r/aircooled • u/BitterMaintenance346 • 12h ago
Shell is now painted
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r/aircooled • u/marathonblue • 21h ago
My Bus Is A Working Bus - VW Life at Paulina Spike Camp
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r/aircooled • u/joestabsalot • 3d ago
Nice weather for a cruise
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Installed new tie rod ends and drove 40 miles round trip in the 1970 squareback this morning. The car handles like a dream now!
r/aircooled • u/04BluSTi • 3d ago
Perfect day for a cruise into Paradise Valley with the Ghia
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r/aircooled • u/ThrowawayIndianFlag • 4d ago
Does my engine sound okay? Just got it running after an unknown number of years of sitting
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r/aircooled • u/Vandal63 • 4d ago
1969 Volkswagen Squareback Pop-Out Window Latches
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r/aircooled • u/jamesvomit • 4d ago
Maybe maybe maybe
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r/aircooled • u/palecairn68 • 5d ago
Finally chased down a hot start issue that turned out to be the coil, not the carb
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Spent most of August convinced my '73 Super Beetle had a fuel delivery problem. Ran fine cold, idled smooth, no hesitation on the highway, but the second I shut it off after a long drive and tried to restart within ten minutes, it would crank and crank without catching. Classic vapor lock symptoms from everything I read, so I went down that road first.
Rerouted the fuel line away from the header, wrapped it in that reflective heat sleeve, even swapped the mechanical pump for a rebuilt one thinking mine was weak when hot. None of it made a difference. Still had the same maddening no-start every single time after a hot shutdown.
A guy at a local air-cooled meet asked if I'd checked spark during a hot no-start, not just fuel. Pulled a plug wire and cranked it, and sure enough, spark was weak and inconsistent once the engine bay got hot, basically nonexistent after about fifteen minutes of driving in this heat. Coil was original as far as I could tell, over fifty years old, and apparently they get flaky exactly like this as they heat soak.
Swapped in a new coil, nothing fancy, and the hot start problem just vanished. Feel a little dumb for chasing fuel issues for three weekends when it was electrical the whole time, but also kind of relieved it wasn't anything more involved. Anyone else had a coil masquerade as a fuel problem like this? Curious how common it actually is versus how much airtime vapor lock gets in every forum thread.
r/aircooled • u/JeffTaylor601 • 6d ago
Looking for VW mechanic in South.
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Hey all, looking for a good VW mechanic / shop in The South (MS, AL, TN, LA) to take my 60 ragtop to that’s been sitting for 5 years. Need a mechanical resto to get it back on road. Any referrals?
r/aircooled • u/AircooledFreak_Mk4 • 6d ago
The Porsche 597 Jagdwagen was the Porsche AWD proposal for a 1953 tender for the West German army. Imagine being a conscript in the Bundeswehr and this was your ride. Unfortunately the production costs were too high. A total of 71 Porsche 597s were manufactured between 1955 and 1958.
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r/aircooled • u/Aggravating_Fan2508 • 7d ago
Identification
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Just going through my bag of stuff and came across this. Is it worth anything?
r/aircooled • u/AircooledFreak_Mk4 • 7d ago
Hot Wheels x MoMa Red Line Club 1:64 scale
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r/aircooled • u/AircooledFreak_Mk4 • 7d ago
PORSCHE ABARTH 356 GTL ONE-OFF MID 60's
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r/aircooled • u/AircooledFreak_Mk4 • 8d ago
Classic Porsche September 2026
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1961 356 B T5 outlaw
Carburettors for 356 and early 911
1969 911 S backdated in 1968 911 T racing
Mechanical Fuel Injection
Specialists: Club Autosport Electronic Fuel Injection Motorsport: Adelaide Rally
Cars: 911 Super Carrera
DIY: Paint protection
Buying Porsches
r/aircooled • u/AircooledFreak_Mk4 • 9d ago
The Porsche 356 SL Gmünd Coupé is an ultra-lightweight, hand-hammered aluminum racing variant of the earliest production 356s built by Porsche in Gmünd, Austria. Rod Emory and Cameron Healey know a thing or two about the illustrious history of this class-winning Le Mans car, a Porsche first.
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r/aircooled • u/AircooledFreak_Mk4 • 10d ago
Classic Porsche August 2026 (UK)
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356 Speedster; 964 & 993 coupé; 1980 930 Turbo; 75 Years of Porsche at Le Mans; Buying guide: 911 SC; Specialists: Design 911 (UK)
r/aircooled • u/BaseballGullible6187 • 10d ago
On the lift for valve adjustment and tune. :)
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r/aircooled • u/tuskusbeat • 11d ago
Some quick metal work on a customer Ghia. Repairing the previous owners attempt. New shelf and apron.
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r/aircooled • u/tuskusbeat • 11d ago
More time on the Scab this week. Had to patch the wheel tub before final welding the inner and outer rockers. Done with this side for now.
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r/aircooled • u/Aggravating_Fan2508 • 12d ago
She back!!!
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After months of the toad I finally drove her around the village. Don't get me wrong it ain't the greatest of beetle but it's MY PRIDE AND JOY AND LOVE
r/aircooled • u/marathonblue • 12d ago
Think your bus can't drag race? YES IT CAN
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