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Can anybody help Bob w/ some engine details & other info? Reply directly to him instead of to the list... -Greg '69 & '71 Squarebacks '63 Beetle >Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 21:43:21 -0700 >From: Patty and Bob Couse-Baker <c-b@pacbell.net> >Reply-To: c-b@pacbell.net >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: gregm@umich.edu >Subject: Early T-3 help > >I'm doing a restoration of a '64 Notchback. This VW is very, very rough >at this point. It looks like some 17-year-old started a bad >customization several years ago, then left it out in the rain for three >or four years (which is exactly what I suspect happened). I’m going to >have to go though virtually everything. > >The first question is about the engine. The engine number does not seem >to match up with anything in the books. It’s number is 0191792 (no >letters), which might indicate it’s a ’62 1500. The body is supposed to >be a ’64 1500S (at least the license-plate light says so), which the >dual Solex carb setup indicates it is as well. The heads are single >port. The engine’s still in the car at this point and frozen up. > >Can this engine be rebuilt with a standard single-port 1600 rebuild kit? >(assuming the case is modified to accept cam bearings). > >If this engine is incompatible with the modern 1300/1500/1600 series >engines, will my existing tin and cooling-fan assembly be compatible >with a new "universal" case? Or, with the exception of the cam bearings, >is engine internally the same as any other 1500? > >Is there any track record with rebuilding Solex 32 PDSIT carbs? If so, >any idea who would have kits (or rebuild them)? Have you heard of new >ones being available? > >Is there any major advantage to dual-port heads, considering I’d have to >jettison my manifolds, carbs and linkage? > > Can Thing brakes be installed on an early T-3? As you can guess, I want >modern brakes on my T-3, without it looking modern. I suspect the Thing >had the best 5-lug, drum brakes ever put on a Volkswagen. I just haven't >a clue if they can be adapted for an early car without a huge amount of >work. I realize the stock master cylinder would also have to be >upgraded. > >Any advice or links would be appreciated. > >¨ Bob Couse-Baker > Auburn, Calif. >