RE: [T3] Spring is here, time for new projects!

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

I'm glad I read ahead to Keith's message.  I was almost in tears after
reading it!  Even *I* wouldn't destroy such a car.

   Toby "There's some good in me, I can feel it" Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
   '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, R.I.P., ORPCA member
   '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/

P.S.  45 DRLAs on a 1641 would be God-awfully-terrible!  I'd recommend 34 or
36 and no bigger unles you REALLY bump up the cc's  ;)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curt Dilday [mailto:cdilday@mail.win.org]
--------„ˆ§â---> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 <-------------------
> To: 'Type 3 list'
> Subject: [T3] Spring is here, time for new projects!
> 
> 
> Hey all!
> 
> A bud in Tennessee told me about a stash of air cooled parts 
> he found in a shed behind a local shop last week, and I asked 
> him to root through and see if he could find some early dual 
> carb insulating gaskets I've been looking for.  He mailed 
> back and he found them....attached to a 66 squareback that 
> was under a tarp in the back!!!   Good shape too.  The ODO 
> reads ~23700 miles, original?  Who knows!  It's got old 
> looking Continental tires with good tread on them though.
>...
> Now, what to do with it?  I've got a good 'back already, so 
> this baby seems ripe for experimentation.  My wife April 
> suggested "You've always wanted a baja, quit whining and do 
> it!"  Yes ma'am, never let it be said that I don't do what 
> I'm told. ;-)
...

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