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Look at the link.. http://hem.passagen.se/frbilder03/2003/bildmkf1.htm I don«t know if you know about these races, but the pictures are from a swedish "folkrace". A folkrace is a poor mans version of autocross. The cars are more or less stock. They have a rule that all cars should be available for sale at a fixed and really low price after the race. This keeps racers from spending cash on big engines and far out mods. Unfortunatly for the VW crowd in Sweden, both bugs and T3s are among of the most popular cars for these races, still have to find out WHY. Just look at the pictures and you«ll get a clue what is left of the car when the season is over. Sometimes I come across the leftovers when I am touristing yunkyards, and there is usually not a single part left that can be used in a resto. (#Û&/#Û%"!) BUT, and this is interesting: The interiors are usually stripped out for weightsaving and I can«t remember seeing bumpers on any of the cars. It could be that they throw this stuff at the junker directly when raceprepping the cars, but if they are like most motorheads, the interiors and stripped out parts would just be lying around their shops ... waiting for someone like me, he he.. It may sound crazy to go these lengths for parts, but I am on a student budget (hopefully soon to change). The fenders I have bragged about were found in a similar way, and once I bought a NOS rear bumper via some really strange contacts. Today I will throw out hooks to the behated folkrace-crowd and I«ll report to you if something happens.. /Jon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~