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It's true. I had a 67 fastback when i was 12 years old. My dad made me drive myself to hockey practice when i was 14, i had the coolest car as a 15 year old, then my friends all turned 16 and got roadrunners, camaros and mustangs and I sold the fast for $300 becuase i didn't have any idea how to fix anything. It am amazed now how far the car went without an Oilchange or adjusting the valves. I bought a 83 Celica then a 83 Supra, a 67 GMC pick-up, an 83 Jetta then a 96 Lumina. All the while feeling worse and worse about selling 'the onion' as my friends call her. (she was off white with red pin stripes, you get the picture). I met Lesley Menzies and Dale through work, She is a type 1-2-3 VW nut (they have restored 7 aircooleds to date) and are now diving into a rabbit just for a change. We talked about VW's and i told her how much i regretted selling my 67. She said she knew of one but the owner was not selling. 3 years later, he's selling. My wife has seen pictures of restored fastys and wants one. I speak with this guy on the phone, he wants $800.00 canadian. My wife and I talk about it and we hedge away becuase of the price. How much work does this car require for $800C? Well Lesley goes to this guy for some parts, and takes some pictures of the car. Well that did it, we go get the car, a few weeks later we scare the mice and spiders out of it and assess what we have.... 1969 Type 3 Fastback. Loaded. - Fuel injected, works great after dropping motor, cleaning, replacing fuel and air lines, exhaust shook out (mouse tirds), motor replaced, new oil, and she fires up no prob. - Auto Tranny. Up and down the alley, shifts, kicks down, runs very smooth. - Heater Booster, I didn't know sucha thing existed, but very excited to find it. - sunroof, works, nuff said - some cool things the 67 didn't have like rear defrost, highback seats, external fuel filler (although I did enjoy the looks i got popping the hood and filling the gas on the 67), spare tire washer pressure, etc, and most of all 46,000 original miles. I think about this car during the day, the night, at work, all the time. I want to drive this car so bad!! My wife, of all people, wants me to fully restore, i want to rustslow and drive. there is minimal rust on her, rear quarters at the back, left headlight, that's about it for any rust at all. I would like to restore her, won't take much, but MAN I WANT TO DRIVE HER!!!! I feel like I should buy another VW to drive so I can work on 'Petula' (this was my wifes internet Nick when i met her on internet 7 years ago, My name was Brodieman and I'm saving that name for my singlecab when i get one). Anyhoo, i am going on and on, but i just LOVE this car and want to show her off to the world. Whatever shape she's in next August, I am coming to Parma, just to see that many type 3's in one place. Since I owned my 67, I have seen only 5 or 6 type 3's in person. My wife thinks i am crazy, i could sit in my Garage and just look at my car for hours (maybe with some sports talk on the radio) ok, enough.... Neil __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/