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Back in '65 (?) my father's '64 1500S Sea blue Variant had rear mud-flaps fitted by the VW garage because I, as car washer, had complained of the mud being sprayed up on the underside and into the bumpers. The mechanic hadn't tightened the lug bolts finally, and while on our way to see a film that evening, the car started lurching about at the rear. My father, assuming a flat tyre, slowed and pulled in, but the wheel was at a drunken angle against the hub - looked awful, as if the suspension had broken. Then a passer-by came up with the bolts. Well, we managed to get the car high enough to get the jack under with a bit of lifting, and we had the wheel back on and got to see the film. The garage repaired the wheel arch free of charge! Lovely mud-flaps though - the white proper VW ones which set you back about $100 a pair now, which is probably still cheaper than they would have been back then, I expect, in value terms. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ snip > What do you do, when you are 20 miles from nowhere, and your wheel is > laying in the ditch. I still recommend for anyone buying an unknown car, > "CHECK THE LUG BOLTS". > I was lucky, no cars coming, and it did minimal damage to the rear > fender. It landed on the shock mount. Just a little scuff mark there. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '71 FB AT > '66 FB MT > '64 T34 (not running) > '65 T1 (not running) > '05 KIA Sorento SUV > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~