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Keith - I also got lucky at Litchfield. I ran into another stash of dizzies as you know (also cheap). I checked the #'s vs Bentley last night. I'm not sure about exactly what you have but we may have one each of all of the dists. listed in Bentley. I know that I have the 1st (3) & one of the '72 ones. If none of these get me going, I figure that my problem has to be elsewhere. I should be able to get the SB back up here along with most of the required tools. That in itself will be a tremendous plus. Yes it was a GOOD day. Daryl - 72SB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:41 PM Subject: [T3] Back from Litchfield > and what a nice day! Weather very uncharacteristic of the 3rd weekend in > June but it cleared just in time and a nice cool day for the show. > > 4 T3's and one was a very nicely done early fasty... at first my eyes were > sore from the shavings and smoothings but the work was quality and the > underside was very nicely done, looked better than new under there and all > done to a nice solid car. The quality of the job made up for the lack of > Stock accessories. > > The swap was quite a find this year... no good sheetmetal although a couple > of the dealers got their hands on some of the old Tabco stock that has > suddenly surfaced lately, but unfortunately at 10 times the price that Tabco > sold them for. One vendor had several "Free Bin's" which attract me like a > magnet but once I found a part number that started with a 3 I got juiced. > then a little digging later I realized that at some time they had parted an > early type 3! Aside from some nice little seals and caps I found an NOS > early front wheel cylinder (now I only need ONE RIGHT one!), a new Cal look > windshield seal, some nice top cylinder tin, an early rear armrest... I > also found some good deals on Bellows and tranny mounts. If somebody sends > me a picture of the auto tranny mount that is so rare I can keep an eye out > for those too... one guy had a mount that looked different, but I wasnt sure > what it was. I also picked up a "Bag" of distributors, once he gave me a > price on ONE I grabbed anything that had trigger points in it. > > I came in 3rd, behind the guys with the elaborate displays, but the only > thing that got me over the Fasty was that he was more Custom and our > category is stock type 3. Good to see everyone again and now Im in just the > right mood to start the Eggcrate next weekend!! > > Keith > > > > Keith Park > > Top Notch Restorations > topnotch@nycap.rr.com > 71 Squareback > 65 Notchback "El BajaRojo" > 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" > 87 Golf > 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary "Rextur" > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >