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> > Hi Everyone, > > Just a note to let everyone know that I arrived back in Georgia late > Monday afternoon. The car performed flawlessly through out the 700+ mile > trip home. > > I was a pleasure meeting so many knowledgeable and enthusiastic fellow > Type 3 owners. I learned much and appreciate all the time many of you took > to answer my questions and pass along information. It's great to now be > able to put a face with the folks on the list which I have been reading for > some time, but to which I had never posted a comment until now. > > Interestingly, as I pulled into a gas station in my home town and young > guy drove in driving a 68 fastback. The car was his daily driver and it > still had the FI installed. He lived in a nearby town, but we had never > crossed paths. We talked for about 30 minutes and I was able to pass along > some information about his vehicle about which he was not familiar, much of > which I learned at the Invasion. He said that he was aware of the list > and had viewed it. He admitted to being not very mechanically inclined, but > I encouraged him to get on the list if he encountered a problem. He had > never changed his oil himself, so I invited him over to my house so we could > go through that and any other maintainance procedures that I thought he > should take care of. > > One subject we discussed was the date of manufacture of his vehicle. I > looked for the plate on the left side under the from trunk lid which > contains the manufacture week and date of week numbers, but his vehicle only > had the other plate with the VIN. I could see no evidence of the other > plate in the location I expected to find it. Can anyone shed any light on > the lack of this plate on a 68. My Type 3 parts book indicates that his VIN > (318223271) was manufactured after December, 1967, so it appears his vehicle > was manufactured later in the model year, but I could not narrow it down any > more than this. > > Marion McDonald > Lawrenceville, Georgia > 71 Fastback FI MT > 60 Beetle > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~