> P.O.W. wrote:
>>
>>> 10 years. I know they used to award a badge if your engine made it to
>>> 100,000 km... 60,000 miles. and who can afford re-building from the
>>> pan up?
>>
>>
>> I just read elsewhere about someone that has driven their VW as a daily
>> driver for the past 22 years. They have 500,000+ miles on it.
>>
>> Les
>
>
>My '63 Notch has over 400,000 miles on it, which is not all that impressive. If
>I had driven 16000 miles per year, as I did for many years, it would have
>720,000 miles after 45 years.
>
>Randall

My '70 Bug has > 300K miles but I don't seem to drive it much these days.
It's still the most reliable car I have.
--
Michael Cecil
http://macecil.googlepages.com/index.htm
1970 VW Beetle "Millennium Sparrow"

Randall Post wrote:
>
>
> Project Magnet #1 wrote:
>> P.O.W. wrote:
>>
>>> 10 years. I know they used to award a badge if your engine made it to
>>> 100,000 km... 60,000 miles. and who can afford re-building from the
>>> pan up?
>>
>>
>> I just read elsewhere about someone that has driven their VW as a
>> daily driver for the past 22 years. They have 500,000+ miles on it.
>>
>> Les
>
>
> My '63 Notch has over 400,000 miles on it, which is not all that
> impressive. If I had driven 16000 miles per year, as I did for many
> years, it would have 720,000 miles after 45 years.

I don't think my '76 Type 1 will last that long, but I'm having fun with
it while it lasts.

Les

"Randall Post" > wrote in message
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> My '63 Notch has over 400,000 miles on it, which is not all that
> impressive. [...]

This is my father's hammer. The head was replaced once, and the handle six
times, but this still is my father's hammer.

How many engines? Brakes? Any tranny work or replacent? Clutch? Electrics?
Glass? Plastic?

jjs wrote:
> "Randall Post" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>
>>My '63 Notch has over 400,000 miles on it, which is not all that
>>impressive. [...]
>
>
> This is my father's hammer. The head was replaced once, and the handle six
> times, but this still is my father's hammer.
>
> How many engines? Brakes? Any tranny work or replacent? Clutch? Electrics?
> Glass? Plastic?
>
>


http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...e6b18400d39386
Does that answer your question, you young whippersnapper?
BTW, I was able to get the 0-60 time down to 15 seconds. The CR is now 7.27:1.

P.S.
I have my grandfather's hammer. It still has the original head and handle and is
at least 68 years old. So there!

Randall