[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On 31 May 2005 at 23:17, ken weidmann wrote: > Is there anything particular to look at? The non-obvious rust prone areas are under the wheel wells, rear of the front wells, front of the rear wells. Look for rust penetration into the passenger compartment. Look under the front seat to see if there are signs of water in there. > The car is a 65 notch with a rag top. Yellow with grey interior and porsche > alloys. The rag top is non-VW, and I don't think they had a yellow back then. So all this, with the alloy wheels, pretty much points this out as a heavily modified car. I'd be very careful, because the average aftermarket mod is poorly engineered and generally low reliability. For example, if they cut much out of the top, it can make a huge difference in the strength and stiffness of the body. Plan to redo the brake hydraulics, because they are very likely to need extensive work. The engine has probably been rebuilt poorly and is lacking the thermostat and linkage. If you think you want to buy this car, I would make sure to try to get all the OE parts that the owner took off of it when he did his revisions. When I bought my '72 I got a huge garbage can of parts of the old engine. Once I got into it, I found that everything was there except for the pistons and cylinders. I was lucky and tracked those down with the owner before that. I traded him the huge tires that he had put on the car for those pistons and cylinders. That improved both the handling and, eventually, the engine. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~