[T3] '72 Square w/stock '73 seats! Per's souvenir trek

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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Went to the VW junk yard yesterday so Per could pick up US-spec lighting
assemblies -- T3-late front complete signals, T1 taillights (he doesn't
want the Euro amber signals) and T1-late front turn signals.  I picked up
a FI access pannel in PERFECT condition to replace my butchered one.  Saw
a nice blue interior Square and two 25-hp T1 engines (very rusted but
pretty much complete).

We saw a 362 (Squareback, '72) with its roof chopped off, offering a great
sectional view of the pillars (including the yellow-jacket nest in
one...eek!).  We took pictures of ALL the pillars and Per will be
publishing them when he gets home (sometime after Saturday).  It was
obviously a sunroof model because the drain tubes were readily visible.  I
noticed it had the three-point seats (Per was trying to instruct me on the
fine art of identifying model years; I suck).  The dash and pan numbers
indicated it was, indeed, a 1972 model.  The owner of the place INSISTED
that no such beast existed.  Per and I simply smiled at each other.  Per
noticed a LOT of bleeding between years, particularly in the T1's present.

Per took some 'scenic' pictures for his brothers/friends at home because
they don't have junk yards as big and filled with only VW's.  He said they
are smaller and filled with a variety of cars so the actual old VW's is
even smaller.  Recycling automobiles is a big thing so there are even less
around (they get money back for recycling, much like we do for bottle
returns).

Yap yap yappity yap, I'm done :)

     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing
     http://www.icbm.org/




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