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<x-charset iso-8859-1>You dirty dog! Did you sell the other SB to buy this one? If not, what will you do with the other gem? Jason 68 Notch (Nadine) I proudly buy my aircooled parts and service from... The Bug Stop www.texasbugstop.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Everett Barnes" <everettb@thesamba.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 9:51 AM Subject: [T3] '67 Squareback purchased > I was looking at the local "Auto Trader" magazine on Thursday and lo and > behold, a '67 Squareback for sale in Southern AZ! Fast forward to Saturday > morning, 3 hours and 200 miles later and I am now the 3rd owner of a 1967 > Squareback. > > Here are the details: > Pearl White original paint, never hit, a few paint chips > 138,000 original miles > Original engine - rebuilt? or at least recent head work > 95% complete and original, only front seats have been recovered > Perfect headliner > Cracked dash, of course, around speaker hole > No radio, no antenna - factory antenna block off plate > New master cylinder > Original San Diego, CA area vehicle > Purchased from 2nd owner who found it last year at an estate sale > Rear trunk mat is completely rotted > > On the test drive, the front left wheel locked up but I brought a rubber > line with me. I fixed it on-site along with some other minor things and > cruised home at 65-70 mph. > > It needs a little front brake work and some more tuning but it's my new > daily driver. > > No photos yet, maybe tonight if I get home before dark. The Square is NICE. > > One funny thing that happened was, as I was fixing the brakes, another Phoenix > Type 3 guy I know called on the ad. The seller said someone was here (me) > buying it. The caller said "Is the guy buying it named Everett?" Hahahaha! > I think the seller thought I was some sort of big VW person but I told > him it was just a coincidence. > > Everett Barnes > everettb@thesamba.com > '63 Squareback > '67 Squareback > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > </x-charset>