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grandpa pete
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...GOOD NEWS...made it off the mountain in spite of the colorado DOT...heading east I got to the Eisenhower tunnel and they wouldn't let me through...I was overheight because of the SNOW ON THE TRAILER...they sent me around loveland pass 11'900 feet ; nasty ride...then i got stopped at the weigh station for the same thing...They were going to give me a ticket !!!
I'm going back to florida and someone else can drive to next years meeting in whisteler mountain..vancouver BC
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grandpa pete
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just happened to be in the neighborhood and stopped by the triple T truck stop in Tucson Arizona . Picked up some nice chrome taillights and a LED strip 3rd brake light....they even had purple interior lights for "purple car"  .........not a super priority ; but who knows when I'll be in their neighborhood again  ....progress 
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grandpa pete
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Bill65bug
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Thanks for the inspiration, Pete! It's nice to see that us old farts can do some creative and cool projects too!
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grandpa pete
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Donnie strickland
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grandpa pete
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The type three engine arrived today
....The titled 72 squareback that it came with is almost rust free...
I am only using the engine and the engine inside cover from wall to wall ; back seat to rear hatch and the rear bumper. If you thought the bus " butchering " was bad ; stay tuned for " type3 butchery"
I hope I can sell off EVERYTHING else Including a COMPLETE automatic trans with every associated part including the tail gate script to a type 3 restorer
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TheDon
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The butchering is for the greater good
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Mr. Unpopular
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Hey Pete, let me know how much you want for the auto setup. I have 4 speed parts I could throw in the deal on my side to give you more parts to sell or use.
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grandpa pete
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Mr unpopular : $450 for the whole car , Title , Trans , Axles ,glass , tires , fenders , seats , exterior sheet metal.......I'm using the rear bumper and license plate light...and the rear interior engine deck sheet metal from wall to wall ; It's going to be the rear floor in the sedan delivery.
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TheDon
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| grandpa pete wrote: |
| Mr unpopular : $450 for the whole car , Title , Trans , Axles ,glass , tires , fenders , seats , exterior sheet metal.......I'm using the rear bumper and license plate light...and the rear interior engine deck sheet metal from wall to wall ; It's going to be the rear floor in the sedan delivery. |
How do you find these things so cheap??? I'm dying for a beetle but everyone wants 5 figures for a bug.
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grandpa pete
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Donnie strickland
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 Pete -- you might want to also save the air intake sheet metal from the rear apron area. It's the part where the rubber boot attaches between the engine and the car. You'll need that for the sedan delivery, since the air will have to be ducted from the louvers to the engine through the rubber boot. Look at the Squareback to see the path of the airflow.
This is necessary for engine cooling. If you leave the boot off, the engine will just suck in hot exhaust air and overheat.
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grandpa pete
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thanks Donnie !!.....on my way home from San Antonio .......looks like I have a week free to tear down the little wagon.....too bad it's so nice ....I'm not shure I know how to work on rust free parts!!.....Do you know anything about setting " endplay " when changing from auto to std trans...... ...............
.NOTE ..as of 3/8/14 still looking for someone to buy the parts I don't need
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| End play is end play. It's set in the same manner. Only difference is that you're now doing it with a flywheel instead of a flex-plate. You'll probably need to pick up an assortment of shims if you don't have some to work with, just so you'll have the right ones on hand to come up with the right amount of play. |
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Donnie strickland
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| End play is end play. It's set in the same manner. Only difference is that you're now doing it with a flywheel instead of a flex-plate. You'll probably need to pick up an assortment of shims if you don't have some to work with, just so you'll have the right ones on hand to come up with the right amount of play. |
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VochoK
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| Nice work on this project! Good luck on the process! I'll be looking for updates! |
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1jarhead2
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| Go Pete Go. Cant wait to see her finished and out cruising the coast |
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grandpa pete
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T3 butchery
before
this week I have 3 days to tear it down to a deck with the engine access hole and inner wheel wells....I just went to HD and bought 20 cut off wheels and 6 sawsall blades
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I put this in3 days later.....4 sawsall blades ; 6 cutoff wheels/The front half of the pan and the firewall went to scrap yard....I'll be working on the engine deck and inner fender piece next
I found an air conditioning evaporator with it"s own fan under the gas tank...Anybody know if that is a common thing in T3 squares ??
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Donnie strickland
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Yes, A/C was fairly common, probably more so than in Beetles. Mine had it at one point, but was removed before I bought the car.
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