Air cooled chit-chat thread!!!

[tmb077]

I saw a black 2012 beetle on my way to take the kiddos to grandma's house this morning...gotta say, I kinda liked it...in a 'better looking than my wife's 2000 beetle' kind of way...yeah, I know it's not aircooled, but it's lineage is where it's at and it's current restyle is more true to it body style-wise than its predecessor...

[JDII]

Interesting pic of the gun in the a10 thunderbolt AKA tankkiller.


The bullet for the 30x173 Avenger has an aluminum jacket around a spent uranium core and weighs 6560 grains (yes, over 100 times as heavy as the M16 bullet, and flies through the air at 3500 fps (which is faster than the M16 as well).

The gun shoots at a rate of 4200 rounds per minute, Yes, four thousand.

Pilots typically shoot either one- or two-second burst which set loose 70 to 150 rounds.

The system is optimized for shooting at 4,000 feet.

OK, the best for last.

You've got a pretty good idea of how big that cartridge is, but I'll bet you're like me and you don't fully appreciate how big the GA GAU-8 Avenger really is.

Take a look.



Each of those seven barrels is 112" long.

That's almost ten feet.
The entire gun is 19-1/2 feet long.

Think how impressive it would look set up in your living room.

Oh, by the way, it doesn't eject the empty shells but runs them back into the storage drum. There's just so dang many flying out, they felt it might damage the aircraft.

Oh yeah, I forgot, they can hang those bomb and rocket things on 'em too, just in case.

After all, it is an "airplane"!

Like I said, this is a beautiful design.

[zzzdanz]

imagine the land you could clear with that SOB

[LooseNuts]

guy i chat with on another forum got a call yesterday.

here his post.

My buddy calls me up to ask what a N.O.S oval roof skin is worth , my jaw drops to the floor !! Then he say's well there's 3 of them 2 hard top ones and one ragtop ! I got a pic of the rag clip in factory primer with part number stickers . They were saved from a dumpster back in the 70's when a dealership went out of buissness ! I know a guy that has a 4th clip a ragtop as well from the same dumpster ! I'm trying to currently trying to buy all 3 of them !

[JDII]

nice I would luv to have that for one of my projects....

[zzzdanz]

weld 1 on a '76 fatchick JD?.....

[JDII]

weld 1 on a '76 fatchick JD?.....

I WAS THINKIN THE SAME THING AND THROW IN A SUBY OR VR6 MOTOR WITH SOME CHROME BULLET HOLE WHEELS AND PAINT IT BRITE BLUE.

[tmb077]

wow, that went south fast...

[A1steaksauce]

i'd "wall art" one of those in a hurry...that is after i shot it in metal clear to make sure it wouldn't further flash rust.

and i'm talking living room/family room wall art....cause that's how i roll

[RafCarre12]

don't forget to graft the snorkel.

[LooseNuts]

i'd "wall art" one of those in a hurry...that is after i shot it in metal clear to make sure it wouldn't further flash rust.

and i'm talking living room/family room wall art....cause that's how i roll

You and I think very much the same...

[Schell R32]

i'd fill it...over prime it and put less than stellar paint on it.

[zzzdanz]

Why would a dealership have those?...seems strange to me ...and yes, over prime the sh!t outta them and they'ld get stored.

[wannabaja]

im stoked! I just picked up a set of rims that might just fit the bill for the Schlitz Bus! I have been slacking to get out and work on it but I think tonight willbe a late night!!!

[Schell R32]

Sppedcraft VW in Wakefield RI...sold alot of nos vw type 1 stuff 10-15yrs ago...my buddy Jeff bought alot of it.

they were a body shop too so that had soooo much nos sheet metal and such it was insane!!

one of the oldest dealerships on the east coast.

[A1steaksauce]

Why would a dealership have those?...seems strange to me ...and yes, over prime the sh!t outta them and they'ld get stored.

where do you think body shops get their body parts for new cars?

some dealership just happened to have that in some forgotten back room until someone pulled it out...i see it happen all the time with the MK1 and MK2 stuff

and is it me or has there been a rash of stupid new threads lately?

[Dibaltic]

Thats pretty much it expect i have M wheels and no rear spoiler.

nice man, yeah theyre nice cars

[zzzdanz]

The fook if I know, just seems strange that a dealership would keep such a big item in stock and not have them in 1 of the VW warehouses.....fook it...still a killer score.

[LooseNuts]

I want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i got two nose sections hanging in my garage. if my wife would only agree

[Schell R32]

now that is just bad a--!!!

[zzzdanz]

if my wife would only agree

You wear the dress in the family ha man....

[A1steaksauce]

i'd do it...minus the safaris of course

[LooseNuts]

You wear the dress in the family ha man....

its her house, my garage. i dont tell her to clean the house or what she can have in it, she doesn't tell me to clean the garage..

minus the safaris of course

and i thought you were cool.

[A1steaksauce]

and i thought you were cool.

i'm cool...i just could seeing needing those safari's on a split window in the future

[LooseNuts]

i'm cool...i just could seeing needing those safari's on a split window in the future

LMAO. i hear ya. but if my ass is rich enough to even have that I'm keepin the safaris on it.

[LooseNuts]

I dont like the fact that they decided to butcher a DC, but damn with the fabrication work

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...ouble-cab.html

[JDII]

that DC is insane, with the motor mid-ship it fits nice and the sub frame can be dropped for maintanence when needed, That'a a great build.

[tmb077]

That DC is pretty wicked. I wish I had half the skill the guy that welded that up does.

[A1steaksauce]

if that DC was a bit more of a basket case i could get behind it...but seeing how it's not regardless of how much skill is going into the build.

guess i'm turning into a bit of a purist in my old age...or i just remember all those basterized cars of the 80's that nobody wanted in the 90's that people nowadays are buying up and getting "undone" back to stock

[LooseNuts]

if that DC was a bit more of a basket case i could get behind it...but seeing how it's not regardless of how much skill is going into the build.

I feel ya. Think the samething.

Nevertheless the skill is there.

[Schell R32]

Here's a question...got a set of brm wheels for the dumpy bus in the 5 x 115 pattern and wanna put a set of sneakers on it...not looking to go any lower with suspension mods...what is a good tire size front/ rear?

Thinking 175/55 fronts and 185/ 65 rears?

I like the staggered look like cal look if you wanna call it that...the front has been leaf mod'd and the rear turned...it sits pretty level with an occasional sag in the rear,what do you think? Loose...A1...anyone?

Did a search on the samba but to many haters and douche bags

The fronts right now are 14" with 65s and the rears are 14" with 70s...I believe the measurements are 23 front and 24+ in the rear. 175s come in a little smaller than the 185/65s and this will give me the rake that's needed or should I go with larger rears and 185/60s in front instead?

[A1steaksauce]

Here's a question...got a set of brm wheels for the dumpy bus in the 5 x 115 pattern and wanna put a set of sneakers on it...not looking to go any lower with suspension mods...what is a good tire size front/ rear?

Thinking 175/55 fronts and 185/ 65 rears?

I like the staggered look like cal look if you wanna call it that...the front has been leaf mod'd and the rear turned...it sits pretty level with an occasional sag in the rear,what do you think? Loose...A1...anyone?

Did a search on the samba but to many haters and douche bags

The fronts right now are 14" with 65s and the rears are 14" with 70s...I believe the measurements are 23 front and 24+ in the rear. 175s come in a little smaller than the 185/65s and this will give me the rake that's needed or should I go with larger rears and 185/60s in front instead?

hmmm...here check this out:

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

this will allow you to totally compare tire sizes easily and see where you'd be sitting at. this website was a huge help for me to dial in tire sizes for my vanagon

[Schell R32]

That's exactly what I was looking for...I found that years ago when I was doing the tire/ wheel figment on my other POS...thanks bud!

[A1steaksauce]

That's exactly what I was looking for...I found that years ago when I was doing the tire/ wheel figment on my other POS...thanks bud!

no prob....it's book marked in my favorites had to double check the link to make sure i didn't accidently post up a link to my favorite adult site

[LooseNuts]

Here's a good one

http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp