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On 4 Aug 2005 at 9:47, Ben Mungkornpanich wrote: > So I'm curious what kind of MPG I should "strive" to get on my '69 Automatic > squareback, all in city commuting driving. Right now I'm getting around > 21-22 mpg. That sounds pretty normal. It will go as high as 28 for 55 mi/hr highway driving, but back down again if you want to go faster than that. > Also, does anyone have a good floor, tunnel or engine tarboard? There is a > shop, Vintage Volkswagen Works, that is looking for some from a Type 3 that > they could use to make a pattern for so they can start producing new ones. > www.vintagevwwerks.com I have an engine tarboard (both the engine cover and the surround) that I could make a pattern from. I also have floor tarboards that I could measure and trace. I'm sure I have cars with good tunnel tarboards, but they would be much harder to measure and trace accurately since they are not flat. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~