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Keith wrote: > >Looks in nice shape!! Since the number of Late Notches in the US can be >counted on both hands... and the number of solid ones with less than one >hand, I love to see one once and a while. > >Too bad its not FI :( Well, I have two of those that you can count. My '72 <http://www.neil.us/72notch/>, which is sitting in dry storage, waiting for me to start gather parts for the resto. I've put it on the back shelf until I get the '65 <http://www.neil.us/65notch/> done (hopefully this summer). In the mean time, I found a '71 Notch on eBay for $200 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. I used the "buy it now" for the $200 and took a drive to Rock Springs on New Years Day. Wrong day to do it. I actually left Boise, Idaho the 31st and drove to my Father-in-law's house just south of Salt Lake City. That night a nice little storm blew through the area. I got up in the morning and took off for Rock Springs. The road was clear all the way to the UT-WY line. At the state line, the salt stopped and the ice started. It was another 105 miles to Rock Springs. My trusty VW Support vehicle (1990 Ford Aerostar) was doing fine pulling the empty tow dolly. I slowed it down to about 30 MPH and took it easy. Several cars and trucks blew past me, and about 1/4 of the lay in the ditches and median ahead of me as I continued my slow but steady drive. I finally reached Rock Springs. I had bought this car without seeing any pictures of it, and was hoping for the best. The seller said that it has some rust in the front, but the rest of the car was excellent. He said the rust wasn't too bad. I stopped at the Flying J Truck Stop and waited for the guy to show up to lead me to his house. I saw the car and almost turned around and went back home. It was a '71 Notch, but not nearly the condition the guy described. I figured that the rear heated glass and a running engine were worth the $200 I had already sent to the guy, so I better take it home. I pulled the rear glass out so it wouldn't be blown out. The trip home was uneventful. I did stop to help a few people who had gone off the road. The sun came out, and by the time I got back to the Evanston, 6 miles from the state line, the roads were finally clear. My trusty Aerostar pulled the car over 3 7000+ foot passes (the same ones the eastern contgent came over to get to Parma last year). The rest of the drive home was uneventful. The best part was parking my Aerostar, with this POS car behind it in my father-in-laws neighborhood. The houses there are all $500,000+ homes and no parking is allowed on the streets by the neighborhood covenants. I figured I show my true blue collar attitude around the white collar folks. Here are the pictures on of it sitting on my tow dolly after getting back to Boise <http://www.neil.us/71notch/>. There is more Bondo on this car than I've ever seen anywhere. How about the great job of frenching in those front turn signals with Bondo. Looks almost semi professional! In picture 2 you can see how low the front end is sitting. There are no straps on the body at all, just on the tire and front beam. I actually had to put a jack under the car and jack it up just to get the strap over the tire. The amazing things are: The engine runs and the head liner is perfect. (BTW, does anyone know if Superior Rustproofing is still in business? I want to complain. Look at pictures #4 and #5 to explain why). Neil '65 Notchback '69 Squareback '70 Fastback '71 Squareback '71 Notchback '72 Notchback '73 Squareback '90 Ford to pull them all with ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/