Rocker Panels

["Shawn Albertin" <details@superior.net>]

Hello All.   I am in need of both rocker panels for my 65 Variant.  If
anybody knows of any i would really appreciate the info. Also, this past
weekend I finally picked up my T-3 Tachometer.  Very nice!  Thanx 
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Shawn & Lisa Albertin                                                     
   Air Cooled &Loving it!!                                                
   67Fastback---65Variant:)                                               
                    details@superior.net                                  
                                New York  U.S.A.

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> From: wcollins@sbnsw.com.au
> To: type-3@umich.edu
> Subject: Wayne's World 1972-1997
> Date: Monday, June 16, 1997 8:40 AM
> 
> Gang,
> 
> I've been reading with great interest the varied types and places of the
Type 
> III fellowship.  Glad to hear it is alive and kicking.  And just think
this is 
> only the people that we know about.   For the "200 and growing" there
could 
> possibly be another Million worldwide who aren't on the net.
> 
> Well, I'd better introduce myself.  My Name is Wayne Collins.  In 1972 I
came 
> into this world.  My father owned a 1965 Squareback at the time and then
a 
> 1972 Notchback (we think).  I guess my attraction started with those
cars.  
> After graduating from High School in 1989, I went to University in my
home 
> town Gladstone, Queensland, Oz (550km North of Brisbane).  In the second
year 
> of Uni, I had to move to (Rockhampton 100km North of Gladstone)and
during the 
> course of the year, we bought a 1972 Notchback (Chip) identical to the
one Dad 
> owned.  (Still trying to prove whether it is or isn't the same car.)
> 
> Chip was the only one at Uni and have had some really good times in that
car.  
> In 1994 after University finished, (Graduated from two Degrees, Bachelor
of 
> Business Major: Accounting, Minor: Information Systems, and Graduate
Diploma 
> of Management Major: Information Systems) I moved to Sydney, New South
Wales, 
> Oz to take a job with a bank as a Business Analyst.  As the Notch wasn't
in 
> the best of condition, I parked it in Dad's shed and left for the big
smoke 
> fully intending to put him back on the road in original condition.  My
Daily 
> Driver is a small four door sedan called a Mitsubishi Sigma (Emma). 
Great 
> little car.  (And easy to work on. Of course she's not a VW but the next
best 
> thing!!)
> 
> Once in Sydney I attended a few VW shows and my interest just seemed to
get 
> bigger and bigger.  So much so that I did something I really shouldn't
have, I 
> bought another car.  This time a 1973 Squareback (Joanne).  Drove her
home and 
> she is sitting in a carport full of parts at the moment until I can get
her 
> somewhere to really get stuck into her.  Although she had a bad engine,
half 
> the master brake cylinder working and some rust, I got her back to
looking a 
> little more like she should.  I've managed to fix the engine and brakes,
but 
> thanks to lots of really unhelpful panel beaters, the rust is the only
thing 
> stopping her from getting on the road before I start the real
customisation.  
> Now as she is full of parts, literally, I can't get into her anyway.
> 
> I'm having problems house hunting, fixing my "wagons", and computer
hunting as 
> funds are tight but hopefully it will all work out.  There is just me
and my 
> cars, no girlfriend/fiance/wife/kids/etc although, nearly everyone I
talk to 
> wants to know why or knows a friend/relative who can change it. 
> AAARRRRGGGGHHH!!!  But me and my cars are doing alright.
> 
> At the end of this year, I might have a place to store my cars and work
on 
> them without any problems.  But it will mean getting through tax time 
> unscathed.  That pretty much summarises it.  You can all wake up again
now.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wayne's World 1997
> '72 Notch
> '73 Square
> '83 Sigma