Re: buying type 3?

[Kenik Hassel <n9440539@beaker.cc.wwu.edu>]

Gas tanks are tough to find, as I have never seen an NOS or new tank.  As 
for rust, the only place I had trouble with any eaten through parts was 
in the front trunk, in the spare tire weel, on the sides near the 
bottom. It's a pretty easy spot to fix. You will probably find surface rust 
under 
the carpet in the rear trunk, and in the cabin if the seals are leaky.

Kenik Hassel
'71 fastback


On Fri, 30 May 1997, Phil Burton wrote:

> Hi everybody
>    I have been on this list a while but I haven't really kept up 
> since I don't have a type 3 and not much time. Anyway me and my dad 
> have 3 rabbits, 4 buses, and the rest are beetles or super beetles. 
> We have about 17 in all,  drive 6 and 4 others run. Someone wants to 
> sell us a type 3 squareback for $200 we're going to go look at it 
> tomorrow. I have always liked the looks of the type 3 but I need to 
> know what to look for such as where type 3's rust? I know parts are 
> more rare for them and they are just as rare around here anyway. He 
> did say it needs a new gas tank and that it ran when he parked it. 
> How hard is it to find type 3 gas tanks? Any help you can give me 
> will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Phil Burton
> 71bus/super beetle
> 73 autostick / 66 beetle 
>