On 10/3/07, Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> At 10/3/2007, you wrote:
> >Thanx for that idea. I've sent it on to my
> >mechanically minded son. He and I are fans of first
> >generation VWs.
The first car I had that was really mine (as opposed to shared with
the spouse I'd recently divorced back then) was a VW. I rebuilt the
engine using John Muir's Complete Idiot manual -- a marvel of clear
technical writing.
The manual has held up -- it's in its 19th edition.