Here's a 1973 VW 3 door Bus up for sale. This bus spent most of its life in California thru 95 Then came to Wisconsin and spent its winters in storage. Then the second owner decided to start restoring her over time. Body is very solid, Underneath pictures shows a real survivor. Floors are exceptional condition for a 40 plus year old vehicle. Runs better than new. Only has about 5,000 miles on a bigger than original, Porche Boxster motor installed by Mofoco VW out of Milwaukee. New clutch at time of motor exchange. Still has original tranny and shifter. CV joints replaced,Trans flush, Fresh oil and Tune. New 8 ply Hancook Tires. New Front and Rear sway bars added to cure most cross wind problems. Twin tipped exhaust, single Weber carb. Optima battery. I believe the Porsche Motor is 2000-2100 cc. odometer states 74,737 but is non-operable.

Interior has been updated with marine grade vinyl from sewfine on front kick panels and back rear side panels and rear lift door. Front seats and second row 3/4 seat are recent kits from Sewfine. Has interior curtains for all windows and windshield. Eight speaker cd player. All seat belts are there and set up to haul 7 passengers. New laminate flooring in second & 3rd row seating areas. New carpeting in rear hatch area. I also has a custom second row seat that that turns in a bed, that's currently out of the vehicle if you would choose to want to travel and sleep in the bus. It fits in there very nicely, and folds up for a full size seat when not in the down position. I would let it go with the bus Its at least a $500.00 option when it was installed but I decided to get it back more to original. All glass panels are excellent condition. Windows roll up and down. Doors shut firmly and latch correctly. All lights, signals, horn work as they should. Speedometer works but odometer doesn't. It has an additional heater fan set up fan/switch to help distribute heat from the back. The dash heater cables are at the dash just need to be hooked up.

The bus exterior was painted with a brush by second owner, and all the metal seems rust free and metal has been very well protected bye this paint. No rust holes, Has some very small areas that could be some bondo, can't quite tell without getting the paint off. It is 41+ years old. Could use a nice paint job but still get countless looks and people asking about it. It could be left as is. With new paint you would have a 20K-25K+ bus.

All in all it runs great going down the highway. Porsche motor with duel exhaust it sounds smooth. I had it on the interstate and it cruise's right along.65-75mph Brakes are in good shape. Second owner took it all over the country and had no issues. gets about 18-20 mpg. Some spare parts, VW book & manuals. Anyone can email me with a question - ILuvarchery@msn.com

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TN politicians may push to end VW incentives if plant goes union

Tue, 11 Feb 2014

Volkswagen's Chattanooga Assembly Plant is scheduled to vote on whether to unionize in the coming days, but Tennessee state lawmakers are threatening to deny future tax subsidies to the factory, if the vote is successful. The factory is currently the only Volkswagen plant worldwide that is not unionized.
The states's Republican lawmakers have been particularly vocal against the union vote. Tennessee state senator Bo Watson said during a press conference that VW would have a "very tough time" with future incentives if the vote were successful, according to Automotive News. Tennessee House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick said the "heavy hand" of the UAW is not welcome there. VW has drawn criticism from both sides because it has allowed both pro- and anti-union groups to speak to workers and hand out leaflets.
Roughly 1,500 factory employees will vote on whether to unionize from February 12-14. If successful, the Chattanooga factory would be the first in the US organized under a German-style works council system where white- and blue-collar workers directly negotiate factory issues with the company's management.

Honda wins Commercial of the Decade, but not for the ad you think [w/VIDEO]

Fri, 18 Dec 2009

Honda's Commercial of the Decade: "Grrr" - Click above to watch video
The mad men at Adweek recently voted for the Commercial of the Decade (Super Bowl commercials not included) and Honda took top honors over memorable ads from the last ten years by companies like Nike, Budweiser and Sony. That's not a big surprise considering Honda often puts a huge amount of effort into its on-air spots. However, the Japanese automaker didn't win for the commercial you might have expected: "Cog." Though Honda's famous commercial that breaks down a European Accord Tourer into a Rube Goldberg-esque machine was also a finalist, it was beaten by another Honda commercial called "Grrr" that's narrated by Garrison Keillor of all people. You've probably never seen it, but you can after the jump.
Volkswagen also made the list of finalists, but the particular ad chosen out of all the comical VW ads we've seen was unexpected as well. Most surprising carmaker with a commercial in the finals: Saturn. Who knew...

BMW, Ferrari, VW cars use tungsten mined by terrorists

Thu, 08 Aug 2013

Bloomberg Markets is reporting that BMW, Volkswagen and Ferrari have been using tungsten ore sourced from Columbia's FARC rebel terrorists. The extensive story focuses on Columbia's illegal mining trade and calls into question the provenance of the rare ore that is used not only in crankshaft parts production, but is also found in the world's computing and telecommunications industry for use in screens.
The ore is mined by the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army), and exported to Pennsylvania, where it is refined. The refined ore is then sent over to Austria, where a company called Plansee turns it into a finished product. Now, it's important to note that we aren't talking about the world's supply of tungsten here. In 2012, Plansee's American refinery purchased 93.2 metric tons of tungsten, valued at $1.8 million. That's peanuts, with the entire Colombian tungsten mining industry producing just one percent of the world's supplies.
That doesn't make indirectly supporting FARC any more acceptable, though. BMW, VW and Ferrari are all committed to not accepting mineral supplies from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is also in the grips of a guerrilla insurrection funded, in part, by illegal mining. The same commitment would figure to extend to Colombian mining, but as BMW points out, it's difficult for a multi-national manufacturer to know where every item in its supply chain comes from. A company spokesperson says as much, telling Bloomberg, "These few grams out of the billions of tons of raw materials passing through the BMW supply chain are of no practical relevance."

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