Hello from Texas, U.S.A.

Hello,

TexasAirCooler is my screen name. Terry is my given name.
I live in Texas and have been an AirCooler since 1986.
I live East of Dallas in the sate of Texas, U.S.A.

My Dubs:
1973 Bug - 98% rust free, I saved from death by sawsall. Now my Hotrod Project
1973 Bay - 95% rust free, I traded a super for. Now my Man Cave Project.

My Other Rides:
1991 Toyota 4 Runner - My Dub Support Vehicle & Daily Driver
1993 GMC Truck - X Daily Driver... My Daughter took it from me.
1996 Chevy Suburban - Extra Vehicle, Dub Recovery & Vacation ride... My Wife took this one from me.
My Volkswagen Website: TexasAirCoolers.Com

My Interest:
Air Cooled V Dubs, 4X4's, Horses, Computers, Old Classic Vehicles, old Farm Tractors, Military Vehicles, NASCAR (Hendrick Racing), NHRA (Force Racing), Ice Cold Beer, Hot Looking Women. (And Not Allways In That Order)

My Past Dubs:(not including the ones above)'68 Ghia(1st Vdub), '65 Bug , '74 Bug x 2, '73 Bug, '73 Super, '74 Super, '68 Westy,'70 Transporter, '70 Westy

Gday Terry!
Welcome to the club mate.
Would love to see some pics of your dubs.

Especially when you turn the beetle into a hotrod.

How long have you owned the sweeeet 73 Bay?

Great to see some international members .
Tell our your mates over there to join.
We love seeing American Dubs.

Cheers Joel.

Thanks for the welcome.

The bug has been put on the back burner for a while, I'm a small ranch owner so that must come first. The bay I picked up about six months ago.

Here are links to pics.

http://public.fotki.com/BeetleWarrior/my-dubs/73yelbug/
http://public.fotki.com/BeetleWarrior/my-dubs/73bay/

No worries mate.
We're only a small Forum at the moment but hopefully in time we will get more members and become a lot bigger .
But at the meantime every new member is great!
Thanks for joining.


Here you go mate.



Love the poptop.

Thanks, I'm getting ready to replace the seals, I have to replace most of the wood on the top and I have a new canvas for it. Waiting for the engine tin seal and a alt. stand so I can change the motor over from a gen. Just finished removing about 2mm of paint from the dash pan the defrost vents mount to.

Damn, dont you hate 80's paint jobs.

Any pics of the interior.
Has it got a 1600?

JoelWantsaPanel wrote:

Damn, dont you hate 80's paint jobs.

Any pics of the interior.
Has it got a 1600?

Some of the paint jobs yea.

It was a rolling hull with a trans and a crap load of trash when I got it. I traded a '73 super for it.
If you check the link you can see what I have done so far. http://public.fotki.com/BeetleWarrior/my-dubs/73bay/

Going to build a custom interior for it. Will be taking pics of that as it comes along.
I'm going to build a 1600 for it. The alternator stand and compartment seal came in today.

Nice!
Going for a performance 1600 or a standard one?

Standard for this motor. It's not a universal case so I have to use an adapter. I've got another motor that is a universal case that collecting parts for. It will be a 1641 with a 110 cam, big valve heads, progressive 2 brl. carb motor.

Sounds good mate.

im going for a 100 cam so I have the torque.

Is it twin Port?

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Is it twin Port?

Yes, I prefer twin over single.

Yeah same here mate,
Im thinking about changing mine to Dual carb, Well hopefully .

Terry, gidday there mate and welcome to the bay window forum, love the pics of your bus. Seeing as you are an american man, you probably have guessed that i am not mr bruce willis.

JoelWantsaPanel wrote:

Yeah same here mate,
Im thinking about changing mine to Dual carb, Well hopefully .

I have been scared of duel carbs for years, but I've decided to build a 1776 with duel carbs to put in the bay once the bug is ready for the street. I'll then put the 1641 in the bug and feed it some laughing gas. (NOS)

Reichman wrote:

Terry, gidday there mate and welcome to the bay window forum, love the pics of your bus. Seeing as you are an american man, you probably have guessed that i am not mr bruce willis.

Gidday back to you brian, You most likely have more hair right.
I've got a air cooler site over here in Texas. Here's my avatar.



Do you know who that is?

What happened with the carbs mate?

Can I have some laughing gas

A long, long time ago.... Like 1983 when I first got into VW's a friend of mine had duel carbs. He was always working on them and jacking with it. It left us walking a few times. So I developed a dislike for them. My second wife didn't and still doesn't care for VW's so I got away from them until our son was 16.
He thought he wanted one so we found him a fixer upper. He quickly got bored and it became mine.

So with the fuel cost rising at the time like it was I jumped in deep and learned as much as I could. Seams my old buddy never knew about synchronizing the carbs.

As for the gas, your on your own mate.

Haha .

I have had the same sort of experience, But it was with Fuel Injection. Always managed to break down in a storm .

Fuel injection is good when its running well, But bad bad bad when theres even a little thing wrong with it.

And I do mean the 1976 Volkswagen injection, not modern fuel injection .

I know what you mean there. I would love to be able to buy a "Brand New" FI system $$$. I like that response it has.

Yeah , No splut splut.

I dont like the Volkswagen injection stay away.

JoelWantsaPanel wrote:

Gday Terry!
Welcome to the club mate.
Would love to see some pics of your dubs.

Especially when you turn the beetle into a hotrod.

How long have you owned the sweeeet 73 Bay?

Great to see some international members .
Tell our your mates over there to join.
We love seeing American Dubs.

Cheers Joel.

Well I have been pondering over my current list of projects and the length of time it is taking me to do the bug and I have decided to pass this project on to someone that has more time to devote to it.

Its alright mate, The bays are better anyway .

Oh yea, and they are better chick magnets!

Most definitely

Plus you can sleep in a kombi!

TexasAirCooler wrote:

JoelWantsaPanel wrote:

Yeah same here mate,
Im thinking about changing mine to Dual carb, Well hopefully .

I have been scared of duel carbs for years, but I've decided to build a 1776 with duel carbs to put in the bay once the bug is ready for the street. I'll then put the 1641 in the bug and feed it some laughing gas. (NOS)

Reichman wrote:

Terry, gidday there mate and welcome to the bay window forum, love the pics of your bus. Seeing as you are an american man, you probably have guessed that i am not mr bruce willis.

Gidday back to you brian, You most likely have more hair right.
I've got a air cooler site over here in Texas. Here's my avatar.



Do you know who that is?

wrong mate, bruce has more than me