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Well, just when I thought I had too many type 3's a guy e-mails me and tells me he wants to get rid of a '65 Squareback. The body is sitting on a '73 chassis. It was complete except for the carbs and had a ton of extra parts. He wanted next to nothing for it, so I decided to hop in the Ford for a 600+ mile (each way) trip to Powell, Wyoming from the Boise area. The trip over was uneventful. I've never been to Yellowstone Park in the fall, so it was a new, cool experience for me. I must of seen over 300 head of Bison, several elk and deer and NO RV's in the park. I got to the car, and of course it wasn't quite what he had said it was. Pictures sure can lie. Anyway, I went ahead and struck a deal with him for it and loaded it up on the dolly for the trip home. Made a few stops and looked for more to buy. About 200 miles from home, the Square suddenly started pulling hard side to side. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw the SIDE of the car that I was pulling. After a few tense moments I managed to get stopped on the side of the freeway and went back to take a look. The rear drivers side brake drum decided it didn't want to be attached to the car anymore. It took a while to find the tire/wheel/brake drum. We finally found it about a 1/4 mile away in the freeway median. Looked for the nut but to no avail. Luckily one of the other things I purchased was an extra tranny. The only tool I had with me that could get any kind of a bite on the 36mm socket was a pair of vice grips. The nut on the spare tranny was loose so I got it off and managed to get it onto the Square with the brake drum in place. The threads were buggered up, but I managed to get it threaded part way on. We took a nice slow 12 miles to the next town where I bought a 36 mm socket and a package of cotter pins and tightened the nuts up on both wheels and inserted the pins. After that, made it home just fine. Moral of the story: ALWAYS check the rear nuts for tightness and cotter pins. It almost threw us off an overpass when the wheel came off. I had been passed by a semi truck not more than 30 seconds before it all happened. Also, keep a 36mm socket in your travel tools. You never know when you will need it. Neil '65 Notchback '65 Squareback* '69 Squareback* '70 Fastback '70 Squareback* '71 Squareback* '71 Notchback '72 Notchback* '73 Squareback (* denotes parts car that will be introduced to a plasma cutter next month) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org