Re: [T3] Jim Adney a little help

[Scott Taylor <scottbtaylor@earthlink.net>]

<x-flowed>>>> What IS that drain pipe? Is that the way you found it, or was there  
> > > a rubber
> > > hose attached to it, or did the sawsall slip it off?
> > >
> > > http://classicvw.org/gallery2/main.php? 
> > > g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1654
> >
> > I have yet to figure it out exactly. I do know they are on both sides  
> > of
> > the car, and there was no hose on them. They were sealed to the bottom
> > of the fender, but they are open to the interior of the car. You can
> > reach you hand up under the dash and put your fingers out into that  
> > pan
> > they are attached to.
>
> That makes it look like they were drip pans for windshield leaks.  
> That's not
> very reassuring.   ;-p
>
> Or could they have been used to feed some of the heated air up to the  
> bottom
> edge of the windshield? Doesn't look big enough to be effective for  
> that....

I've owned Type 34 Ghias for years and never knew about this "feature,"  
so I went out and looked at my current Ghia, a '62 from the first few  
months of production. The pans are there but without drain tubes, so  
maybe water collection wasn't their original purpose. They wouldn't be  
effective for windshield leaks anyway because they're positioned well  
forward of the windshield (and besides, I know from experience that  
windshield leaks in a Type 34 will instead tend to find their way  
directly to your headlight and wiper pushbutton switches and short them  
out). Whatever their purpose, they must have been observed to collect  
enough water for drain tubes to be needed.

Scott
62 343

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