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Driving around the Washington Square Mall in Portland and I spied a lady driving a Squareback and it had a trailer hitch poking out its rear bumper. I put a note on windshield asking the owner to call me. Couple of days later Craig (the husband) calls and we talk. I find out he's on this list (HI Craig and family!). We talk about the hitch and how I would like to buy it from him if they ever sell the Square. He tells me he saw one at a junk yard. I go to the junk yard and sure enough, thar she be! After scavenging a couple of other parts along with the hitch and mountings my grand total was...$14.50! And some people are asking $150 for 'em :( My mechanic is cleaning and painting the parts (I'll be polishing the chrome) for me. It's in perfect condition! Thanks Craig!! I now also have the BN2 gas heater from Wojciech and am thinking of an alternate place to put it instead of the front trunk. I would like to have it's output piped into the stock ducting [output] system so I wouldn't have to use the stock heat exchangers. Any ideas out there? For those interested in the junk yard '72 Square I saw: Has all glass, chrome window trim (left rear is bent but the rest is in good condition), good engine cover (not tar/fiberboard interior cover but still has good condition aluminum insulator underside), front fenders (rears are bent at torsion housing points), rear hatch, I think a good condition front hood, rear hatch (push-button lock was forced out, has defrost grid and license plate light assembly), good condition rubber cargo mat (a tad jagged at the rear, ~6" rip in center section (glueable?)), good condition rear panels and FI access panel. If anyone is sincerely, truly, really interested in some of the parts I can pull 'em and mail 'em for ya -- I don't want to pull and pay for the stuff and find postage just to find out you really don't want them. I snagged the door sill plates and the one slightly damaged but still usable plastic seat rail. Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email responses '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/