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I enjoyed your story, I did something very similar to that and got the same results with my '71 fastback and loved every minute of it! Tom Hansen wrote: > 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/