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I ran across a really nice '67 Squareback here in town a couple of years ago. I gave the owner my name then and hoped to see it again, but never heard from them until this week when they called to tell me that they wanted to sell it. Today, I went over and took some pictures and looked it over again. It's pretty nice and I'm hoping that someone on our list will want to give it a good home. The photos are on Russ's web site. You can see them at: http://classicvw.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=6182 1967 VW Type 3 Squareback Beige paint, black interior dual Solex carbs This is a California car that has been in Wisconsin about 3 years. It's likely that it has never been driven in snow or seen salted roads. I saw no signs of significant rust anywhere. Cosmetically this car appears to be in very good condition, but it is not perfect. The paint is pretty good, but there are a few chips and peels. It has some beat up hubcaps and the driver's side inside door handle is broken. The wheels lack the beauty rings. It suffered some front end damage a couple years ago, but the bumper was replaced with one from Georgia, and the beak has been replaced. The bumper looks perfect, but the beak is not so hot. That area was repainted and it looks like the damage was extremely minor and the repair was good. It could probably use a new headlight trim ring on one side. I checked under the back seat and didn't see any signs of water there Most of the window seals are in VG condition, but the popout inner rubbers are cracked in several places. The interior (carpet, seat covers, and headliner) are original and in VG condition, no tears. Parts of the carpet need to be glued back into place. The rubber mat over the engine is dirty but has no tears or defects that I could see. The engine cover is nearly perfect, top and bottom, and the support strap is intact. It has the aftermarket stainless steel "eyelids" over the side door windows. At the moment it is not running; the car has been sitting for about 2 years. The owner thinks it just got out of tune and got too hard to start. I don't think there is anything major wrong with it. The battery is the wrong size and is dead. The RF tire is flat; I didn't look at the spare, but the owner thinks it's good. An aux key switch has been installed in the dash, below and left of the steering column. The original starter switch has failed. There are a few odd things which have been added in the engine compartment, but all of them are easily removable. There appear to be air shocks added to the rear. The owner is eager to sell, and a buyer today could get this car for cheap. I've told him that it's unlikely to sell at this time, but that he could get much more for it next spring once I got it running again. I don't think there's much here that would he hard to fix. It just needs some TLC with a number of small details to be a REALLY NICE '67 Squareback. If you have more questions, please email me directly. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~