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On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 22:10, Stephen Curvey wrote: Welcome to the list. > > BUT, this type3 is a new animal to me. and it is an > automatic. So, I'm sure to have a lot of questions for this > list. My first question is where do you all buy your parts? > the usual suppliers don't seen to be very type 3 loaded with > parts. Like RMMW and such. First place to look for parts is here. A lot of people on the list kind of horde T-3 parts when they find them. And I find a lot of stuff on Ebay. Most of the engine parts are the same as T-1, except for engine tin. Points are the same, plugs, etc. Thesamba.com is another place to look. > > and, is it feasable to just remove the auto tranny and > convert it to a standard 4 speed now before I get started > working on this car? I realize you'd have to arrange for the > extra pedal and cable. Bet the car doesn't have the clutch > cable line and bowden tube on it does it? I haven't looked > yet. this car was just such a great deal for the condition > of the body and fenders and bumpers and it was almost a > giveaway cuz the guy had to move and the car had to go. > Why do you want to chenge the automatic? It is one of the strongest automatic transmissions for its time. The design is still being used today in some of the water cooled VW's. The clutch cable tube in the tunnel is missing on automatic T-3's if it is the original floor pan. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org