Re: [T3] recycling a '71 Squareback

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

The big problem here is the floorpan, which has some pretty thick
metal in the tunnel as well as the floor reinforcements.  The body
cuts easily across the sills.  I have saved the roof section as a
source of excellent metal for repairs.  After that, cuts into the
engine bay are quite economical.  I don't know what a sawsall can
cope with, or what size pieces you could transport.

Sad isn't it, though.
Dave.
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: 17 August 1998 23:40
Subject: [T3] recycling a '71 Squareback


> I'm looking for advice on how to recycle my '71 Squareback.
>
> It starts great, runs great, stops great -- oh yeah, and is
falling
>apart due to rust.
>
> I'd like to save the engine, transmission, front suspension,
>brakes, and a few other odds & ends of spares for my '69.  After
these
>major bits are removed, and I pop off the doors & trunks & fenders
and gut
>the interior and remove the glass, how tough is it to use a
sawz-all to
>divide the remainder into pieces small enough and light enough to
be lifted
>by two people?  I'd like to simply take the carcass bits to the
recycling
>center.
>
> I imagine that the top would come off pretty easily by slicing it
>at the pillars, and I could probably play connect-the-dots with
rust holes
>under the back seat and in other spots.  Anybody done this evil
deed
>before?  Since I want to yank out suspension and brakes, it won't
be a
>rolling chassis; I don't imagine the local "haul your heap" folks
would
>enjoy picking it up.  Any thoughts?
>
> (If anyone is in the area and would like to take a look at the car
>and can convince me that it's worth restoring and they've got the
time and
>resources to do it, I'd be glad to discuss a sale.  I do not,
however,
>expect that this is very likely.  The car is pretty much beat.)
>
> :(
>
>
>-Greg
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>'70 Seven-passenger Bus                 mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org
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