These pictures were taken yesterday on my drive home. The other vehicle was a 1971 - same color, same options, and slowly being restored (much like mine).
Where I live I can count 30 VW's of various flavors and vintages within a 20 block radius. This one is located at a house in Sea cliff (one of the more expensive areas of San Francisco.
And then there is that guy who keeps putting flyers on every aircooled VW out there telling us about the problems with 009 coils and how he can make them better. His bus is looks like it is about to fall apart, it's not exactly the best advertising. I'll find the picture, but I'm sure I'll see him at burning van on Saturday.
There is a hobie cat vanagon out by the zoo, and a couple of syncros scattered in the outer sunset district. I'll post pics later when I can find them.
One of the pacifico busses is currently parked on fell street.
I live in a city where the VW bus was arguably raised to an icon, what with the Haight Ashbury days, the hippy living, and the weather all contributing to an icon that I love to drive. I get waved at daily, I wave back. Other buses drive by me slowly, I do the same.
I like our little club. We are weird. I like weird.
I want to talk to the guy who can fix 009 coils. Actually, I just want him to tell me what they are.
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whc03grady.
He is of course, referring the the distributor, but his flier says coil, and his diagram points to the starter, and then he'll tell you what is wrong with yours when it runs perfectly. Yeah, he is a little... unique.
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