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1940 VW beetle sunroof All wheel drive

Or a Holden, or Canadian Pontiac. Or any Pontiac after 1981.

Take terminal wires off 50 & 30 of the starter and battery+ post. Take + battery cable and connect to wire that came off #30. Take a 12v battery connect it to 30 and ground take a remote starter switch and connect to 12v battery and sol. terminal. Turn ignition key on, go back to remote switch and press. Don't have a remote starter sw?? use a large flat blade screwdriver to go from the terminal 60 to the solenoid spade and your screw driver becomes the remote switch. The car is still on 6V and just the starter is isolated on 12V. Like Restorer32 says it won't hurt the starter, in fact when many people convert their VW's or Porsches to 12volts they leave the old 6 volt starter in place. The beauty of having a flat, a completely flat battery in a car that has a generator (UNLIKE A ALTERNATOR) does not need electricity to produce electricity. Sans certain Hydramatic's you can also push start them.

Dual coupling or Controlled Coupling 4 speed Hydramatic also know as= ( Super Hydramatic-Pontiac 1956-1964) (Jetaway-Oldsmobile 1956-1960) ( 315 or P315 Hydramatic- Cadillac 1956-1964) Cannot be pushed started because the pump in the transmission is driven by the engine, there is no pressure to apply the clutches when the engine is not running. Roto Hydramatic 3 speed four range Hydramatic. Used by Pontiac 1961-1964, Oldsmobile 1961-1964. Cannot be push started because the pump is driven by the input shaft which is driven or turned by the engine, Therefore with no fluid pressure to operate clutches the transmission will not transmit power and turn the engine.

Well Ed, I've been following Pontiac for about 60+ years. I've got three Pontiac's and been to a great deal of Pontiac shows and been a member to quite a few Pontiac clubs so I'm familiar with what goes on and what's being said on the surface and beneath. There are many stories that could be told. Things have quieted down a bit with some newer people to organizations because they never grew up knowing the engine was the brand, they may or may not get the snub at a outing, but rest assured sometime they will. The clubs will tell you all is welcome, but I know better. I also have a 1976 Oldsmobile that I show in a unrestored survivor class and this car has a Chevrolet engine. I know all about being snubbed at a Olds event. In fact if you take a car like mine to a Olds event all you need to do is put the car on the show field and stand back and observe and listen. For example at a zone meet where most people don't know each other and you are able to observe without someone knowing the link to you and your car you will hear all kinds of things like " it's not a Oldsmobile", "It's got the wrong engine in it", "It shouldn't be allowed" etc. The silent ones. They see the side of the car and they look interested, they check the interior, once they get to that engine compartment you can see the look on their faces. The other ones start at the engine compartment and take one look at the Chevy engine and won't even look at the rest of the car, they are gone. Being a real Pontiac guy ( there is no Pontiac after 1981) I understand all this.

The only thing I would like to know is if you, the editor is accessible. Should a article have some incorrect information or incomplete information are you customer reader friendly. Do you, like Collectible Automobile magazine's John Biel have a Collectible Comments section where matters can be put straight?

I took my 65 Type 111 1200"A" "Custom" ( 1200 "A" Custom is a subset model of the basic 1200 "A" standard model not sold in U.S. and not a customized car) for a drive and a read ( I took a James Herriot book) in our forest. When I left the house it was just about 32 degrees. My house is at 5,250 ft. elevation. The VW's 36hp engine started right up with it's manual choke. ( last year for the 36hp engine and a manual choke in a standard ( 1200"A") model. These cars have no problem at 14 degrees or 114 degrees. I've owned it for 53 years. Before I bought my 2012 Sentra SL it was the only car that could get over 40MPG. Just a little snow left over from our last snow storm 3wks ago

The only reason the factory issued a new edict and on cars beyond 1965 a sticker for a new valve adjustment of .006 was because cars in the dealership could never attain a temperature cold enough for a proper adjustment. It was a engineering decision for insurance of valve clearance.- even when dealers got a blower system which reversed the airflow through the engine cooling tins to cool the engines for valve adjustment. It is no problem to adjust a 985, 1131, 1200, 1300, 1500 or 1600cc at .004 clearance as long as the engine is overnight stone cold. The designers knew from the outset ( 1938) that the #3 cylinder would run a tad hotter than the rest so they designed the distributor cam lobe for #3 lobe is 2 degrees less than the other three to compensate for the #3 temp increase. To take care of extra heat when the engine displacement reached 1600 they increased the size and the position of the oil cooler for added cooling. This was called the dog house fan shroud and oil cooler.

I somewhat knew Studebaker used other brands engines back in the day, but for us teenagers back in the day, the Studebaker wasn't something that drew much attention. It was to us- a dead mark so we didn't pay attention. Putting a Chevrolet or Ford engine in another make to me and my friends just meant that mark was on it's way out. The engine in the Pontiac posted is a Chevrolet engine that was also used by Studebaker trying to hang on just before it's demise. To us Pontiac enthusiast a Chevrolet engine in a Pontiac equals a Chevrolet, along with Powerglide, not as strong rear axle and that narrow track . A Pontiac Body on a Chevrolet chassis/suspension and powertrain = Chevrolet. Most Pontiac enthusiasts in Pontiac's heyday and die hard owners today in the states considered Canadian Pontiac's a Chevrolet. Growing up late 40"s 50's early 60's and even through the late 60's and 70's the engine was the brand. That image was cultivated by the brand itself. Never so self evident as with the Oldsmobile engine lawsuits of the mid to late 70's.

OK thanks Charles

Look, you seem to know something that I don't. Instead of playing a game here just come out with it. OK?

And a empty section for you to make notes.

That's a AUDI not a VW..... They don't make Real VW's anymore, or Porsches for that matter.

Parts on the front of the engine are not the same? Timing cover, water pump, generator mount.

Right, if you say so!🙄

If things are maintained as they should and the car is treated right a 60's cars will do well over 100K. Give me a 2021 new car in the morning and in a afternoon I can return it as a worn out junk. 50 years ago I was doing unit repair for a VW dealership. Ever see the insides of a VW transaxle? No computer designed reliability and maintainability programs. They were hugely overbuilt, huge bearings and gears for the application of 25, 36, 40, 50, 53 & 60hp engines and later when analysis finally was run engineers figured they were good for between 350,000 and 400,000 miles-if driven properly. Back in those days if you got 75K out of a air cooled VW that was a average. On my own VW's I've done 178,000 on my 64 engine, 120K on my 65 because at the time I thought that was a lot of miles so I tore it down. It really didn't need anything, but because it was apart a polished crank, new bearings, piston liner set, new valves and oil pump..... that was 1971. I just drove that car yesterday. Do proper maintenance and VW's and Porsches are hungry for maintenance like 1,500 mile between oil changes and adjusting valves every 3,000. And a huge thing letting them warm up before driving, that's 115 degrees of oil temp before driving off, treat them right and they last a long time.

Interesting, my 2012, and my 2019 say wheel bearing replacement at 60K. There is no inspection, cleaning, lubricating and adjusting with the new cars as they are sealed bearings. My 76 Olds ,my 64 and 65 beetle's, 62 & 63 Pontiac's have their original wheel bearings. With the old cars there is all of the above and every 10-12K, however with checking and lubricating you always know the condition of the bearings.

Great engine in wrong car. Lamb in Tigers clothing.

At every lubrication interval (3000 miles) link pins for king pins must be adjusted. 1938-1965.

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John, is it possible to post a few pictures of your 62? I would assume it's painted in anniversary gold. As you know I have a 62 Pontiac Catalina 2 dr. post. in Pontiac's caravan gold. Ironically last week a close friend just picked up a car like yours and we were comparing our canopies. Thanks in advance.

You know Steve, when I first saw the headline I thought you were talking about "Collectible Automobile" magazine.

Charming show? Ever watch " As Time Goes By"? Remember how Lionel Hardcastle felt when Hollywood rewrote his script from his book " My Life in Kenya"? That is how I feel about this All Creatures Great and Small series. Seigfried Farnon is a widower. No, Siegfried marries for the first and only time after James. Siegfried was a vet in WW1, No, Siegfried, although only a few years older than James does seem older to James. Siegfried and James both join the RAF in 1939 WW2. Siegfried is reluctant to have a girlfriend, No Siegfried before he's married has a a parade of girlfriends. Helen Alderson, is going out with a wealthy young man named Richard Edmonson ( not Hugh Hulton ) Edmonson never proposes marriage. Later James does. Helen's father is a well off farmer and owns his own land. The bit with the Bull never happened. The Alderson family was not poor and Helen was a GOOD COOK. The Darrowby show; never happened like that in market square. The show was called the Darrowby-Hulton show. It was held every year on the Hulton estate and consisted of games , a beer tent, local family pets, different farm animal competition, entertainment, dancing and a gymkhana horse jumping event. See the 1979-1991 series to have a look at what the show would have looked like. Mrs. Hall, does not have a derelict husband. In real life- in the books she is a widow, and in the series 1-3 1978-,80 Mrs. Hall keeps house for the vets until they go off to war and also for newly qualified Tristan during the war until Tristan goes off to serve. In real life and in the Special Christmas series a in-between series 3&4 the vets come back after the war and there is a tribute to Mrs Hall because she dies after Tristin leaves for war, after which there is a series of housekeepers. Sorry Al, Yes the scenery is spectacular, the cars are great, But after reading all of the James Herriot books and seen the complete 1978-1990 series, a series I might add whose script was taken directly out of the Herriot books with few alterations I knew this series was doomed for me. The 78-91 series were actually filmed in most of the places where Herriot practiced, where as this new series was filmed out of Herriot's district. I was lucky enough to travel to all of the major spots filmed a couple of times ( 1980 and 1982) and also Meet Alf Wight ( James Herriot) while he was very much alive and well and still in veterinary practice. Lets just say Alf and Joan Wight and Donald and Audrey Sinclair ( Siegfried ) had somewhat of a influence on how the 1978-90 series was filmed and had a profound influence on the actors in that series. They all knew each other. That's a huge advantage to great actors.

The caption should have said; Sometimes I tie myself to the whipping post.