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Hello All, Just returned from the Litchfield Bug-In held here in Connecticut. Was a really good show. As at all shows however, the T-3 attendance was low. There were more split T-1's than T-3's! It was a pleasure to meet Todd Daley, he came down all the way from Canada in his '71 square with cool roof rack. Sorry Keith Park and Shawn Albertin didn't make the trip. There was a nice '69 Fastback in attendance. I'm a stock freak and it was custom so it didn't impress me, but you custom folks would have been impressed. Todd said it will be featured in VW trends some time. A nice, one owner '72 Fastback was there, a '65 Notch, my '67 Square, a '69 Square, and Todd's '71 Square, that was it. The swap meet was just okay. It seemed to me everything was junk ( inexpensive) or extremely nice (way out of my price range). The exception to this was some NOS still in the box early front wrap around turn signal housings for $20.00 and early rear light housings for $30.00. I was tempted to buy them just for bookends in my VW room at the house, but I've got some nice spares already in case I need them. There was an NOS early rear fender for $250.00 (cough, cough). I bought a T-3 Bendtley manual for $15.00 and a Clymer manual for $7. One guy had a two volume T-3 service manual (official VW) but wanted $125.00 so I passed, a T-3 parts book for $55.00 in rough shape, so I passed. The best find of the day was a pair of VW coveralls someone scored from a dealership. They had several styles with different things printed on the back (VW Service, VW parts, Mr. Bubblehead) For $20.00 I purchased a pair that had printed on the back the whole VW line-up from about '71 including T-1, T-3, and T-2. Now my wife wont scream at my greasy clothes anymore! Well, guess that's the report, Charlie '67 Square