I bet it was burnt out.  That is one thing you really do not fix.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Flat Four" <aircooledvw77t1@ENGINEER.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 6:14 PM
Subject: OT: Guinness VW record

> <<<<Highest car mileage  "Old Faithful," a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle
> owned by Albert Klein of Pasadena, California, clocked up 1.6 million
> miles before it was totaled on March 29, 1997.>>>>
>
> Just thought you VW gurus would like to know.  Maybe Mr. Klein's phone
> number is listed in the phone book and I can call him up and talk
> about his VW.  So sad Old Faithful had to leave us.  I still haven't
> come up with a name for my VW.  I wonder how many rebuilds old
> Faithful had gone through to travel so many miles.  That and the other
> things like generators, batteries, starters, points and condensers,
> oil changes, plugs, clutch, tires, clogs in the fuel system, wheel
> alighnments - just to name a few.  Most of all I'd like to know about
> the details on the day it was totaled.
>
>
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