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[July 26, 2010, 01:36:19 PM] Jon74panel: I'm burning 2 quarts of oil every time I fill up, I dread going up hills because its just a cloud of smoke behind me, help!

[July 26, 2010, 01:37:35 PM] Jon74panel: does this say drive no futher? I am 1900km away from home, do I limp it home?

[July 26, 2010, 01:38:18 PM] Jon74panel: Location:tofino,BC Destination:Calgary,AB

[July 26, 2010, 01:44:07 PM] Jon74panel: there is a small pool oil on the fan. *scared

[July 27, 2010, 02:49:48 AM] Beetle: http://www.type2.com/ & click on 'AIRS' icon.

[July 27, 2010, 07:45:05 AM] Orange_crush: help! acceleration problem.  bus can only go 5mph on hills..picks up fine on flats and dwon hill.  single carb. 2000cc  motor

[July 27, 2010, 09:04:10 AM] addicted: hey any one on?

[July 27, 2010, 09:04:44 AM] addicted: got a question abdout my piont set heating up

[July 27, 2010, 09:29:38 AM] addicted: poof of smoke from the pionts and gf claims from the dash aswell

[July 27, 2010, 09:38:17 AM] Beetle: Addicted: Post in the forum for better results.

[July 27, 2010, 10:56:36 AM] blue bus: does anyone know how to take the handle off the slider door ao a 74 transporter

[Today at 09:29:31 AM] scoobz: need help adjusting electric choke on 72 type 2

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[McT]

 Wow  twin sunshines. They look cloned...but you see the little defect on the one on the right? The back bumper is wonky! I was good at spot the difference when i was younger!

[skibumm82]

NOt that I am an expert or anything but it does look a great deal like my 74 .

[Ashleigh83]

Five different VW Microbuses were used for the family car as some were modified for various filming techniques. When preparing for the scenes that would be shot within the vehicle, the cinematographer used a basic video camera and shot from various angles inside the van to determine the best locations to shoot from. Many of the problems associated with the VW Microbus that were included in the plot (a broken clutch, a stuck horn, and a detached door), were based on similar problems that writer Arndt experienced in a childhood trip that involved the same vehicle.

While filming the scenes where the family pushes the van to get it started a stunt coordinator was used to ensure the safety of the actors. In an interview, actor Greg Kinnear jokingly described how the scenes were filmed when he was driving: "I was going like 50 miles an hour in this '71 VW van that doesn't have side air bags. Basically you'd wait for this huge camera truck to come whizzing in front of us with the camera. 'Okay, go!' I mean, it was insanity; it's the most dangerous movie I've ever made. Don't listen to Paramount and their Mission: Impossible franchise — it's a joke." While filming the scenes in the van, the actors would at times remain in the vehicle for three or four hours a day. For scenes in which Alan Arkin's character was swearing excessively, Abigail had her headphones on and could not hear the lines. Only when she saw the film did she know what was being said. On July 25, 2006 Fox Searchlight Pictures invited VW bus owners to a screening at Vineland Drive-In theater in Industry, California. Over sixty VW buses were present at the screening.

I found it on wikipedia

[sisterearth]

  Ashleigh83 

[rastafoo]

Hey Ashleigh83! 

[Ashleigh83]

Thank you, yeah  But I've owned VW half of my life, and I just bought  a 74 bay a few weeks ago.

[sisterearth]

love to see some photos! 

[rastafoo]

I'm over in Tallahassee, how far away is that from you?

[Ashleigh83]

Well Tallahassee is about four away from me. I'm between Tampa and Orlando. I will get some photos up soon of my bus and some of my cars.

[mattbo505]

You guys ever figure out the definate year?