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On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 20:14, Keith Park wrote: > Got the tranny and suspension out of the 65.... Hmm, this tranny was > originally painted black, I know the later ones werent but the early? I > also noticed some Yellow paint on the bottom... some VW mark for something? > Starter is a reman Bosch... which goes along well with the delivery van > story and the worn out flywheel. Rest looks OK, body is still structurally > sound but boy! I can only imagine how much nicer this car would be now if > its clutch or brake line hadnt failed in the middle of the winter... leaving > it covered with salt for a long time thereafter! > > Keith > Yes, it wasn't until about the '70's that VW quit painting the trannies. I know is was all through the swing axle era. BTW, there should be a serial number on the right side lower edge of that tranny. There is a flat area there. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~