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>Lest I wear out my welcome, I have a few other >questions that anyone can feel free or not to answer ___________________________________________________ Don't worry about wearing out your welcome, everyone's new at some point and has a bunch of questions. Have you searched through the archives though, lots of good stuff in there. >I'm wondering why people like certain year type 3's >and the advantages of getting an earlier or later >model,whether or not anyone has A/C, whether or not >people prefer FI... Also, I know I have always >preferred manual transmissions, but it seems like an >awful lot of people on the list have automatics... by >choice or by circumstance? _________________________________________________ Up to '69 the front end is a little different, the nose has more of a slope to it. Some of us prefer this to the "shark nose" of the 70-74's. On that point, it's all what you prefer. A/C has been fitted as dealer options in the past and I believe that at least a few members of the list do have running units. It would seem it's not a monumental undertaking to add A/C to your car with a lot of planning and piecing together the parts you need. There are a number of resources including past threads on A/C. FI - Started in '68 for the US market anyway(is that right?) people have been conditioned to fear it, I don't have it as my car came stock w/ dual carbs. Many cars have been converted to carbs at this point since mechanics along the way didn't bother to figure it out. From reading this list the last year and a half I have gathered that it could be a great thing with just a little bit of maintenance and troubleshooting. I would say this list is certainly the universes nexus for understanding Type-3 FI systems so you found the right place if you get a car with a functioning system. Automatics - There do seem to be a great deal of people on this list with Autos (anybody ever made a count?) I think that the standard transmission was more common though (speaking again just of the US). I couldn't begin to tell you the pros/cons of an auto, I prefer a stick myself, simplicity :). _________________________________________________________________ >And one more while I'm at it... Are there a lot of >people on the list with type 4 engines in their type >3's? _____________________________________________ There are a few but this list seems to deal more strongly with stock cars. There are a ton of people on Shoptalk in the Type 4rum who discuss this modification exclusively. Welcome to the Type-3 World :) Travis '66 Fastback www.keedyweb.net/fastback ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/