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On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 10:36, Aaron Clow wrote: > --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > > I've never seen one of these, and I have to wonder > > what the point is. It seems > > silly to take perfectly good parts and convert the > > to trash on purpose. > > I would doubt it's a perfectly good motor... > > Part of the enjoyment I get out of seeing these is > remembering what it felt like when I was driving my > old beetle, and realizing while I'm watching this that > it's not my car it's happening to! > We dod one of these at the dealer on a "core" 36hp engine going back to the factory. It just had a ton of miles on it and the customer wanted a new engine. We couldnt see sending a perfectly good engine back to the factory for rebuild. Drained the oil, and propped the throttle wide open. Gave use mechanics that had to work on them all day, every day, plenty of satisfaction. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org