[T3] California dreamin'

[Mysterious J <mysteriousj@snet.net>]

<x-flowed>Just returned Monday evening from a business trip to the Monterey 
Peninsula, and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca contained within.  While I was 
out there for work, I did have some Type 3 stuff to take care of.  A 
while back, I had an ad on The Samba looking to trade my NOS Notchback 
rear panel for a Fastback/Squareback rear panel.  I was contacted by 
Simon DeCasas, who had exactly what I needed, and more importantly I had 
what he wanted.  I boxed up my panel, and took it with me on the 
airplane as checked baggage.  Once at the airport in San Jose, I met 
Simon at the Alamo Rent-A-Car counter, and the swap took place.  In 
addition to the panel swap, Simon threw in a couple head exchanger to 
body pipes, a passenger side mirror, a glove box lock, and a tool bag, 
all in excellent condition.  I brought everything with me to the track 
on Friday, boxed it back up, and FedExed it back to me in Connecticut.  
The box arrived yesterday in good condition, and now I have a big piece 
of the puzzle for our Fastback project.

The other Type 3 related portion of my trip?  Friday afternoon, we 
closed up shop a little early at the track, so I decided to take the 
tour of 17 Mile Dr.  About half way through the trip, sitting in the 
driveway of one of the multi-million dollar beach front home was an 
early Squareback; dark blue and filled to the windows with stuff.  I 
can't give you more information than that, but it was kind of neat to 
see it there.

There were also some old buses and a couple bugs, but thats not Type 3 
related, so...

Jim
'68 Fastback


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