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>INTERESTING!! I didnt know that. Nice to see Shad can stay stock in extreme circumstances :) Keith At the Ypsilanti, MI, show, I met a gentleman with a 2-door 411 Fastback. > For those who don't know, these are EXTREMELY rare, ESPECIALLY in the US. > It was the best-looking of all the T4's, and was intended to recieve a 901 > 5-speed transmission and 6-cylinder engine as an option (a la 914-6, only a > 411-6). Porsche and VW decided to eliminate that option from the > drawingboard at the last minute. There were ~100 that were imported here > via special programs (they were never on showroom floors), and that's it. > He had it restored pretty danged well. He even had an original Type 4 > 4-speed manual transmission that still functioned as new. > > And, he was proud of the Weber progressive carb conversion he did to replace > that "stock FI stuff." D'oh!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org