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Glad you had a good time with it. I had to sell my Opel this summer too, hard hard thing to do to a member of the family! Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "daveb" <nomeansyes@cox.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:12 AM Subject: [T3] It's a sad day in So. Cal ... > Fellow T3-ers, > > The time has come... just last week, I sold Esther, my '64 notchback 1500S. > (seller's remorse, it's killing me! did I sell her for too little? should > I have kept her?) I won't bore you with the details, but it's just what I > had to do. I've had her for almost 5 years, beginning with someone else's > unfinished project that was in storage since sometime in 1986. I got her in > '99 as a hollow shell of a car with boxes and boxes of parts, 3 engines, 2 > front beams, an extra transaxle, and a spare rolling chassis with a solid > floorpan. > > Since early 2000, I took the body off the pan, replaced the pan halves from > the donor chassis, converted it to 12V, added dual circuit disc brakes (4 > bolt wheels), rebuilt the '68 swingaxle with a "freeway flyer" r&p, rebuilt > the '73 1600cc motor (w/ VW FI heads), added a mild cam, dual Webers, new > rubber all around, new 2 tone interior, body work and Ruby Red paint, ball > joints, tie rod ends, a "monza style" exhaust (with heater boxes), and on > and on and on. It's mostly stock, but not correct for the model year, and > DEFINITELY NOT a darksider. She has about 27,000 miles since I made her > roadworthy. She'd been to Invasion '02 but not to Hershey. > > She didn't even make it to VWType3.org or the Samba for sale. I put a sign > in the window and within 2 weeks, I sold her to a local Santa Barbara > family, as an ongoing project for dad and first car for his 16yo daughter. > The intent is to cherry her out and bring it to shows, meets, and the like, > perhaps even to Invasion 2006 in Oregon and beyond. I thought hard about > this and worry a little that Esther will be at the mercy of such a young, > inexperienced driver. Their intentions are good and dad is a motorhead from > way back, so I'm confident she'll get the attention she deserves. My hope > is that both Esther and the new driver can successfully make it through the > learning curve of novice driving! I've pointed them to vwtype3.org, this > list and thesamba.com as starting points, so you may see a new member or two > before too long! > > I could go on and on about the car and my experiences, but the main point I > wanted to convey was my gratitude and thanks for the information, support, > parts, and general camaraderie during my time in the T3 world. Everyone, I > mean EVERYONE I've dealt with on this list by email, phone, in person, etc. > has been helpful and courteous, and it has been my pleasure to know each and > every one of you, if only by reading your posts to the list. More often > than not, I've been a lurker, reading the posts fairly regularly (much to > the dismay of my oh-so-patient wife, Dolores), and only posting when I had a > problem or an inquiry. Regardless, I always received good direction or > information or whatever until I had sufficient knowledge to fix the problem > at hand. > > For the past 4 or 5 years, it is my pleasure to have been part of the VW > Type 3 enthusiasts of the world. It has been one of the most meaningful > experiences I've had and thank you all for allowing me the opportunity to > share in something truly special. I wish you all the best and hope that you > keep the finite world of Type 3 VWs alive for years to come. One of these > days I might just have to get another, and maybe then check out the > DARKSIDE! Only time will tell > > So, thanks to Jim, Russ, Greg, Everett, Brian, Keith, John, Hal, and > everyone else for everything! It's truly been an awesome experience. > > Type 3's Rule! > > Peace, out, > > David and Dolores Britton > - '64 Notchback S ~Esther~ (no more) > - '65 AMC Rambler Classic 770 > - '02 Harley Davidson V-Rod > - '03 Nissan Sentra SE-R SpecV > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >