Have 194,000 on the truck. All the maintenance in the world doesn't help when someone throws a brick through back window... Think I've got you beat on average age: '77 1 '78 3 '79 1 '81 2 '85 1 Average: 23.375 years Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dick Ryan <deloreanbiker@xxxx> wrote: > Damn! I KNEW I'd be right SOMEDAY! > > Yeah, Farrar, I DRIVE all my cars. Have two others, > both 95's - over 160,000 on each. > > Let's see, a '68, '83 and 2 - 95's. Average age 17+ > years and average mileage 187,000+. > > The name of the game is maintenance. > > Dick > > --- Farrar Hudkins <fhudkins@xxxx> wrote: > > Dick's right. The last "original Beetle" factory was > > in Puebla, Mexico. > > ATC did a story on it back in July. Here's a link to > > the archived audio > > of it. > > > http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1322473 > > > > And congrats on the VW, Dick! Far more impressive > > than the Saturn I saw > > with 400,000 on it. :) Got any other long-lived > > vehicles? How about that > > 1968 Dodge Dart that Joe Mannix drove? (That's my > > OTHER dream car. I > > anticipate flames.) > > > > BTW, I've been hired to sing/act in a local > > production of "The Music > > Man" (barbershop quartet music, anyone?), so I won't > > make it to the > > SEDOC. But many of you weren't expecting me, anyway. > > Catch y'all some > > other time. But I will tell those of you who could > > stick around a little > > longer after the get-together: Jeff Beck is playing > > in Atlanta on the > > 23rd. Should be a good show. I was planning to go, > > so let me know how it > > goes. :) > > > > Regards, > > Farrar "Olin the Bass" Hudkins > > > > Dick Ryan wrote: > > > Close, bu no cigar. It went out of production in > > > Mexico. It was produced in the same factory as > > the > > > "new" bug, but on a different line. I know that > > Brazil > > > made the engines, but, in the last few years, I > > THINK > > > the cars were only assembled in Mexico. > > > > > > I still have my aircooled 1968 VW Type 3 > > Squareback. > > > Now has 340,000 miles on it. > > > > > > Dick > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259538.3830715.5078802.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1750876/R=0/SIG=11v1mrq3u/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/hit?pa ge=1762-1062629109228440> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259538.3830715.5078802.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1750876/rand=872827283> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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