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T3,
Yesterday, while looking for some rear torsion bars at my local aircooled
garage, I stumbled onto the, "Tyypi 3", shelf. This was pretty wierd,
because I have been cataloging and sorting much of the old, used parts
there for a couple of years now and I have never really paid attention to
that particular area of the warehouse - I should have. Maybe I just got
bored with all of the crappy TI, TII and TIV engines laying around ... this
junk goes up to the roof.
I managed to go through some of it and found a few things of value - at
least for my car. Otherwise, nothing too unusual. Quite a lot of them are
still in the VW dealer plastic bags, marked with PN's and are impossible to
ID. What I did check out was all NOS stuff from various years, apparently
bought by the owner of the garage (VWauhtipiste of Turku, Finland) from a
dealer that went under some years ago.
The NOS parts included (this is from memory and I was dizzy with happiness):
-- 10 pairs of bumper brackets: the vintage is unclear, looks to be early
-- 4 sets of front disc brake spindles
-- numerous front axle parts, torsion bars, bearings and so on
-- 1 set of rear brake drums
-- 3 pairs of late model rear turn signal housing seals (also some used pairs)
-- one brand new, late model turn signal housing (clean enough to eat off of)
-- 2 pairs of heat exchanger protection plates (mounted at the bend in the
exchanger)
-- 1 pair of front brake discs
-- 2 plastic fuel pump covers, vintage unknown
-- transmission mounts
-- 1 brand new Hella license plate light assembly (2 lights, all lenses
intact, all wiring there) for late model Squareback (?)
-- 5 factory primered doors of various years (all passenger side)
-- 4 sets of rear or front bonnet/hatch/door/trunk latch mechanisms for
different years (found only one set which works for my '67, rest is for
later years)
-- 5 new pairs of windshield wiper arms (grey/silver), vintage unknown (not
'67 at least)
-- 10 pairs of both rear hatch and front bonnet hinges, primered
-- 5 pairs of door hinge plates
-- assorted hoses for under the dash and back seat
-- lots of other engine parts & plastic interior parts that I cannot identify
The used OEM parts stash included:
-- 2 more sets of late model turn signal lenses + housings
-- engine compartment seals
-- 1 pair of side marker housings and lenses
-- 1 grey faced speedo
-- one pair of front turn signal housings to 1967
-- one FB or NB license plate light assembly with lense and housing (this
is about 35cm long and has a ribbed chrome section down the middle - no "S"
marking) attaches to the rear hatch
-- rear marker housings
-- fuse box covers
-- 1 pair of tail light lense housings to 1969?
-- 2 front bonnets
I am going to have to look at the rest and try to figure out what it all
is. There was too much to take in all at once. I thought I was drunk just
looking at all. I have that multi-lingual parts manual from VW and several
other OEM factory parts manual (in Finnish) which may help.
I suppose that most of it is for sale - there are so few TIII Volkswagens
here, that no one will ever ask for any of this. If anyone is interested,
please mail me. A few of the OEM parts look so new, it is hard to believe
that they have been up there for 20 years.
More parts when I figure out what they are - part numbers are available.
Have a nice weekend.
Patrick
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P A T R I C K J O E L M O R T O N
Owner of, "Helmut", a 1963 Pearl White,
Resto-Cal Custom Volkswagen Beetle &
"Urs", a 1967 Baltic Blue Squareback,
which will eat all of my money for years to come ...
E-mail Address:
patmor@utu.fi
GSM/Text: +358 40 502 2654
Fax: +358 2 469 2671
Kasken Linna - Kaskenkatu 1E, 44
FIN - 20700 TURKU
S U O M I F I N L A N D
"The older I become, the farther away I am from the
potential that I once had."
-- Patrick J. Morton
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