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wig On The Cover From the Prez... This month’s cover features a red The hometown Christmas port a very worthy cause, the convertible Super Beetle. The beetle parades have all come and gone, Chattanooga Area Food Bank. image was found on the internet as were the seperate images of Santa the stores are counting down the We've got another chance to and the Tennessee Aquarium. Each shopping days, and you seem to support the food bank lurking image was brought into Photoshop hear Christmas music everywhere around the corner. and the subject isolated from its’ you go. That means it's time for the Do you realize that there are only background then layered one on annual Volks Folks Christmas Party! I 4 more monthly meetings before top of the other. With the images hope that everyone can make it to Bug-A-Paluza 8? We will be partying positioned in place the pavement China Moon on Monday evening, at the December meeting, but the was extended beneath the car and December 19th to join in the fun! January through April meetings we'll a shadow cast from the car onto the Remember to bring a wrapped gift have lots of work to do and deci- pavement. Lastly the text was added to exchange in our Chinese auction sions to make about the show. So and modified to give it a three ($10 limit). enjoy the holiday season, but when dimensional appearance. If you who missed the Channel 3 2006 rolls around, it'll be time to roll Share Your Christmas Food Drive on up or sleeves and get to work. December 6th this year, you missed a In closing, please keep our troops good one. We had what I think may who will be spending Christmas have been our largest caravan of overseas in your thoughts and Volkswagens ever drive up and prayers, and when they come A Monthly Publication of the drop off food. For the first time in a home be sure to tell them thank you Scenic City Volks Folks few years, they asked to interview for a job well done. Our world will one of us on the 6:00 news. I had my be a safer place because of their two minutes of fame on live TV a sacrifice. few years ago, so I pushed the honor off on our show committee Happy Holidays, chairman (Herb) this time. This event Zen Hendricks is always a lot of fun, and it's to sup-
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I mean, I don't know hubcaps. Shoot, at that rate, as much as someone who has I've got a fortune in hubcaps been around them all their lives, but in my garage. I finished put- I do know a little. You would think ting the milk in the bus, made that I would have some knowledge sure the kids were buckled up, of at least the ones that I own. I and said good-bye to the VW don't profess to know it all, but I'm expert who had just taught not VW illiterate. There are some me a thing or two about the people out there that know way economics of vintage vehicle more than I do. ownership. Take this for example: I was at a Or how about the time that I local convenience store the other am at the filling station and day, getting some much needed this man walks up and asks milk for the "ba-ba" that keeps my what kind of engine is in my 2-year-old son from going ballistic. bus. I tell him that it is a VW 2.0 There was this kid (and I say kid, for liter 4-cylinder air-cooled engine. I elves to make their 4.5-cylinder he couldn't have been much more should have pointed out my engine engine that ran on refined elk drop- than 17) behind the counter who code and explained that it was an pings. And the body is made out of scanned my items and took my engine made in August of 1977, to the Cedars of Lebanon." No, I don't money. After I left the store and was be put into a US bound, non- do that. Mainly, because I don't putting the milk into a safe place California VW bus, but by what he know squat about a 1985 Ford (you don't want gallons of milk said next, I could tell that it wouldn't Escort Wagon, much less about rolling around in your bus.potential- have mattered anyway. He said, Fords in general; secondly, ly messy situation), I hear, "Nice van, "Oh, you have a Porsche engine in because I couldn't be sure that man." I look behind me and there there. My buddy had a bus and he what I thought I knew was the truth. he was, checking Oscar out. He had a Porsche engine in there." I It could potentially turn into one of took a puff on his cigarette, blew asked him if it looked like the one in those "open mouth, insert foot" situ- out the smoke and said, "You don't my bus, and he told me it did. I did- ations that I can't stand to have see these around much anymore." I n't tell him that he was an idiot, happen to me. Do you see what I agreed, knowing to myself that I because I couldn't be for sure that mean? do. I see them all the time. He then someone actually took a Porsche I don't want people to think that I proceeds to comment on the origi- engine and put it in their bus or did- am a VW genius, knowing all there nal hubcaps. "You can't find those n't, because I wasn't there when it is to know about them. I don't know things anymore. They ought to happened. I just know that my everything. But I'm not a fool, either. bring $100 each on eBay." I tell him, engine is not a Porsche engine. I I would consider myself a fool if I "No, you can find them. Try any VW didn't tell him either that, yeah, the went around spewing out misinfor- car show's swap meet, sometimes engine in a Porsche 914, a VW Type mation to others who might well about $5 each for some decent 4, and a late bus engine were more actually know more than me, even ones." "Oh, but the right person or less similar. It wouldn't have mat- to the point of them knowing the would pay a lot to get those," he tered. As far as he was concerned, actual facts. And if the person was says. I'm thinking that the person I had a Porsche engine in my bus not learned in the art of VW who would pay $100 for a VW hub- and that was that. OK. mechanics, misinformation would cap is also the person who would I don't mean to sound conde- only confuse them even more. I pay $99,000 for a split-window scending, but come on now; I don't have heard it said before to "stick to camper, few and far in between open my mouth and pretend to what you know". I'll go a step further know the facts about something and say to "stick to saying what you By the end of 1961, unless I am absolutely sure that it is know" as well. the honest-to-goodness truth. I Well, I've got to go. I need to hurry Volkswagenwerk and wouldn't walk up to someone and because I think there is a VW 101 its subsidary and proceed to tell them, "I see you lesson about to start at my local have a 1985 Ford Escort Wagon. post office and I don't want to be affiliated companies You do know that Ford didn't actu- late. Or is it at the gas station? Or employed ally make the Escort, don't you. maybe it is at Burger King today... Yeah, it was made by an unknown Till later, 80,874 people. company in Estonia who employed GoBusGo! December 2005 3 Technically Speaking... Where Have All My Plug Wires twist the key and all you get is the crank pulley marked at 12 Gone? ..."Long time missing..." "pops, poops, backfires, etc.". What o'clock, have a buddy turn the If Peter, Paul and Mary had driv- kind of deal is this? You recheck engine back and forth in a pretty en VW's they'd have written this everything, and they all seem nor- good arc. Watch the rocker arms song! I have been sitting around try- mal - but are they? Before you start on number one or number three ing to come up with some great twisting the distributor every which cylinder. If the number three rocker arms start moving in or out, and the revelation to share with everybody way (favorite thing to do, it seems), number one cylinder rocker arms that hasn't been addressed here let's go back to basics. Is the distrib- stay starionary, you are on number before. Yesterday afternoon came utor in time? Are the valves adjust- one cylinder. If the number one a knock on the door, and in pops ed properly? rocker arms start moving, you are one of our very own. The master of Are the plug wires going where on number three cylinder. Duh!! You heat channels and floorpan they should be? Let's start with get- still want to be on number one replacements, Sir Richard, the ting the engine mechanically in cylinder, so turn the engine by hand Strouthearted (aka, Plug-war). He time (we're going to assume the 360 degrees either way and you'll reminded me of a situation he got dude who built the engine got the end up on number one cylinder. At into about spark plug wires and the cam shaft in time). Turn the engine, this point, remove the distributor case of the missing cylinder. I know by hand, until the timing mark on cap and find the little slash mark on the outer edge of the distributor the story, and I won't reveal it here, your crankshaft pulley is at 12 case. If the rotor is aimed at the in fear, that Herb Keedy's bald o'clock, splitting the crankcase. At mark, it's basically in time on num- head would gain in cubic inches. this point, you could be on number ber one cylinder. Now, set the dis- Some of you old timers may one cylinder or number three cylin- tributor cap in position and see if know about this little piece of info, der. We have to find number one the number one plug wire actually but this column is for the folks that cylinder to check and see if the dis- goes to number one cylinder (it's are new to VW's. Let's say someone tributor rotor is pointing correctly. easy for the plug wires to number gave you a "turn-key engine" to Here's the trick: Remove both one and number two cylinders to install in your air-cooled bug/bus. valve covers, put a wrench on the get twisted around and under, You slap it in, hook everything up, generator/alternator nut, and with Continued on page 7 Sign & Drive Down Payment $ on 0Either Model 2006 Jetta Starting at $289* mon. Lease 8 cylinder, 150 hp, 6 airbags, power package, automatic V6142 2006 Passat Completely redesigned. Starting at $339* mon. Lease 6 airbags, 200 hp, Turbo, 6 speed, automatic. V6057
*Lease payments of $289/mon. (new Village Volkswagen Jetta) or $339/mon. (Passat) plus tax, tags & title fees through VWNA based on 39 month lease. Including of Chattanooga $0 security deposit, total due at sign- ing: $0. Lease payments includes 6015 International Drive • Chattanooga, TN 37421 $249.50 processing fee. Expires 1/3/06. Photos used for illustration. 423-855-4981 • www.villagevw.com 4 Scenic City Volks Folks Volkswagen In The News Volkswagen to Debut Unusual Concept at L.A. Show Inside Line has learned that "I can only say it's a 'vehicle,'" said Fouladpour said the concept is not Volkswagen of America will hold VW spokesman Tony Fouladpour. "It a motorcycle. the worldwide debut of a new doesn't necessarily have four The new concept is a product of California-designed concept vehi- wheels and it may go into produc- VW's advanced design studio in cle at January's Los Angeles auto tion." Simi Valley. The California concept show. Without giving any more details, will also be shown at the Detroit auto show. "L.A. will be a bigger show for us Volkswagen will pull niche vehicles out of than Detroit," Fouladpour said. "We its 'hat' with new future product blueprint get a bigger share of the voice mediawise in Los Angeles and Volkswagen brand Chairman sources say. Wolfgang Bernhard has borrowed In the next three years, VW will besides, L.A. is such a VW city." from his days at the Chrysler group to launch as many as 10 vehicles that What this means to you: VW's create a future product blueprint for either will be based on derivatives of teaser about its newest concept VW. current cars or will be niche models. lends itself to all kinds of specula- Internally, the plan is called "Hut" -- a tion. How about a three-wheeled German word that means hat. It refers Crossing over Beetle with a big key in the back? to VW's initiative to place a unique The first vehicles using the Hut plan exterior, or hat, over vehicles that will be "Cross" versions of current mod- In 1961, the Bavarian share underpinnings. els that will offer distinct styling and State Mint issued gold The strategy is "to offer different unique engines but similar underpin- models with a single change of the and silver medals with sides and roof parts, without changing nings as mainstream models. The first platforms," Emilio Saenz, managing example, a Cross Polo, will be Dr. Heinz Nordhoff on director of VW's Autoeuropa assembly unveiled at the Geneva auto show in one side and a Beetle plant in Portugal, told Automotive February, followed by the Cross Golf News Europe, a sister publication to Plus in July and Cross Fox later next on the other to com- Automotive News. year. All Cross versions will have styling Autoeuropa is a leading candidate that is different from mainstream mod- memorate production of to produce VW's niche vehicles, Continued on page 7 the five millionth VW.
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If you can not make it then, call in your order and you can pick it up after hours at my house, which is just off I-75 in Cleveland, Tennessee. 423-476-1149 5245 NORTH L EE H WY. • CLEVELAND, TN 6 Scenic City Volks Folks VOLKSWAGEN ANAGRAMS Rearrange the letters in the phrases below to Technically Speaking... discover a new word or phrase. Numbers in Continued on page 7 parentheses is the number of letters in the word. Two or more numbers indicates the behind the generator/alternator the way. If you have to move the number of words in the answer. Example: stand), so, tug on them to be sure drive gear in the case and have no 1. undo our tab (10) you are dealing with the correct done it before, I STRONGLY suggest Answer: ROUNDABOUT wire. If your number one plug wire is you get some help! You could ruin 2. round gin barn (7,5) going to the number two spark your whole day if you drop the plug, swap them around at the washers off the drive gear down 3. wild snow pit (5,6) plug. Going COUNTER CLOCKWISE into the crankcase. They end up on on your cap after finding number top of the camshaft gear. Oh, 4. tight quarrel (12) one cylinder, the next wire will be #@%$!! You know what that means! number two, next number three, If all is well with the valves (probably 5. four hands (3,6) and lastly, number four - this is so wouldn't hurt to go ahead and simple!! If the rotor does not line up recheck adjustments) and you still 6. handiness now (4,3,5) with the slash mark, and it looks like can't get the bloody thing to run, 7. a chubby egg (5,5) it's about 45 or 90 degrees off, and find a mechanic before you get in your vacuum unit runs into the fan big time trouble. It might be electri- 8. dining eel (6,3) belt or intake manifold while trying cal, fuel, a flat tire, a window rolled to get the rotor to set on the slash down too far, car facing in wrong 9. twirliest whale (9,5) mark, more than likely your drive direction (remember what you're gear in the case was installed incor- working on). If you are totally con- 10. turbo racer (11) rectly. This is a pain in the butt for fused by all of this, go see Richard vacuum equipped distributors, but or Herb - they knows all about them 11. gas lit hilt (9) not a problem with centrifugal dis- plug wars (chuckle, chuckle)!!! tributors, as you don't have to worry Submitted by: Retbugtech aka 12. bus perm (7) about the vacuum unit getting in THE GODFATHER! 13. od bad rash (9) New Niche Vehicles 14. fowl grubs (9) Continued from page 5 els and meant to attract younger buy- offensive," Bernhard said at the 15. fewer ovals (6,4) ers. launch of the Eos coupe cabriolet at Among planned niche vehicles are the Frankfurt auto show in September. 16. he daft or ill (5,6) a Golf-based coupe called the "It's very similar to the situation at Scirocco, due in 2008, and a four-door Chrysler." 17. boiler cat (9) coupe-style vehicle based on the During 2002 and 2003, Bernhard Passat that will be similar to the helped start a so-called "top hat" 18. apple cores (7,3) Mercedes-Benz CLS. The Passat approach at Chrysler, where he was coupe should be in showrooms by COO. The strategy was to develop 19. cool aider (9) 2009. derivatives such as the Chrysler 300 Bernhard expects these benefits sedan (sold as the Chrysler 300C in 20. spare home (9) from the Hut strategy: Europe) and Dodge Charger sedan, •VW will no longer rely so heavily two vehicles based on common plat- on core vehicles such as the Golf forms and parts but with completely Answers to last issues and Polo. different rooflines. Word Scramble •The carmaker can expand its At VW, Bernhard wants to cut 7 bil- lineup while keeping costs under lion euros, or $8.25 billion at current 1. IHTGN Thing control. exchange rates, in development 2. YEWTTPO Type Two Bernhard took charge of the VW costs by 2010 by using common parts 3. ORDCILAEO Air Cooled brand on May 1. He quickly realized among several different vehicles and that one of the automaker's most producing multiple models on flexible 4. NASRRPRTOTE Transporter pressing problems in the next three assembly lines. 5. TRLBICEOA Cabriolet years will be a lack of new high-vol- But not everyone is convinced the 6. IWOPNSILDTW Splitwindow ume models. "We have the wind in our strategy will work or that Bernhard's face, and we will get no help from vol- cost-cutting plan represents a signifi- 7. NAARKMN Karmann ume launches," Bernhard said during cant savings. Adam Jonas, a 8. AATFSLWIE Westfalia an analyst call in July. European analyst at Morgan Stanley 9. WLSANEGIX Swingaxle VW launched its fifth-generation in London, warns that platform shar- Golf in fall 2003. The sixth-generation ing without significant differentiation 10. OMSHEPRAH Semaphore Passat went on sale last March, and could be a problem for VW. 11. OORICCCS Scirocco the fifth-generation Jetta went on sale "The strategy has to be done care- 12. AUNEKWLBGE Kubelwagen in June. fully," Jonas says. "The markets are too competitive to chance delivering a 13. CRMITE Metric Chrysler's way shell of a car without significant inno- 14. IAATVNR Variant "For the next two to three years, our vations. Buyers are wise enough and 15. UUBNGS Sunbug strategy must be to reduce cost to sur- savvy enough to know there are not 16. AAKSTCFB Fastback vive and to finance the next product significant changes." December 2005 7 A Look Back - Classic Volkswagen Print Ads circa 1960
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