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How many here has seen the old VW TV ad that was in the original T3 USA introduction media blitz? The one with Dustin Hoffman? Well, I just have to tell you all about my recent experience that mimicked that old TV commercial. Last Friday I trailered my Notch down to an exhaust shop for custom headers to be fabbed to fit the T4 motor in it and come out in the stock T3 location, plus be stealthy, ;-). I pull up and the owner says "Unload it and I'll get ya somebody to help ya get inside and onto a lift." Good, I hate pushing a dead car. I get it off the trailer and out comes this young lad that's not been off the farm for very long. Maybe 25 years old or so and probably been welding on farm equipment for 20 years. He takes a look at the car and has this baffled look like he just can't figure out what the hell kinda car he's looking at. My mind goes "Boing!!!" the plan is hatched! I pop the front trunk after we get the car on the lift and open it up. The kid looks and gets a puzzled look on his face. I don't really say anything and close the front trunk. He then says "Hey, a rear engined car, neat, what kind is it?". Meanwhile I just about have the rear trunk opened. So without much fanfare I open the rear trunk and all he sees is ......................... Trunk! This kid got the biggest puzzled look I have seen in years!!!!!!!! And then Thee QUESTION! "Ahhhh, Where's da enjun??" I got a really big kick out of it and the boss had seen most of what transpired and chuckled pretty good, too. You just had to have been there for the full effect. Can't wait to do it again to somebody that has never seen a T3. And I had a similar experience with a little old lady that drove a T1 years ago when I had my 1st Notch. But that's another story. Tom http://home.att.net/~drsowatt/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/