Thunderbird Club

[GonePlaid]

Local music store in Stuart, FL, has a '62 blonde/oxblood piggyback bassman for sale(no affiliation). Looks good, I didn't play through it b/c I didn't feel like taking out a loan. His price is reasonable, esp. as it includes shipping. It's on Reverb. If anyone is interested, I'll go play through it and evaluate it. Bass only- I don't play guitar.

 

[Engle]

Unfortunately, the bass is 14", the case is 12.63" width.

https://www.amazon.com/Plano-Mil-Spec-Locker-Double-Wheels/dp/B00K2DPZ3W
Interior 54" x 15" x 6.38"

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

I looked at their site. That hard bag looks pretty good. But how much are they in real money-instead of a C w/ an "=" sign in it.

About half of this was in freight and paypal fees. The euro was closer to the USD value I think as well..
what shocked me was that it took under a week to get here... maybe I got lucky cause I heard it took some folks MUCH longer..

 

[GonePlaid]

https://www.amazon.com/Plano-Mil-Spec-Locker-Double-Wheels/dp/B00K2DPZ3W
Interior 54" x 15" x 6.38"

That'll work. Thanx. Next check.

 

[DChid]

Have you tried this url?;
Roman BaCH <[email protected]>

Yes, that and the other email on that website.

 

[dukeorock]

This sh1t's B A N G I N'!!
think I recognize that hat and bass...

Weird, I totally forgot we did that!

 

[Gaolee]

And they were wired for positive ground....smart Germans!!..

Just like a British car. Nothing better for promoting instant corrosion.

 

[Gaolee]

Weird, I totally forgot we did that!

Must have been a good session then.

 

[RedVee]

When my family moved to Canada in 1970, Dad bought one of those in orange. I have many memories of that car. It was back when seatbelts were a novelty (and no one wore them). And it was one of very few cars on the market that had fuel injection.

And 3 boots as well, I think. The back wagon bit, another between that floor and the engine, and the front of course.

A guy near my childhood home had one in a nice blue colour and wider steel wheels. I always thought it’d be a cool surf wagon.

 

[Engle]

Just like a British car. Nothing better for promoting instant corrosion.

No the Germans built air cooled VWs with negative ground (don't mention the war)
Pre 67 IIRC they were 6 volt, but always negative ground.

 

[Engle]

Our neighbors to the north and their fancy spelling. Colour?!?

j/k

Ummm, we are your neighbours. It's a slightly different flavour of the language.
-Gotta go quote some more fibre optic cable for a data centre

 

[Engle]

I saw Nazareth mid-late 80s in Halifax, NS. They played one of the bars that was off limits (bars would be placed off-limits by the base commander for any number of reasons including illegal activity and soldiers getting into trouble). So I saw both the Friday and Saturday shows. No one would see me there because it was off limits or if they did, they would be in at least as much trouble as me.

I loved Nazareth as a kid. After getting a working turntable and listening to some of my Nazareth records last year, I realized I play a lot like Pete Agnew. I think that was where I got my sense of how the bass fits in rock music.

 

[GBassNorth]

No the Germans built air cooled VWs with negative ground (don't mention the war)
Pre 67 IIRC they were 6 volt, but always negative ground.

Correct per my VW recollection as well. You could hook the old 6 volt system battery up backwards and the car would run but the radio and anything else with transistors in it wouldn't operate, or so I've heard. Never had to deal with one that was hooked up backwards. Post war they've all been negative ground from the factory IIRC.

Edit: some useful info...
TheSamba.com :: Beetle - 1958-1967 - View topic - Positive Ground VW

 

[PillO]

And 3 boots as well, I think. The back wagon bit, another between that floor and the engine, and the front of course.

A guy near my childhood home had one in a nice blue colour and wider steel wheels. I always thought it’d be a cool surf wagon.

Only 2. One in the front and the wagon area. Beneath the liner was a trapdoor to access the engine.

 

[PillO]

Ummm, we are your neighbours. It's a slightly different flavour of the language.
-Gotta go quote some more fibre optic cable for a data centre

very clever

 

[Gaolee]

No the Germans built air cooled VWs with negative ground (don't mention the war)
Pre 67 IIRC they were 6 volt, but always negative ground.

I stand corrected. Back when I was 17, I had a 1966 Type I (beetle), complete with the 6-volt system and a rusted out floor. The battery fell out of the bottom of the car, shorted out, and made the car push start only. It was mostly rusted in half, and the driver's seat leaned back against the back seat. No seatbelts of course. It's a miracle any of us who lived through that era survived. Proof there's a God who likes slapstick entertainment, I guess.

 

[Engle]

Correct per my VW recollection as well. You could hook the old 6 volt system battery up backwards and the car would run but the radio and anything else with transistors in it wouldn't operate, or so I've heard. Never had to deal with one that was hooked up backwards. Post war they've all been negative ground from the factory IIRC.

Edit: some useful info...
TheSamba.com :: Beetle - 1958-1967 - View topic - Positive Ground VW

That's pretty much the only other forum I read

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Correct per my VW recollection as well. You could hook the old 6 volt system battery up backwards and the car would run but the radio and anything else with transistors in it wouldn't operate, or so I've heard. Never had to deal with one that was hooked up backwards. Post war they've all been negative ground from the factory IIRC.

Edit: some useful info...
TheSamba.com :: Beetle - 1958-1967 - View topic - Positive Ground VW

Edit: I don't see how it could start with the battery reversed; the starter should turn backwards then.
And the generator would be pumping things backward into the battery which should would be one BIG short. If you've never seen a car battery shorted out, you should. But you want to be ten feet away, wearing goggles and a rain coat, and have a way to clean up the battery acid afterward.

 

[Engle]

I stand corrected. Back when I was 17, I had a 1966 Type I (beetle), complete with the 6-volt system and a rusted out floor. The battery fell out of the bottom of the car, shorted out, and made the car push start only. It was mostly rusted in half, and the driver's seat leaned back against the back seat. No seatbelts of course. It's a miracle any of us who lived through that era survived. Proof there's a God who likes slapstick entertainment, I guess.

My first "car" was a 68 VW Van that lasted about 20 minutes before a connecting rod emerged out of the top of the block. It did end up being a pretty cool place to hang out in the driveway for about a year though...

 

[PillO]

It's a miracle any of us who lived through that era survived.

Indeed, we rarely expect those who live through something to survive...