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Wanted- Goo Air Cooled VW Mechanic- BZN
Posted: Apr Wed 15, 2009 12:22 pm
by paradisepeaks
Wanted- Experienced Air-Cooled Volkswagen (VW) mechanic. I live near Bozeman (Livingston) and have a nice 73 Thing that needs some work. I’m looking for an experienced mechanic who has worked on lot of air cooled VWs. The car needs a front suspension rebuild, electrical work (wiper motor, warning lights), new axel boots, brake bleeder nipple replaced, carb rebuild (Solex) and a general tune up. There will likely be additional items added (I just bought the car in AZ). I have the aptitude, but not the time. Please email me at
paradisepeaks@msn.com if you can fit the work into your schedule. Thanks!
Re: Wanted- Goo Air Cooled VW Mechanic- BZN
Posted: Apr Wed 15, 2009 12:41 pm
by Mikewire
Thanks Brent, but please don't x-post - choose one forum and keep it there. This forum will get the most exposure, but if you want it moved just let me know. Welcome to the site, and I think you are the first Thing owner! Post some more pictures of it!
Re: Wanted- Goo Air Cooled VW Mechanic- BZN
Posted: Apr Wed 15, 2009 2:06 pm
by Checkers
Hey man, welcome aboard! You're the 3rd 181 owner around here that I know of.
Re: Wanted- Goo Air Cooled VW Mechanic- BZN
Posted: Apr Wed 15, 2009 2:11 pm
by kompressorgolf
WELCOME! i play with my bug a little, but ive never really "dove" into it at all, nice typ kubelwagen and hope to see it this summer!
Re: Wanted- Goo Air Cooled VW Mechanic- BZN
Posted: Apr Wed 15, 2009 2:23 pm
by Mikewire
Checkers wrote:Hey man, welcome aboard! You're the 3rd 181 owner around here that I know of.
who are the other two?
Re: Wanted- Goo Air Cooled VW Mechanic- BZN
Posted: Apr Wed 15, 2009 2:26 pm
by Checkers
kompressorgolf wrote:WELCOME! i play with my bug a little, but ive never really "dove" into it at all, nice typ kubelwagen and hope to see it this summer!
Hey Bdub, it's a type 181 holmes, more commonly called a "Kurierwagen".
Not a "Kübelwagen," which is a type 82.
MikeWire wrote:Checkers wrote:Hey man, welcome aboard! You're the 3rd 181 owner around here that I know of.
who are the other two?
A guy named Drake down the road from me has two, in 5/5 restored condition.
And there's a couple up by campus that have one.
Oh and actually my old boss in Whitehall has two as well. So I know of 5, 181's around here.
Re: Wanted- Goo Air Cooled VW Mechanic- BZN
Posted: Apr Wed 15, 2009 3:03 pm
by ValveFloat
Attempting to answer the OP's question...
I send all people to Autoworks at Four Corners in Bozeman, because they are the best.
If you want see your car sit along east main for a couple years, take it to Auto Stop.
I have heard Straightaway, on Mendenhall, is good too, but no personal experience.
Either way, I'd get a quote of some sort, what you listed sounds like a fair amount of work.
Re: Wanted- Goo Air Cooled VW Mechanic- BZN
Posted: Apr Wed 15, 2009 3:23 pm
by Checkers
ValveFloat wrote:Attempting to answer the OP's question...
I send all people to Autoworks at Four Corners in Bozeman, because they are the best.
If you want see your car sit along east main for a couple years, take it to Auto Stop.
I have heard Straightaway, on Mendenhall, is good too, but no personal experience.
Either way, I'd get a quote of some sort, what you listed sounds like a fair amount of work.
I was just referring him to Autoworks in an e-mail actually haha.
I'm not down with Auto-Stop anymore.
They charged a friend
$290 to replace a MK2 radiator fan switch!!!
Re: Wanted- Goo Air Cooled VW Mechanic- BZN
Posted: Apr Thu 16, 2009 9:22 pm
by bigmontana
Nice thing, I love the things. They are some of the coolest cars around.