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--- Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org> wrote: > I once read through a ca. 1920s automobile > operation and repair > handbook. In that book, it was not considered out > of the ordinary for a > driver to be equipped (in supplies and knowledge) to > pull over to the side > of the road and replace a faulty intake or exhaust > valve. If I recall correctly, one state or county had the requirement that if a vehicle came upon a horse, one had to disassemble the car, move it past the horse, then reassemble it. It's far more likely that this was some politician's attempt at keeping cars out of his jurisdiction, but still. :) > Meanwhile, a concept car shown by Volvo this year > has no driver- > openable hood: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3528757.stm No longer will RedHat Linux be able to ask, "would you drive a car with the hood welded shut?" > our Type IIIs are now all over 30 years > old and most have > seen many miles. So back in 1966, a Type 3 with dual carbs would rarely have gone out of sync or need other adjustments? Regular maintenance at the mechanic would probably take care of most maintenance items (points/condenser, valve adjustments, etc)? Sounds reasonable... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~