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T ĝ M wrote: > > At 08:04 AM 7/21/97 PDT, Toby wrote: > >Well, I entered in the show and got promptly stomped! > > Ahh.. but it was great to finally see all the "gadgets" on his car. > > >I got to meet Tom and saw his purple '72 Squareback. Wow, it's nice! > > Ohh.. garshkk.. thanks Toby. I did think about showing but because I have > not done much of the work "myself" yet, I felt like I would have been > cheating. Next year though... > > >...as I'm just looking at it and thinking > >"this blows my baby away..."). > > Standing still maybe. Say, anyone ever thrown a blown 440 Magnum into a > Square? ;) I'll give him a run for his money on the drags next year! > > >I didn't see the drag races but they went all day and many were happy with > >them. > > I caught a few heats. It was actually my first time seeing VW's drag > before. What a trip! Seeing Gene Berg popping wheelies was fantastic. Next > year we'll have to get all the NW listers there and have a Type III Mail > List entry in the push drag contest. > > As we were walking around admiring others rides, Toby pointed out to me a > '69(?) SqrBk with reverse engine cooling vents. I had never heard of this > VW "booboo" before, does anyone know the complete story (and who got fired > because of it)? > > On a negative side note... > My Square started leaking oil something fierce on the way home and my > clutch began chattering *very* badly when letting it out into first only. > Does this sound like a bad main seal which is leaking into my clutch? > > T o M > __________________________________________________________________ > *·.¸¸.·´Ż`·.¸¸.·´Ż`Thĝmċ§ Ġf The Çlċn Mögĝmbû§·´Ż`·.¸¸.·´Ż`·.¸¸.·* > http://www.wolfenet.com/~peaceman > I was raised super strong and hard > but if you touch me wrong I might fall apart > I found a woman who's soft but she's also hard > and while I slept she nailed down my heart > -- MORPHINE "All Your Way" > ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ My $.02 worth of VW esoterica: I understood that the "backwards" vents were on the '67 buses as well, an attempt by VWAG to improve cooling, but had the opposite effect so that is why they were a one year only item. Maybe not true, but if you say with a straight face and a convincing tone, you will amaze people every time at parties. David Walters '73 1600 Notch S. FL, USA