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On 10 Apr 2004 at 22:05, phillip bradfield -- volkshaus wrote: > After looking it over again, I ask if we can go for a drive. The three of us > take it out for a drive. All gears work. Brakes are a little squishy on the > first pump (current owner recently replaced the master cylinder). The only > problem was a weird shake while driving one road one time, it went away > after slowing down. The shake is probably either a bad steering damper, or a loose upper front torsion bar. Check this quickly as the upper bar problem is only easy to fix if it is caught quickly. I'm frankly astonished that it was driveable. I had assumed that this car had not moved in many years. > So, I'm now the proud owner of a '66 Variant with a Pigalle interior!!! Congratulations!!! It's wonderful news that such a rare beast has fallen into good hands. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org