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robert mueller

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G'day,

Shopping for a new interior kit for the '67 Beetle I bought to use as a towd and ran across this on the Samba VW site:

"POs, you gotta love them, because killing them is illegal."

Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
USA '77 Kingsley - TZE 267V100808
 
 
Years ago on the Lotus Esprit list they always used the term ‘DPO’. I asked and was told it was short for ‘Dreaded Previous Owner’. When I asked if there were any previous owners who weren’t dreaded, comparisons to Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster started... one may possibly out there, but never confirmed by science.

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> G'day,
>
> Shopping for a new interior kit for the '67 Beetle I bought to use as a towd and ran across this on the Samba VW site:
>
> "POs, you gotta love them, because killing them is illegal."
>
> Regards,
> Rob M.
> The Pedantic Mechanic
> Sydney, Australia
> AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
> USA '77 Kingsley - TZE 267V100808
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I always heard them referred to as "IPO"s: "Idiot Previous Owners" Of course not only owners fall in that class. Years ago when I worked in a small
foreign car shop, we used to recite the Ancient Indian Proverb: "Last brave who worked on covered wagon was idiot!" And related, from my days in the
Citroen Car Club, "At some point in the car's life, a gorilla with Whitworth spanners has had it to pieces." Of course, back in New England we
learned that nearly all hardware is made of an alloy called "Tite Corrodium", but the critical parts are made of "Unnobtanium".
Ah well, back to the barn. Good luck to you all. ;)
Rick Staples, wrestling with the front end bushings and bearings.
--
Rick Staples, '75 Eleganza, Johnstown, CO

"Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the Wise to the Wise, and all paths may run ill." -Tolkien
 
Well, I must be an outlier. I refer to my previous owner as Beloved Previous Owner for all the upgrades he (?) lavished on the coach. Better gearing, Ragusa everything, fantastic fan, true-track's, the list goes on.

Sometimes you get lucky!

Larry Davick
ljdavick

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> Years ago on the Lotus Esprit list they always used the term ‘DPO’. I asked and was told it was short for ‘Dreaded Previous Owner’. When I asked if there were any previous owners who weren’t dreaded, comparisons to Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster started... one may possibly out there, but never confirmed by science.
>

> >
> > G'day,
> >
> > Shopping for a new interior kit for the '67 Beetle I bought to use as a towd and ran across this on the Samba VW site:
> >
> > "POs, you gotta love them, because killing them is illegal."
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rob M.
> > The Pedantic Mechanic
> > Sydney, Australia
> > AUS '75 Avion - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
> > USA '75 Avion - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
> > USA '77 Kingsley - TZE 267V100808
> >
> >
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I will not say that everything I bought used was well maintained, and this is a fact that I was glad for at one time in my life. While in college, I
managed to earn some additional capitol buying and selling carefully chosen cars. Many were running very poorly, and the owner had already poured in
all the money he though it was worth. There were occasions that I had the subject vehicle running right before I got it back to campus. British with
Lucas ignition were always a good bet.

Our coach, we know as Chaumière, is not one of these. It was pure chance that we found her when the then owner was interesting in parting with her.
She came with all the books, documentation and a quantity of important spares. In her prior life, she had been loved and cared for. Yes, I had to
replace the furnace, and I have managed a good number of upgrades, but this is the second time she has been down and this was my call. She has been
on a "hook" once. For 12 good years and a little less 70K, I'll take it.

So I, for one, cannot think poorly of Chaumière's PO.

Matt
--
Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
 
The lord takes care of drunks and crazy people. I bought the coach Mike Briere now has unseen off ebay. Wearing 12 year old 16.5s on steel wheels.
With an unbuilt carb, fitted filters. Drove it home with a bud following in Paula's van with tools. Never missed a lick, purred all the way. It had
new fuel lines.

--johnny
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76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
"I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell" - ol Andy, paraphrased
 
It was nice to get a small stack of out of order receipts when I bought my coach. Some from my 77, others from a 73 that the Prior, Prior Owner, PPO
had. Only downside was it was the PPO before the PO that spent some coin with Buskirk and other shops for the maintenance which was a good 5 years
before I bought in. The upside to the down side is the PO did not cobble too much together for me to un-cobble. I would have NEVER known it had
3.55 final drive without the paperwork...

Alas, now someone can curse me in 30 years when they get the phone book of receipts, and the spreadsheet, and log of what was done, when it was done,
what mileage, where I got the parts, how much I paid. etc.
--
77 Royale, Rear Dry Bath. 403, 3.55 Final Drive, Lenzi goodies, Patterson carb and dizzy.
Mid Michigan
 
Aren't we a pleasant group...PO...previous owner.... Period :)

Mike in NS...9th owner and the only one I would complain about would be
myself !

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> It was nice to get a small stack of out of order receipts when I bought my
> coach. Some from my 77, others from a 73 that the Prior, Prior Owner, PPO
> had. Only downside was it was the PPO before the PO that spent some coin
> with Buskirk and other shops for the maintenance which was a good 5 years
> before I bought in. The upside to the down side is the PO did not cobble
> too much together for me to un-cobble. I would have NEVER known it had
> 3.55 final drive without the paperwork...
>
> Alas, now someone can curse me in 30 years when they get the phone book of
> receipts, and the spreadsheet, and log of what was done, when it was done,
> what mileage, where I got the parts, how much I paid. etc.
> --
> 77 Royale, Rear Dry Bath. 403, 3.55 Final Drive, Lenzi goodies, Patterson
> carb and dizzy.
> Mid Michigan
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Michael Beaton
1977 Kingsley 26-11
1977 Eleganza II 26-3
Antigonish, NS

Life is too short to hold a grudge; slash some tires and call it even !
 
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