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[T3] Hi everyone!


Hi everyone,

 

I've just bought my fourth VW, a white 1970 Fastback. I've also owned a
1969 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe (my first car) which was in far worse shape
than my new t3, a Golf III (which I loved - mostly reliable), a Toyota
Echo (utterly reliable and the quality is astounding), my current daily
driver, a metallic silver New Turbo Beetle (Australian spec is loaded
and I've added sunroof, quality is slipping on VW's or else I've been
spoilt by Toyota), and now my new t3, a project car. 

 

It's currently on a property about 30 km from where I live, but it will
be trailered to the nearest VW shop in the next two days. It's driveable
and starts first time, but will need probably $500 odd to get back on
the road. The car itself is very clean, and the backseat is immaculate,
having not been used much and under a seat cover for nearly all its
life. The car has the original service book and according to the book
was serviced every 5000 miles until 1991. Then things got patchy when
the next owner bought it off the original owner, leading to the car's
eventual slide into deregistration in August 1997. 

 

My questions to this list are probably going to be answered as time goes
on, and due to my cat getting run over on the same day I bought my t3
(this is ultra bad karma) and a lack of a garage, the full restoration
will have to wait until at least August or September. The restoration
will be back to stock, and I want to choose another color than the
off-white that is now, but stick to the original palette of colors. I
love the green of the green fastback on the site, does anyone know if
that was an official color? We only ever seemed to get pooh brown, pale
blue and white. 

 

If anyone is in Australia, I need a few small items. I need the rear
boot badge, the two side indicators, a front left indicator, front
bonnet and rear lid seals, and a relatively clean dash. I've got a clean
driver's door lined up to replace the mine which has rust bubbling down
the bottom. That is the extent of the missing or damaged bits. I know
I'm dreaming that I'll be able to pick these up soon, but the door came
to my attention on nearly the day I bought the t3, so here's to luck
finding the bits. :-)

 

Thanks,

Andrew


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