Re: sightings (new title)

["Andrew Paroczy" <aparoczy@ezinet.com.au>]

Guys,down in Adelaide here ,I went in to the city on errands,walking by and
passing at least 20 to 30 early & late,good and bad type 3's in about 500m
that I walked!Its real easy to find a good type 3 here!Just look in our
Trading Post!(http://www.tpo.com.au).

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> From: Kinkos Whitehall <kinkos-emain@ee.net>
> To: type-3@umich.edu
> Subject: sightings (new title)
> Date: Saturday, May 03, 1997 5:30 PM
> 
> > > At 02:57 PM 4/29/97 -0400, you wrote:
> > >And some of those in the show (like mine...) are just *parking* in the
middle of things, not competing.  Maybe 1/2 or 2/3 of the T3s entered in
the show are actually "show" cars!  I've maybe seen a dozen Type IIIs
(o.k., maybe 15 or 20) in the last 6 years here in Michigan.  That includes
on the road & at shows...
> > >
> > > Well I certainly don't mean to rub it in or gloat, but I probably see
4-5 a week ;) And theres enough bugs and busses to choke the biggest VW
fan.
> > >
> > > T o M (loving Seattle more and more every day!)
> 
> > Ditto in PDX.  On my walks through my 30+ block neighborhood I can
> > consistantly steer myself and wife past a choice of three late-model
> > squares, a 21 window bus, two mid sixties bugs, a few super beetles, >
two ghia's, a 3-5 buses, and even a matching Corvair coupe and van.  >
Except for the ghia they are all unrestored looking "drivers".  Not > much
rust out here, but they really do tend to rot (as in mildew,      > green
slime on any crevice, ripe interior smells).
> > 
> > Peter Parker
> > Portland, Oregon
> 
> Man...I thought I was bad...
> I lived north of you, Greg, by about 2 hours, until about two years ago,
> and the only type 3 I ever saw that wasn't in a magazine or book was my
> Squareback!!!  I found my Fastback in Michigan when I was moving to Ohio
> (please, I know all the Michigan/Ohio jokes;).  Now that I live in
> Columbus I see type 3's fairly often...but not 4 or 5 a week!!!  Must be
> nice.  However, it is cool when someone speeds up to pull along side of
> you just to ask what kind of car it is...as long as they don't say...
> "Hey, man...Is that a VOLVO!?!?!?!   AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!
> 
> It takes peace and understanding, huh...
> Topher
> kinkos-emain@ee.net
> '70 Squareback
> '68 Fastback (organ donor)
> looking for a good fastback body to put all my stuff on
> i hate volvos...