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On 29 Feb 2004 at 23:33, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > Jim A wrote: > >In those days, I would feel lucky any time I simply ran into someone > >else who was both experienced AND enthusiastic about type 3s. > > I remember those days too. Like calling the parts house to get something, and > telling them I had a type3 Fastback (and hearing laughter on the phone), and > the guy asking you have a what... Didn't spark too much interest in me dealing > with them. I muddled thru those years, kept working on finding places that > had parts, and read and re-read Bentley to help get me thru those dark days. : ) At least you HAD a Bentley. I don't think it came out until about 74. By then I'd already made most of my type 3 mistakes. I was astonished when I first saw the Bentley. I had already built a good collection of all the manuals I could find, but the Bentley blew me away. Unbelievable! -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org