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Re: [T3] 74 SB w/ IV engine


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)
> >
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