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Adventures with a ’79 VW

Fuel Line Replacement Leads to Engine Drop

One of the number one things people recommend when you purchase an old VW is to replace the fuel lines. VW used rubber fuel lines in their early models. After 30-sum-odd-years these rubber fuel lines become dried out and cracked thus making them susceptible to leaking. When you have gasoline leaking around an engine that […]

The Automobile I Always Wanted

From time to time I browse a classifieds-website called Craigslist. Sometimes I browse it because I’m looking for work or I need to buy something or want to sell something, and other times I browse out of sheer boredom. One day back in April I came across a 1979 Volkswagen T2 Transporter Van (aka VW’s […]

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