Yer showing yer age... <g> Yes, I've drivin a few miles in just such a
car. They did so well without clutches, didn't they, and just like
todays hybrid cars, don't run at the stops at all!

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:27:39 -0500, "bowgus" >
wrote:

>If you know your tranny, the clutch is redundant. Anybody have one of those
>old air cooled beetles ... the ones with the clutch cables that would break?
>Get it rolling with the starter, and shift at those shift points that were
>conveniently marked on the speedometer face. Tachometer ... we don't need no
>stinkin tachometer!!! I remember when that thing would get stuck in the
>snow, put it in gear, get out and push, and jump back in when it got
>rolling. And when one cylinder went bad, just replace that cylinder ... and
>only 4 bolts to remove too pull out the motor to work on it on the bench.
>
>So for me on a few occasions, the most clutch friendly way to get started
>was ... put it in gear and use the starter :-)
>