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Where's the yard at Hamilton? I've been through there several times and not seen anything. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doughney" <ben_d@clear.net.nz> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [T3] NZ Parts > On 10/02/2004, at 9:52 AM, KenSimons wrote: > > > I have some friends who are going to New Zeland for a month. She > > asked if they could bring anything back. Woo woo! So, of course she > > will > > look for some "Type 3" badges. > > Which part of NZ are they coming to? I don't know how much luck they > will have finding an Aussie Type 3 badge as I have only ever seen 1 > Aussie Type 3 down here, most of them are German ones. There are also > some nice Type 3's for sale at the moment, but they might not fit in a > suitcase to well ;-) > > There is a VW wreckers yard just outside of Hamilton that is worth a > visit and also one in Rotorua. There are also a few in Auckland. If > they are coming to Auckland, direct them to our club webpage at > http://www.nzvwoc.org.nz - they might like to come along to a club > meeting or an event. > > Any second hand parts they do find down here will most likely be very > cheap compared to what you usually pay in the US with the exchange rate > factored in. At the moment it is approx US$0.60 = NZ$1. > > HTH, > Ben Doughney > > '63 1200 - Ringo > '71 1600TL > '65 1500N - Val > '70 411L Variant > > http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.572 / Virus Database: 362 - Release Date: 1/27/04