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On 3 Feb 2005 at 11:27, Petri O. Calderon Larjanko wrote: > On 3/2/05 11:19 AM, "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > > .YES! 68-9 were the only cars that got the plastic boxes and were immune to > > rust... the 67 and back were metal and very prone to rust but removable and > > repairable. I dont know what the 70 had but I suspect plastic like the 8 > > and 9, the 71-3 was metal and spotwelded in... sometimes they rusted out, > > sometimes they didnt... VERY difficult to fix. > Are you sure? In late cars are we talking about the air box right under the > dash, or the bulbous protrusion that is visible inside of the front boot? Yes, the big plastic airbox started in '71, but just above it, and welded up as part of the body, is a steel intake plenum which can collect water, leaves, and rust. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~