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Hey everyone, I've got three new pics of the Notch from this AM. Enrique said he's two days of work away from starting the body work (!), but I just don't know. So far, all new pans, about 100 holes patched and welded, sand blasted and priming, new heater channels cut and welded to fit, hinges repaired, etc, etc, etc. Pic one (Pass side well) I tried to show the difference between the two-bolt/three-bolt hinges, but the old ones had been scrapped last week. I understood it that the two bolts go through the hinge into a fixed plate on the A-post, the three bolts go through the hinge and into a floating plate *inside* the A-post, and the difference is enough for the door to be off at least 3-5 mm fore and aft and affects the way the door hangs in the frame. Or something to that effect. The two bolt heater channels were taken apart and made to fit the Notches so that I'll have the origianl 3-bolt doors and hinges, this added another 10-15 hours to the estimate (yikes!). Pic 2 (rear three quarter) has the rear valance stripped and ready for welding. It shows the Agate Brown body that used to be. All the primed body work is supposed to be ready to go. Unfortunately, the metal trim that supports the weather strip is shot and has to be fabbed. Pic 3 (Dr. side three quarter) is from the front, once again, lots of work and almost done. AAR, the engine is in the garage, I'm attempting a disposable sand blast cabinet for the engine tin, we'll see if that flies. Stay tuned... David Walters '73 1600 L Notchback S. FL, USA "http://photos.yahoo.com/waltee@prodigy.net"; ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/