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Annika Kentopp wrote: > Hey - I just bought my first Type 3, and will be picking it up > tomorrow. It's a '73 Fastback, only 36K miles, but it's been sitting > (except for periodic starts) for the last couple of years. I'm hoping > to pick it up in Jersey & drive home to the DC area (with a friend > driving behind, in case we have problems on the way). Any thoughts on > things I should check or look into before we make that drive? For > that matter, would anyone care to share a phone number, in case we > wind up on the side of a road, trying to fix something on an engine > we're unfamiliar with? Check the fuel lines for leaks/cracks, especially around the engine compartment and the condition of the brakes. Basically you want to be able to stop, and you want to not be on fire. :) Check to make sure all the cooling tin is there, and the air bellows, and all fluid levels. Drive it around the block, maybe pick up a little speed, and gauge how confident you'd feel driving it home. Test the brakes. :) Incidentally, was this a yellow Fasty outside of Philly? If its the one I'm thinking of, I recall seeing it for sale on The Samba two years ago for $4200 or so, and it stayed for sale for a long time. Sounded like the seller was sticking to his guns on the price. Good luck!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~