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I know.... there mouse nest rests! They thought that if you made the mice happy and comfortable they wouldnt nest in the plenum or chew up the wiring. The tubes were added later to deal with the Mouse PEE problem. ;-) Keith > > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >