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BUGBOY Moderator Chief Toy Dude / Head Cruiser

2,147 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#139816
Well I was cool driving around in my car but the motor was finding it a bit much.
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BUGBOY Moderator Chief Toy Dude / Head Cruiser

2,147 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#139818
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fatboy Disciple of Kol

603 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#139825
looks cools but do they actually do any good ?
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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#139893
Our beetle seemed to do ok in the heat yesterday when we were out driving, and certainly was not on the sideof the road like the dozens of cars we seen.

Magna's and Falcons (EA-EF) seemed to be the most prolific on the day, with an Escort, a Corona and a Cressida thrown in. They were a bit older, so maybe the radiators were past their use by date.

Sad to see more of the modern cars fizzed out though! Throw away cars now?

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warb gimme some butter im on a roll.....

1,983 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#139915
i agree..... will put aircon in the bus.. whats the trade, loss of power or aircon for 2 months for the year??....

twoguns simply aircooled

4,275 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#139971
easy really. 😀😀😀
Simply Cruzin'...

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#139972
well, yesterday i played tennis at 10:30 (stupid move) then hid under the house (where it is about 20deg) and did whatever work possible on the parts of my bus that were under there. today, STUPIDLY thought it wouldnt be too hot, so spent the day walking around, watching music and moshing at croyden festival. suffered severe heat exhaustion, sunburn (minor, i was wearing screen), pulled earring (very painful, as it was just about healed until that happened), foot in the eye... for anyone not living in Croyden, while the city reached a max of 31deg, in our backyard it was still 35deg at 5pm, so u can imagine what it was like from 10:30 thru to 4:30 whilest i was at the festival! bad mistake that i do not plan on repeating any time soon.
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seagull Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,979 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#140002
That basket ,are you allowed to stick that out the window ? man that looks like shit there ! how do you go with insurance ?
is this coverd ? Man I have seen it all now :alien
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kOMBI KARMA Officially Full-On Dubber

276 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#140010
It was 51 degrees in the kitchen at work...thats where I was all day 😠

Appreciated the cold shower afterwards thats forsure....

ree

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#140013
Regular runs to the airconditioned VIP and Media rooms from the heat of the pits and starting lines at WSID

himmell Seriously Crusin Dubber

115 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#140046
I suprised the missus on Saturday by kidnapping her and taking a w/end away to Mount Bulla, you know what they say about mountain men, like nuthin better than mountin women, boom, boom.
It was also about 10-15 deg cooler up there.
mirp mirp went the hair lipped dog

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#140056
Well its just been too Hot to go outside in
Northern inland NSW... 39-41C every day the past few weeks... a nice 26 inside the house.... even the dogs are affected by the heat... they nearly died last wednesday when We went to Newcastle whre it was 39 on the beach and 50+ in the sun, and 45 in the shade..... terrible day.... Went to the swap meet at Clarendon near Windsor this morning, 5am start, 260kms each way... probably 35C but as most things were out in the Sun, a very sweaty morning... very few VW parts.. but it wasn't really hot down there compared to what We felt when the car door was opened in Singleton-Muswellbrook & Scone.. Over 40C....
I just have to get an Air Con for My beetle... or drive it when its under 28C...
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

physcho Commited Dubber

61 posts · joined Nov 2003 ·

#140065
i ignored it really.

found it to be a decent heat in the beetle with all the windows down, when moving anyway. when stopped the sweat started running down my face, but one i got goin again it worked like my personal swamp cooler 🙂

oh and beer, lots of beer. (combined with non alcoholic drinks to actually beat the dehydration)
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Menangler Custom Title Time!

1,991 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#140068
Nathan,
you need to get one for the other side, then it will look like Luke Skywalker's pod racer with a roof!😀
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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#140094
Do You put swamp water in a swamp cooler???? Do You put any water at all in a swamp cooler...??
I have an Air Conditioner fan assy to go under My Beetles dash.... Will it work like a swamp cooler with the air con part not connected????

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Grey 57 Old Grey Cruiser

2,937 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#140098
Thats Kool Nath.

SteveMk2 Officially Full-On Dubber

293 posts · joined Nov 2003 ·

#140159
Later model stuff may not be as lauded as Aircooled stuff here, but Beths Vento has A/C.... Yeah, baby..... GTI stays in the garage...

Oh, and Canberra does get hot. It has been over thirty for the last 6-8 days, and as high as 37. Icky sticky heat....

Steve. Classic 85 Mk2 2dr GTI 8v Optioned sunroof and 15"BBS RS alloys. Koni yellow and H&R, Balanced bottom end, flowed top end, Neuspeed 268 cam.

ibmoknegawsklov Seriously Crusin Dubber

164 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#140241
lol, just use lots of sun block and drive the country buggy at speed with the winscreen folded down..........coooool.......
well 'cept for the bugs 😀

lobus Wolfsburg Wizard

618 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#140329
Thought I would take advantage of all that sticky bitumen. This time it didn't stick to me feet ....WOO HOOO.
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KruizinKombi Seriously Obsessed Cyber Dubber

3,493 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#140412
Saturday I drove to Rye in my g/f's airconditioner on wheels ('00 Hyundai Excel :o) :thumb:thumb:thumb (and I drove right past your place, Bugboy. Didn't stop in, figured you'd be out cruising....)

Sunday I went home and spent the afternoon brushcutting :jesus
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GL1972 Wolfsburg Wizard

432 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#140631
I got a special cooling accessory for the roof of my car...it's called a kneeboard.

"Take two surfs a day and then relax" my doctor says.
:jesus