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On 22 May 2002, at 22:52, John Baker wrote: > my name is John Baker and I have been on the type2 and vintage bus lists > forever. I have owned a ton of buses and I am getting ready to take the plunge > into Type3 world. I am getting a 73 squareback from a guy in Canada. Here's my > question: I have a 1600 DP engine from a 73 bug, is this the same 1600 that > will be found in the type3? Is engine tin same? Can I just throw a beetle engine > in the square with no further mods? Welcome John, We get this question a lot. The simple answer is NO. It won't work. The type 1 engine will burn up in there. The cooling air flow system is completely different. That said, I should emphasize that there are still LOTs of common parts and much of the operation is similar, but you should get yourself a Bentley type 3 manual. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe