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On 14 Oct 2003 at 19:45, Per Lindgren wrote: > That's the VIN for my "new" 1970 Variant L. > Other than the rust, I need to do a brake job on this car, it has a > couple of broken brake lines in the rear, so I guess i'm putting in new > copper lines all around. New rubber hoses would be nice as well. I didn't think anyone used copper for brake lines but, to my surprise, a web search turned up lots of examples. It has good corrosion resistance, but it work hardens and cracks. There IS a copper-nickel alloy called Kunifer that's being promoted for brake lines, though. Is that what you mean? I'd love to see if I can buy it here, but the stuff I've read only talks about Sweden and Volvo. It looks like a great solution to the center brake line corrosion problem. Anyone know any more on this? > Pics can be seen at http://public.fotki.com/volkswagen/variant_2/ Nice looking car, but it comes up on my monitor looking blue.... Are those the spare parts you got with it? There's some nice stuff there. ;-) I was surprised at a couple of things here. No popout windows. I expected to see them on a 70. No pockets in the door panels, and don't the inside door handles look small? The interior vinyl panels look like what I think of as the very early (cheap?) style, with the little buttons that show and no wrap-around vinyl, but the carpet looks like the nice stuff. The antenna hole plug is still there; funny, I've not seen one of those in over a decade, and now this is about the 4th I've seen in the last 3 months.... Are those orange straps for aftermarket 3-point rear belts? > 1) Does any of you know the exact lengths of the brake lines all over > the car? Are they included in the microfiche? The modern electronic > catalogue does not include the lengths for such an old car. I think they are all there. I use a somewhat longer length when I'm replacing the long center brake line because I can never seem to get the stock length to fit (and the size that's commonly sold these days is even shorter.) I'll look for these tonight. Does your LF hard line loop around UNDER the MC? (Does your MC have a port that angles down and right from the front circuit?) if so, this is the later, replacement MC and needs a longer length tube. Do your calipers have two hoses going to them. There's some brake feature that was a Sweden-only M-code that I've never been able to figure out what it was. It may have been special dual circuit calipers. Do you know where this car was first sold? > 2) Is the steering wheel without the horn half-ring correct for the 1970 > model year? I'm going to have it replaced by a Nardi wooden steering > wheel, so this wheel will probably be up for sale, if anyone is > interested ;) The half ring was in place in the US by 68, maybe earlier. I assumed this change was worldwide, sometime in the mid 60s. I can check the microfilm tonight. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org