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Nice find, now keep that sawzall FAR AWAY :) Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Magnia, Martin" <martin.magnia@adidasus.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:31 PM Subject: [T3] Info on new square > Well we got the 69 squareback home with no problems last week.. > and here is what i found.. > The car has 82000 original miles, the car is a 69 that is carb'd [and > whoever did the swap did a great job -They left no wires anywhere to be > found], very little rust , some surface rust nothing bad or cancerous at > all. > The Po had swapped out the rear hatch and fenders from a 67 square along > with the seats and mirrors also. > The PO also stated that it ran when it was parked...he said he would start > it once a couple of months also, until one day it stopped running then he > left it alone. > > I took a quick look at the motor and realized it had no coil ! (peter you > don't have anything to do with that do you?)..I added a coil, adjusted the > carb linkage, replaced the missing QP with a stinger , and installed a > battery-Oh did i tell you the pan is perfect it only has a few small holes > under the battery(pin holes),drained out the old bad gas added new gas and > filters and gave her a spin! > > It took a bit of coaxing but she started right up...I have driven it around > town a bit and i must say the auto isn't as bad as i thought it would be. > The motor will still need more tuning and an oil change..but not bad. > > > > Photos of the car are here > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/index.mv?photo+95594.jpg > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/index.mv?photo+95598.jpg > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/index.mv?photo+95606.jpg > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/index.mv?photo+95600.jpg > > > Martin Magnia > > The DDB Portland OR > > to many type 3's > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >