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This is a bit drawn out so bear with me. I bought a '73 T3 about 2 months ago. I noticed that it seemed to have a misfire while idling in drive(auto trans), it didn't have much power, and when I really pushed it to get up a hill, it would just barely make it and I could smell a VERY strong gas odor. I set the timing and adjusted the points. The coil, distributor cap,rotor,wires,battery,and fuel filter are all new. I had the car running a bit better, so we drove it to my in-laws(20 mile trip). The car was down on power again for the first half of the trip and then suddenly, It gained power and I was able to do the spped limit! I did notice a misfire and the car was bucking slightly at highway speed. When we arrived at our destination, there was smoke coming out of the air intakes and from the rear wheel wells! I could not get the car started to go home and it leaked a rather large amount of oil on to the road. The car was towed to a garage that claimed that they could fix it. They have had the car for a month and they say that everything looks new as far as the ignition parts. They ordered a new distributor, but they aren't sure what the problem is. I'm starting to think that I should give up on this car. I'd like to fix it myself, but my experience is limited. Any advice?? Joel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org