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that's the parking garage they've been planning for like 10+ years.  I think City of Tulsa is building it for them as part of the overall development package for the VA Hospital. 

What's the scoop on the New Urbanist community plans in Fair Oaks?

Unfortunately I’ve heard the Brookside BOK project has stalled.  Brookside property is expensive and projects don’t pencil at current rates.  Same goes for 36th & Peoria. 

Yeah CBC is selling the Brookside Baptist property and back to single-family residential.  The rate environment is hurting multifamily quite a bit.

I'm also really looking forward to the re-build of Peoria from the Streets package because it was absolutely brutalized during the 3+ years Riverside was closed for the Gathering Place construction.

Same . . . but it's going to be painful.  I'm told they're still committed to burying the lines on the 33rd-41st St. stretch.  Which is great, but, you know, a lot.

Oh Holy Thread Drift!

In my immediate family we owned several VW Beetles and one VW Bus between 1968 and 1989. There were two 1967 Beetles, a 1969 Beetle, two 1972 Beetles, a regular and a Super Beetle, and a 1972 Bus. Three of the four of us boys owned Beetles as first cars so I got a good education in working on them, and yes, my parents gave me a 1972 Beetle as my first car in 1979, I paid for any work that I couldn't do my self.

I remember doing business with Spraker VW that was on Harvard just south of the BA, and while not driving yet I remember going to Courtesy VW that was on 41st where the Annex Mall was built when Courtesy moved to Memorial across the street from Conine Swabb Porsche Audi.

I also did business with a place called Mac's Wagon Shop on 15th across the street from ONG, Gene Pyatte that was behind Cue Spot when it was on 31st, Dynabug that was an independent on S 68th E Ave just south of 41st, Der German that was on N Harvard and Dawson, and another VW parts place that was on the east side of Memorial just south of 15th.

A friend from high school started working at Dynabug in 1982 and I spent quite a bit of time there on Saturdays doing work on my Triumph TR7 and my dads Super Beetle. I actually bought a hot rod Baja bug from them that had a mechanics lein on it because it was brought in and never picked up. Bought it for $150.00, fixed the bent front suspension for $200.00 and sold it for $1500.00.

The bent valve issue got me with my first Beetle just a couple of months after I started driving. Took off from a left turn at 31st and Memorial and at 30 MPH the thing just slowed down made a lot of noise, and created a smoke screen that James Bond would be proud of. Had Mac's fix that one, but a couple of years later rebuilt the engine again my self, and in 1983 dad's Super Beetle started leaking from the main seal behind the flywheel so he had me rebuild it. Instead of a 60 HP 1600 CC, I built a 1750 CC 90 HP with a mild cam that ran really well. First time he drove it, he asked me, what had I done, and I just said, made it a little better. Still got great gas mileage as long as you kept your foot out of it.

My '61 had no gas gauge so ya had to kinda stay aware.  If it sputtered, there was a reserve valve that gave you another 1/2 gal of gas or so.

I had the original 'hippie' vw repair guide - was wonderful.!  Still have it around somewhere...probably lost in a box!  "How to Keep Your VW Alive" by John Muir.

Once I got the plug wires on right, never had another problem.  Adjusted the valves a couple times, IIRC.  Mileage was never that great - about 21-22 on highway.  Couldn't really go more than about 60-65 mph.  Should NOT go more than about 60-65 mph with that suspension!

Somewhere about 1971 there was enough of a sales slowdown that the standard 71 Beetle was on sale new for about $1,300.  Down from the $1,995 it had been for a while.  My brother bought one and ran it for 5 or 6 years.   He had a gas gauge!

Gene Pyatt sounds familiar, but don't really remember where I had mine rebuilt....

Oh Holy Thread Drift!

In my immediate family we owned several VW Beetles and one VW Bus between 1968 and 1989. There were two 1967 Beetles, a 1969 Beetle, two 1972 Beetles, a regular and a Super Beetle, and a 1972 Bus. Three of the four of us boys owned Beetles as first cars so I got a good education in working on them, and yes, my parents gave me a 1972 Beetle as my first car in 1979, I paid for any work that I couldn't do my self.

I remember doing business with Spraker VW that was on Harvard just south of the BA, and while not driving yet I remember going to Courtesy VW that was on 41st where the Annex Mall was built when Courtesy moved to Memorial across the street from Conine Swabb Porsche Audi.

I also did business with a place called Mac's Wagon Shop on 15th across the street from ONG, Gene Pyatte that was behind Cue Spot when it was on 31st, Dynabug that was an independent on S 68th E Ave just south of 41st, Der German that was on N Harvard and Dawson, and another VW parts place that was on the east side of Memorial just south of 15th.

A friend from high school started working at Dynabug in 1982 and I spent quite a bit of time there on Saturdays doing work on my Triumph TR7 and my dads Super Beetle. I actually bought a hot rod Baja bug from them that had a mechanics lein on it because it was brought in and never picked up. Bought it for $150.00, fixed the bent front suspension for $200.00 and sold it for $1500.00.

The bent valve issue got me with my first Beetle just a couple of months after I started driving. Took off from a left turn at 31st and Memorial and at 30 MPH the thing just slowed down made a lot of noise, and created a smoke screen that James Bond would be proud of. Had Mac's fix that one, but a couple of years later rebuilt the engine again my self, and in 1983 dad's Super Beetle started leaking from the main seal behind the flywheel so he had me rebuild it. Instead of a 60 HP 1600 CC, I built a 1750 CC 90 HP with a mild cam that ran really well. First time he drove it, he asked me, what had I done, and I just said, made it a little better. Still got great gas mileage as long as you kept your foot out of it.

[Sunday, March 24, 2024 Oklahoma City Thunder @ Milwaukee Bucks Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee - 6:00 PM TV - Bally Sports Oklahoma and NBA-TV WWLS-The Sports Animal Oklahoma City (98.1 FM), Tulsa (97.1 FM)]

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     Oklahoma City Thunder @ Milwaukee Bucks
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Ran a little rough for the first 5 months, then swallowed a valve - two plug wires were reversed and I had no clue!

Early Bugs were notorious for swallowing valves unless one adhered to the rigorous German service requirements.  Otherwise, they ran fine. Still a scary car though regarding real handling. 

 Jacked it up in Dad's garage on about 3' of wooden blocks.  Dropped the engine out the bottom, took it to a shop and had it rebuilt.

Yep, relatively easy to work on.

Ran another 1.5 yr till I got the chance to buy an amazing 65 Buick Wildcat for $800!  Sold the bug.

Pretty radical change in vehicles.  Wildcat was a good Turnpike cruiser.  Maybe not an Autobahn cruiser though.

You had your own car in High School?  Lucky you!

Saved up for about 2 years (from 14 on) to get enough to buy that thing!  Starting when 15 I got a job in a shop sweeping the floor and shoveling horse stuff out of the bosses horse barn.  That car cost me $50.  Ran a little rough for the first 5 months, then swallowed a valve - two plug wires were reversed and I had no clue!
 Jacked it up in Dad's garage on about 3' of wooden blocks.  Dropped the engine out the bottom, took it to a shop and had it rebuilt.  Since I had been working very steady for 6 months, getting $37.50 a week takehome, I had saved up the $400 it cost to get it rebuilt!  Put it back in.  Ran another 1.5 yr till I got the chance to buy an amazing 65 Buick Wildcat for $800!  Sold the bug.  Wish I still had both of those!  Still have some of those old pay stubs from that job and the next one - found them while purging about a year ago!