[tcb] Re: VW Quiz
- From: "w.wood" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 20:54:36 -0400
The 8N or the 600 Jubilee were better for smaller tracts of land. I've had
one of each of those too. That Johnny Pop would sputter and Pop, I had a
Series 60 with the wide track front end. That and the live PTO made it a
great machine.
I've had a *few* tractors but wouldn't consider myself a sod farmer. A long
time ago, I bought some land from a relative. On it was a 1940s Oliver that
he'd owned. It had caught fire when he was using it one day so it sat. I
was clearing the land, so I drug it off the property with a chain and put it
on a family lot nearby. About a month
goes by and a guy calls me and asked me what I wanted for it. Mind you,
this had four flats, was burned (rusted up); I let him take it. It's now a
show winner in the inter-mountain west, go figure..
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 5:15 PM, sammie smith
<bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Will: I have about a gillion hours in the saddle of those things. Great
> tractor for its time.
>
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> *From:* Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Wed, May 5, 2010 11:01:55 AM
>
> *Subject:* [tcb] Re: VW Quiz
>
> I owned one when I lived in Utah. I had it for four years and it mainly
> just scared the hell out of me. Lever clutch and all. I had 10 acres to
> care for so it was just a weekend toy.
>
> You also couldn't start the thing in winter either.
>
>
>
> -- Sent from my Palm Pre
>
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> On May 5, 2010 11:37 AM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Damn Will; I would never have suspected that you were that old.
>
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> *From:* Will <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Wed, May 5, 2010 9:18:31 AM
> *Subject:* [tcb] Re: VW Quiz
>
> I call BS and i've owned a two cylinder Johnny Pop too.
>
>
>
>
> -- Sent from my Palm Pre
>
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> On May 5, 2010 9:08 AM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Ok, guys, here's the correct answer: And someone needs to try this with
> the bus/car tied down and wheels chocked.
>
> We are going to give the prize to Dave for the earliest and nearest correct
> answer, so round of applause to Dave.
>
> He jacked the left rear wheel off of the ground, put it in second gear,
> turned on the ignition, and spun the tire by hand and it fired right up.
>
> Anyone who has ever started a "popping Johnny" John Deere tractor will
> understand this principle. And if you never have: well, you grab the large
> external flywheel, which is about the size of a VW tire & wheel, with two
> hands and give it a big spin.
>
> As I said; we need to get someone to try this; and of course post the video
> on the net.
>
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> *From:* J Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Tue, May 4, 2010 11:36:50 PM
> *Subject:* [tcb] Re: VW Quiz
>
> Where's McGyver when you need him?
>
> He wired a sack of 'taters in series to a cigarette plug, let it
> trickle charge for awhile, then jacked up the bus, spun the wheels in
> gear to add some additional charge, pulled it outta gear, spun the
> wheels as fast as possible and popped the clutch in gear.
>
> Either that or he pulled a battery from one of the other abandoned
> buses in the field and got lucky.
>
>
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