RE: [T3] It's home!

[Scott Walters <SWalters@BigImageGraphics.com>]

Congratulations. Sounds like a great trip!

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Slaymaker [mailto:nurofiz@knology.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10:47 PM
To: Type 3
Subject: [T3] It's home!


I went and got it.

I flew out to Denver Friday and my friend Troy picked me up at the airport
in my new (to me) Type 3.  What a sight!

Later that day, we drove up into the mountains to camp with some other ACVW
folk.  It was fabulous.  There were 4 buses there, and they were all '78s.
Everybody gawked over my squareback.  I spent the day Saturday there with
some really good company.  Sunday morning I lit out for home.

Foster performed flawlessly.  I made it as far as St. Louis the first day
and drove the rest of the way Monday.  Man, what a feeling!  I had the
sunroof open almost the whole way (and got the sunburn to prove it).

I got about 30 MPG - a lot better than my bus.  I was even able to
accelerate going uphill.

I've spent all my spare time since I got home going over and under it -
cleaning and stuff.  It was like it hadn't been cleaned - I mean really
detailed - in decades.  Now the engine is running kinda rough.  I think I
might have done something blasting the engine compartment out with
compressed air.  I'll get out my Bentley and troubleshoot the FI.  Usually
it's something really obvious.

-- 
Chris Slaymaker
'71 Westfalia - "Lurch"
'71 Squareback - "Foster"
Knoxville, TN

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