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JonR=> Does anyone of you know how many are => known to still exist? And what value the car might => have? Of maybe 150 '66 Type 34s left, I've heard of eight or ten with the red interior. I wouldn't be surprised if that proportion held with Fastbacks and Notches, and I'd expect it to be somewhat lower for Squarebacks. So yes, they're relatively rare. But hardly anyone knows about them, so demand for them isn't much greater and market value isn't perceptively different, in my experience. Add in the hassle factor of trying to restore rare soft goods -- the seat material, for instance, is completely unavailable -- and you get a wash in terms of value, imho. => playing with the thought of a real low pigalle t3 with porsche => braking and the t4. Trying to build it like it was there from the => factory. In which ways would this affect the value? A bit of lowering, done right, can improve performance, but I wouldn't overdo it. The stock brakes for '66 are excellent and well balanced for the car. The Type 4 motor is attractive and I'm considering it for mine as well, but I wouldn't look for a large horsepower gain out of it without spending substantial money. As for value, I think you should expect that this design will make the car harder to sell against a stock restoration, not because it isn't fun, but because the next owner will probably want either to do his own modifications or to do a stock resto. Any way you go, plan on putting more money into the car than you get out of it. This is the standard rule for old cars of all sorts unless you're willing to cheap out and rip off the next owner. Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ '66 KG1600, pigalle interior, resto-custom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~