http://www.dumbcriminals.com/cars/reckless-driver-goes-bananas/ We've been humiliating dumb crooks since 1999. New stories are added several times each week! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.dumbcriminals.com/cars/reckless-driver-goes-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-34487 Xatao Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:45:27 +0000 http://www.dumbcriminals.com/?p=1248#comment-34487 Hitler gave it an air cooled engine so it could get over the alps Hitler gave it an air cooled engine so it could get over the alps

]]> http://www.dumbcriminals.com/cars/reckless-driver-goes-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-34383 Anonymous Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:04:24 +0000 http://www.dumbcriminals.com/?p=1248#comment-34383 Considering the Holocaust, why would you post this?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Considering the Holocaust, why would you post this?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

]]> http://www.dumbcriminals.com/cars/reckless-driver-goes-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-34016 anonymous Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:07:19 +0000 http://www.dumbcriminals.com/?p=1248#comment-34016 Actually, I'm pretty sure Hitler suggested the idea of a car that looked like a beetle. He may not have designed it, but it was his idea. Actually, I’m pretty sure Hitler suggested the idea of a car that looked like a beetle. He may not have designed it, but it was his idea.

]]> http://www.dumbcriminals.com/cars/reckless-driver-goes-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-33533 Ken Molloy Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:23:35 +0000 http://www.dumbcriminals.com/?p=1248#comment-33533 Dr. Ferdinand Porsche designed the Volkswagen, and was way, way, ahead of his time in 1934. I took a slide of a 1938 VW at the 1975 Frankfurt Auto Show. It looked very much like the 1958 VW which was our very first new car. Volkswagens were easy to "soup up". A Porsche engine would bolt right in place without even needing an adapter. However, after 1960, adapters appeared on the market to install a Corvair 6-cylinder engine into a VW. If you ever compared the cross section of the 6-cylinder Corvair engine with the cross section of the VW engine, it was obviously copied from the VW. In stock, showroom condition, the 36hp VW would only go 62mph (100kph), even if you held the pedal flat on the floor all day. But it would consistently give 32-33mpg all day, too. Adding dual carburetors would raise the top speed to 65mph, and with a different camshaft, different cylinder heads, and 4 carburetors, the VW engine could be modified to produce more than 100-120hp. Then it would really run! I'd love to have another VW beetle right now. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche designed the Volkswagen, and was way, way, ahead of his time in 1934.
I took a slide of a 1938 VW at the 1975 Frankfurt Auto Show. It looked very much like the 1958 VW which was our very first new car.
Volkswagens were easy to “soup up”. A Porsche engine would bolt right in place without even needing an adapter.
However, after 1960, adapters appeared on the market to install a Corvair 6-cylinder engine into a VW. If you ever compared the cross section of the 6-cylinder Corvair engine with the cross section of the VW engine, it was obviously copied from the VW.
In stock, showroom condition, the 36hp VW would only go 62mph (100kph), even if you held the pedal flat on the floor all day. But it would consistently give 32-33mpg all day, too.
Adding dual carburetors would raise the top speed to 65mph, and with a different camshaft, different cylinder heads, and 4 carburetors, the VW engine could be modified to produce more than 100-120hp. Then it would really run!
I’d love to have another VW beetle right now.

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