TIME FOR TOYS!

March 2018 Volume 27-03

OFFICIAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE CENTRAL OHIO VINTAGE VOLKSWAGEN CLUB

Finding Exhaust

LeaksPage 4

Next Meeting

March 8th

TIME FOR TOYS! Page 5

The ones that got away...Page 3

2 Zundfolge Central Ohio Vintage Volkswagen Club www.COVVC.org

INFORMATION

ZUNDFOLGEZundfolge (translated ‘firing order’) is published monthly by the Central Ohio Vintage Volkswagen Club. Its purpose is to keep us informed and running smoothly, while providing knowledge and enthusiasm into the Classic VW Community. Members are encouraged to submit articles and photos for the newsletter. Please contact the Editor for more informa-tion. Brian Knoll @ [email protected]

To obtain VW factory information send your serial number to:

Pre 1955:VW Brezelffenstervereinigung e.v.Ernst Reter Hagen, Amselweg 4, D

3073 Liebenau, Germany

Post 1955:Customer Assistance, Volkswagen AGPostfach, 3180 Wolfsburg 1, Germany

FACTORY DATA

COVVC OFFICERS

In the Spring of 1991 our club was founded by 12 enthusiasts lookingfor a way to pool their parts and resources to maintain their vintage Volkswagen Cars. Now we are in our 28th year with about 200 members and the premiere Vintage Volkswa-gen club for Central Ohio. We Strive to share knowledge and resources while having plenty of fun. We welcome everyone interested in classic air-cooled as well as newer water-cooled VW products. Annually we host Ohio’s largest Volkswagen Car show & swap-meet ‘Volksfest’ to benefit Childhood Cancer Family Conection; an independent non-profit organization, devoted to the needs of children with cancer.

Board of Directors: Mark Garrett [email protected] 614.262.2881 Stark Hughes [email protected] 614.843.0751 Kathy Kern [email protected] 614.940.8047 Mike Roecker [email protected] 216.233.4456 Mike Williams [email protected] 937.390.3794 Linda C Brown [email protected] 614.253.4694 Richard Rambo [email protected] 614.551.6621

Secretary Debbie Garrett [email protected] 614.262.2881 Treasurer Todd Sichel [email protected] 614.252.1431 Membership Ryan Cisco [email protected] 740.709.0183 Historian Maryilyn Allen [email protected] 614.604.8744 Webmaster Ashley Cook [email protected] 419.681.0518 Zundfolge Ed. Brian Knoll [email protected] 937.206.9293

Tech Advisor Al Moore Columbus [email protected] 740.415.8812Tech Advisor Bruce Amacker Cleveland [email protected] 440.846.3885Tech Advisor Bill Huntsman Marion [email protected] 740.389.3187Tech Advisor Jim Meyer Circleville [email protected] 740.474.4410Water Cooled Jerry Ohara [email protected] 614.471.8786Social Media Ray Duane [email protected] 304.218.0401

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Coming up in April...Lead Article...... Stark HughesTheme......... T-Shirt Design & Anniversary Mtg.Meeting Date... April 12thLocation ...... To Be DeterminedAddress ..... To Be Announced

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Jan Mark Garrett Annual BanquetFeb Richard Rambo ValentinesMar Mike Williams Toy MeetingApr Stark Hughes Anniversary/T-shirt DesignMay Linda Brown Trophy DesignJun Ryan Cisco Club PicnicJul Debi Garrett Show Prep ReviewAug Mark Garrett VOLKSFEST 28Sept Ann Gillman Chicken FryOct Marilyn Allen HalloweenNov Kathy Kern ElectionsDec Todd Sichel Cookie Meeting

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Hi everyone! It’s early March and we all know what that means. Spring is just around the corner, along with our annual toy meeting. I’m excited to be chairing the March meeting and want to remind everyone to bring their favorite VW toys to share with other members. We’ll be having a “miniature” toy show with awards presented to the top three toys based on member vote. I’ve got some killer VW toys for this year’s prizes. For anyone looking to start or add to their VW toy collection, there will be a nice selection of toys and memorabilia up for grabs after our 50/50 drawing; so don’t forget to buy some tickets!

Moving to another topic, I was just reflecting the other day on a few Volkswagens that got away from me over the years. Seems like it always came down to either being a day late, a dollar short, or too naïve over the years. One car that comes to mind is a 1957 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. I was 18 years old and had just finished restoring my 1974 beetle. I had never been a big fan of VW Ghias. I remember getting home from school one day and my father told me to look in the garage. I ran out to the garage and found a very solid beige 1957 Ghia sitting there in all her glory

with several Empi parts installed. I remember instantly running back in the house and telling him I wasn’t the least interested in the car and that we needed to sell it. The car was sold within a month to a close friend who ended up crushing the car in an accident. I really wish that car was in my collection right now.

Another vehicle that comes to mind is a 1959 Volkswagen 23 window bus that was brought into a junkyard to be crushed. My father-in-law worked in the office and called me as soon as the bus rolled into the yard. I was attending college at the time and couldn’t get over to the yard for a few days. At the time, VW buses weren’t insanely popular as they are today, so I thought a few days wouldn’t be a big deal. I made arrangements with the owner a few days later to pick the bus up on a Friday after I got out of classes. The mistake I made was not paying for the bus at that moment. A few days later I went to pick up the bus and it was nowhere to be found. I quickly found out the owner sold the bus to another individual who offered more money for the bus. What still makes me sick to my stomach to this day is a 1963 example sold a few years for well over $100,000.

I saved the best story for last. I had just gotten married and money was tight. A gentleman who lived near us who owned well over 100 Volkswagens had recently passed away and his family was planning to auction all the vehicles off to the highest bidder. I was lucky to be given the opportunity to look at the vehicles, and possibly purchase a few before the cars were turned over to the auction company. I was very interested in a 1963 ragtop Beetle and two split window double cab buses. A price was agreed upon on the Beetle, but at the time, I believed the asking price for the buses was out of my price range. I guess I could have asked my parents for the money, but I guess I was too proud or too stubborn. I ended up walking away from them, but I did score my 1967 low mileage Euro Beetle at the auction, which I still have in my collection. I just wish those two double cabs were also sitting next to the 1967.

In closing, I’ve missed out on a lot of Volkswagens, but I can say I’ve also been lucky to have several rare gems in my collection. I also just want to thank all of you for keeping the VW passion alive! See you at the March meeting!!

Mike WilliamsThoughTs from a Board memBer

John V. DoeTreasurer

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Recently I experienced an exhaust leak on my ’66 Deluxe that was probably there all last summer but I never knew it until I turned the heater on. The leak was small- not enough to hear, but the engine fan was picking up stray exhaust and therefore when the heat was engaged these fumes would be pumped into the cabin. These fumes are obviously dangerous, as older engines without EFI and catalytic convertors can emit large amounts of poisonous carbon monoxide. Later engines with feedback fuel control and emission controls produce little or no CO, plus the catalytic convertors can reduce this even fur-ther. These days if you wanted to “end it all” in the garage with the door closed, you’d likely run out of oxygen before CO would do you in like the old days. The richer the engine runs, the more CO will be produced, and we all know old VWs don’t run lean, they are horrible emission producers. Luckily I did not suffer any effects from the CO the day that I drove it as I kept the windows open. Turning off the heater did help but evidently the heater flap was sticking as exhaust odor was still present with the heat off.

Anyway, back to fixing the bus. The first thing I did was to rack it and inspect things visually for carbon stains indicat-ing an exhaust leak. I saw only minimal evidence of leakage and heard absolutely nothing unusual either when idling or when I blipped the throttle. This is odd; typically if there is an

exhaust leak you’d hear it, especially under a (slight) load. I resorted to using my stethoscope which is very helpful in finding exhaust leaks. This is a typical $3 stethoscope bought from one of the cheapie tool suppliers that’s been modified slightly. I removed the end probe and substituted a piece of brake line about 2’ long with a 90° bend near the end of it. This allows me to identify even small leaks very easily. With the engine running, move the tube up and down any areas that could be exhaust leaks, even a small seepage will be quite loud through the tool. Beware, large leaks may be pain-fully earsplitting! If you need to enhance the tool’s effect, you can hold a rag over the tailpipe to increase the pressure in the exhaust system. Use common sense, a leather glove, and more common sense doing this. I did find a couple of small exhaust leaks which I disassembled and corrected using ex-haust sealer. I think the majority of my exhaust problem was related to not having the correct tailpipe on the bus- instead of using the tiny restrictive factory tailpipe I had a chrome “zoomie” pipe which did not clear the rear bumper. After cor-recting the exhaust leaks and installing a new tailpipe, all is well!

With winter coming to a close it’s time to get moving on any of those small projects to get your VDub road-ready for spring. Remember all of those nuisance items that bothered you last summer? Get those handled now!

VW TeCh...Tips, Tricks, Tools & Repairs Finding an Exhaust Leak

Bruce Amacker

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• You can see the now famous Volksfest countdown • Renew your membership or purchase club items.

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Welcome back everyone!! First off, please don’t forget this month is our annual toy meeting. Please bring your VW toys to share with other members. The toy I’m sharing with each of you this month was produced by a very well-known Japanese toy manufacturer. This toy was recently purchased from a toy collector in Sweden. I was so excited to have the opportunity to purchase the vehicle. I counted the days for the toy to reach my doorstep.

The toy I’m sharing with each of you this month was manufactured by the Bandai Toy Company of Japan during the early to mid-1960s. This friction operated tinplate VW bus is 9.5 inches long and depicts a white ambulance. The toy has a very colorful tin lithograph interior insert with dashboard and plastic steering wheel. The rear hatch opens and has a removable stretcher which is always missing when you are lucky enough to find this toy for sale. The toy is a joy to watch as it drives across the floor. I can just imagine being a small child and pretending you are racing off to the hospital with a patient in need.

This toy is extremely rare and doesn’t come up for sale very often. As stated earlier, consider yourself extreme-ly lucky if you find the stretcher with the bus; let alone the cardboard box for the toy. Most of these boxes never made it past day one once the child removed the toy from the box. The value of the toy in good condition with no box is around $325 - $350, with a boxed mint example coming in around $900 - $1,000. It’s not uncommon though to see this toy sell well above these figures when collectors get into a bidding war over the same car. Until next month… Happy Hunting!

Michael WilliamsLeT’s TaLk Toys!

Minutes for the COVVC meeting held 2-8-18 at Valter’s at the Maennerchor on South High St.

The meeting was started promptly at 7:30 by new board member Richard Rambo. This was the Valentine’s meeting.

We had just a few door prizes, but we did have Chocolate that was passed around. YUM

It was suggested that we go to Haufbrahaus for a summer picnic instead of Blendon Woods. It was only a suggestion. There is more flexibility at Blendon Woods and we believe it’s cheaper. There is also more room to park, food of our choice, etc.

Membership reports that we now have 173 members, but we do not have any new members this month.

The treasury currently has $11,766.00

The Columbus Int’l car show is coming in March. Several of our member’s VW’s are going to be on display. Please try to come out and give your support.

Ashley- our webmaster- is doing a great job with the web site. Looks fantastic. She would like people to send pic-tures and history or club and members. Don’t forget there is club items for sale on the new site also.

Brian hoped everyone likes the new style of the newsletter, and reminded everyone to submit articles, stories and pic-tures. Also volunteer to be the ‘car/member’ of the month in the newsletter! 50/50 was $34 and was won by Andre Prevanaeu, congrats.

Good Job to Richard on leading his first meeting.

Next month meeting will be a Valker’s-Maennerchor

The “horn” has been missing for a few months, we request-ed everyone be on the lookout....after the meeting it was reportedly found! Thank you.

meeTing minuTes

Debi Garrett


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For Sale: 1974 ThingWill consider trades. Very Clean, tastfully mod-ified, High Performance Engine, custom wheels and MANY new parts. Always garaged runs and looks great.Asking $16,000 OBOCall Bruce 740.304.1430

For Sale: 1967 Type IIDeluxe modelCall Jon 740.703.7695

For Sale: 1979 Bus Original Owner, 123K Miles, Original Paint. Rebuilt Engine only has 500 miles, new tires, new exhaust and heater boxes., have middle seat (not installed)Serious inquires only. Asking $11,500 cash. Call Chad 740.385.9045

For Sale: Carl Dewhurst is selling his Citroen and all of his tools. Also plenty of VW parts are available. Please call 614.218.4606

For Sale: 1979 BeetleConvertible Super Beetle, Original Paint, Leather Seats, & Top w/heated rear window. 3rd Owner, always garaged & maintained.34,500 orig. miles, serious offers considered.Call Chuck [email protected]

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