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Hi, Guys: I'm a new member to the list - I just signed up yesterday - and I'm joining because I'm the guy who won the '62 Notch that the Central Coast VW Club organized as a charity raffle. I finally got the car delivered to me after about 2 months of screwing around with a car hauling company, finally gave up on them and found a guy thru Craigslist who was bringing an empty trailer to Chicago - where I live - from California. Boy oh boy and I ever excited about this car! I've had a number of VWs over the years - my first three cars where a '71 Super, a '70 bus, and a '72 Squareback. I went without VWs for a long, painful period, then four years ago I bought a '71 411 at a police impound auction out in Denver and later acquired a '67 'vert that is awaiting some major work. With the Notch, I'm up to 3 VWs in my collection. I also have a thing for Nash/Hudson/Rambler and have several in various states of repair, from showroom perfect to parts cars that I'm disassembling. Anyway, about the Notch, I'm just getting acquainted with the car. This weekend I will install a starter solenoid (mine went bust!) and I think I'll put a hard-start fix on it at the same time. Next there are a few electrical issues to sort out, various lights need sorting out, and the left directional, oddly, only blinks one time even if the signal lever hasn't yet self-cancelled. Actually, they do not self-cancel in either direction! I assume this is not normal. This shifting seems to be a little sloppy, and the clutch releases really fast . . . ideas on where to start with these? My '72 Sqareback had the same clutch issue, but I just learned now to drive it since I was 19 at the time and had no money or know-how for the fix anyway! None of these "complaints" are meant in any way as complaints . . like any old car, it's all part of the fun and interest in ownership, sorting out these problems. One thing I'd love to find is a copy of the owner's manual for the car's glovebox. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm combed thru Ebay and TheSamba, but haven't turned up anything for a Type III earlier than '66. I'll be in touch more as I dig into the car, but today I mainly wanted to introduce myself and say hi to everyone. I belong to a similar e-list like this that's all about AMC, and it's gotten me out of a number of real jams, particularly when I'm working on some car problem that I've never encountered before. So I'm glad to find this list! Best to all, Justin Delete Reply Forward Move... Previous | Next | Back to Messages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~