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On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 22:49 -0500, Jim Adney wrote: > > The type 3 automatic is generally quite durable, so it is unlikely > that you would ever need major parts. Minor parts and complete good > used ATs are fairly readily available, especially in San Diego. > Trying to change it over to a manual would be a MAJOR job. > > I would be skeptical about a $13k square in Illinois. Chances are > that it is not as nice as the owner thinks it is, and it's probably > had a lot of "improvements" done to it that only the present owner > appreciates. You need to find a disinterested, and type 3 > knowledgable, third party who would be willing to look at it for you > and give you an honest opinion. > > For comparison, I bought a beautiful, almost mint, AT '71 squareback > about 2 years ago for $4400. Then I had to replace tires, completely > go over the brake system, and put the car back together in ways that > the previous owner had no clue were wrong. And I might add that the parts to overhaul these transmissions are still readily available. Not as common as a Chevy 350 Turbo, but they are available. A company called ATC makes them. Also, these trannies use many of the same internal parts as a current water cooled automatics. -- russw@classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~