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Re: [T3] Automatic + carbs


On 10 Oct 2002, at 7:25, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote:

>  Well about 4 years ago I thought that an AT type3 was rare in the US, as I'd
> been looking for one ( for my wife) for 2 years before I found one. With all the
> discussion about cars that went to the Parma invasion, and some of them being AT
>  and now having a second one here I'm still thinking that they're kinda rare in
> the US. When I show people that the car has AT, they can't believe that it is a
> full automatic as most have only heard of the autostick, and thats all they
> remember. 

I suspect that about 1/4 of the type 3 sold after 69 were AT. I really don't 
think they're rare at all. I've had 3 and still have 2 on the road. Of course they 
are a lot "rarer" in the early cars, before 68.  ;-)

> > Some parts are probably almost impossible to get, like the carb linkage 
> with >kickdown switch or the special balance pipe that the automatic 
> transmission >vacuum hose connects to.
> 
>  Well I guess I need to take some photos of that piece of linkage with the
> kickdown switch now, seeing that it is kinda all by itself. I know it is
> different than the MT linkage, as I've got 2 or 3 of them and its not the same. 

I would have thought these parts would be quite rare in the US, but if anyone 
has them, it would be Bob.  ;-)

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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