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On 6 Apr 2005 at 21:26, Matthew Russell wrote: > We picked up a 70 Squareback today for pretty cheap. It is pretty complete, > but it has been sitting (I think) since 92, based on the tabs. Our goal for > this car, over the next year, will be making it ready for the trip to the > invasion. It's a good car and a good year. > Because it has been sitting so long, I know that the fuel and brake systems > need to be gone through, and that will lead me into the engine. The guy I > bought it from said that he was told "it ran when it was parked." It has a > FI engine, is this normal, or stock for a 70 square? FI was standard in the US from 68-73. It will probably take some doing to get it running, but getting the FI working right will be cheaper and easier than swapping over to carbs. Take your time and ask questions. You are correct that the FI and the brakes are the 2 areas that are likely to give you trouble after sitting this long. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~