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So glad to have you back! A couple more 73 Notches have shown up in the states since but looking at the picture I think yours is the best! Great to see it looking so good! 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" ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Walters" <dwalters@prodigy.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:44 PM Subject: [T3] I'm baack...with my Notch > Hey hey, it has been a while. The Notch and I are back > and itching to get right with the world. I have put > almost all that I can into the projects around the > house, changed job descriptions (and hours), made the > recquisite sacrifices to the Type III gods and I'm > jumping into the mix. This is where we are at the > moment > "http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=212983"; > and we're going to get on the road soon, I swear we > are. I actually got her started and running the other > day, after almost 3 years off the road; 1 year in the > shop + 2 odd years of reasssembly and moving to > another house, blah-blah-blah. Body; redone with new > doors, rockers and Atlas White paint. Engine; torn > down, rebuilt with new pistons and jugs; remote > filter, oil sump and short shifter from Gene Berg; > rebuilt 041 heads with mild port polishing; ceramic > coated exhaust (which'll do for now), new brake lines > and components all around with DOT5 brake fluid, etc. > AAR, got her started the other night-in the rain,BTW > but couldn't time the engine. What's this? No > generator light at all? It shows 12 volts+ on the > voltmeter on the dash but nothing (maybe 1-2 volts > steady, no increase with revs) at the coil or > generator posts. I can't even time the engine because > I can't find 12 volts anywhere on the engine. Dang, > what's with that? It's rained 25 out of the past 27 > days down here and I can't work on the car for more > than 30 minutes without it pouring. I'm shooting for > this weekend to try to troubleshoot the > gennie/regulator (all the other electrical items; > tach, lights, t/s's, 4 ways, etc. work), "but" the car > was completely apart for 2 years, as in every item was > removed, tagged, stored, packed, moved and put back on > the car. I'm surprised that it works as well as it > does. Either way, I did take her down the street and > she does rip and stop "real" nice so I'm 95% there, > just gotta hang in there and not give up. Next thing > is a new headliner and interior and seat fabric, I can > only imagine what nightmare that'll turn into. > I've been lurking for the past couple of years, just > wanted to say hey and it's good to be back. I'll try > not to be a stranger... > David Walters > '73 1600 L Notchback > S. FL, USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >