T3 engine upgrade (fwd)

[Greg Merritt <gregm@umich.edu>]

Hi everyone,

	I'm forwarding this mesage from Kevin.  Can anybody help him out?
He's now on the list, so go ahead & reply here if you'd like; he should
see the responses.

-Greg
'71 squareback
'63 Beetle


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 19:45:33 -0800
From: rrrrjr@surf.com
To: gregm@umich.edu
Subject: T3 engine upgrade

Hi, my name is Kevin Toney.  I love Sqbks.  I've had my '70 since 1984. 
Unfortunately, in California we've got a new formulation of gas that has
brought my milage down to crap.  (12 yrs of 22 mpg city is now 15 mpg)

My mechanic (a T3 FI expert) and I are planning to put in an '85 Vanagon
2 litre "waterboxer".  We still haven't found out if the flywheel from
the Vanagon will fit in the T3 transmission, but I still have high
hopes.  If you or anyone knows of any ideas towards this conversion, I'd
appreciate the input.

I also would like to get a 'new' squareback for this engine upgrade. My
car's body is really tired, so if I'm going to go to this much trouble
for a new engine, I'd like a great body too.  I'm looking for a '70 (not
'69 & not '71) body in good/great shape.  Good interior, stick-shift,
and any other goodies would be nice, but I don't care about the engine
or manual transmission condition.  For me to pick one up it probably
should be located in northern California as I am.

Please add me too your mailing list.  Thanks for your great work show
casing the best cars around.  I'll try to send some photos of my car
with its many modifications.
(e.g.  Did you know an exterior full body sun visor for an 80's Mazda
pickup will fit a Type 3?)

Yours,

Kevin Toney
"Type III Forever!"