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Need to vent, volks... <rant> ever call the parts house & the tell you that the part you *know* is Type III only is "just the same as a bug... right?" The VW rags aren't much better sometimes... a recent VW Custom & Classic described a lowered squareback as having weld-in adjusters installed in its link pin front end. Ugh. Now the May '97 issue of Trends, in the letters section, tells somebody w/ a '72 squareback that his problems may be due to a faulty air box, or an air flow flap that's sticking. Unfortunately, air flow control injection appeared on Types I & II, never on Type III. Somebody else w/ a '63 Notch writes inquiring about where to find a manual... Trends suggests any repair manual covering a '63 Beetle, as they're "90% the same." Hmmm, different front suspension, body, interior, brakes, crankcase, induction, exhaust, electrics, you name it. Oh, the swing axle tranny section is probably the same. 90% the same? Try 90% different. I wonder how many of their advertisers sell the 1963-73 T3 Haynes manual? Did they ever think of that?!? Not to mention that the later T3 Bentley would probably be much more useful than the '61-'65 Beetle Bentley. Argh!!! "Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to educate your Beetle & Bus friends in all things Type III..." </rant> -Greg '71 squareback '63 Beetle