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I'm interested in the air bellows setup you mention. Where do I find such a thing, you kow, what year and kind of car is it on? Jim Showker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Green" <rlgreen@industryinet.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [T3] 74 SB w/ IV engine > Cool find Jim. Keep this as dads toy. > I have a 2.0l 914 engine that I bought with this carb setup on it, it > ran ok, in the car before we pulled it.Pulled another 1.8 fi engine from > another 914 too (both hiding in a corner in my shop) . I bought a > complete 411/412 air bellows setup from a guy in Flordia that was > junking several cars. It is in boxes in my shop waiting on the darkside > to kick in and put one of these engines in my 68 chopped top, > single(large side window) squareback. The orginal engine has a knock and > I just cant ever seem to get those dual carbs to idle and run. > > My 69 Auto fasty has this progressive carb on it, it came that way. One > of the po's did that and ripped the FI out, and will be changed out at > sometime. I may put the dual carb setup from the squareback, after the > engine swap. I got a free squareback that had a progressive in it too, > but it was not in my hands very long. I must admit that I had one of > these on a 1835 in my 74 karmen ghia and it worked very well. Scooted > along good I thought, but it was that way when I bought it, so I have no > idea how much work it took to get it that way. > > I still miss my first type 3, a 71 squareback, all redone by the orginal > owner... FI was great, total balanced and blueprinted stock engine, even > painted with emron paint in the factory yellow. We called it the banana. > Stupid woman in a suv ran me into a tree @ 35 mph. > > Richard (PapaG) Green > > > Jim Showker wrote: > > >Well, I went and bought the car yesterday. Turns out to be a '72, the ad > >was a mistake. Took my old tow bar with me, but it's not long enough. > >After I came back, I stopped by to see a friend and he has a longer tow bar, > >I guess maybe designed for T2's and 3's. I'll probly go back tomorrow and > >get it with the longer tow bar. > > > > > > > >Jim Showker > > > >'57manx buggy (not running) > >'69 SB (almost running) > >'72 SB (not running) > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > >