[T3] Old Type IIIs

[Jimmy Lingenfelter]

Actually having acceleration, torque, and horsepower.




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From: Bryon Garvin <spinningrooves at gmail.com>
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 9:18:45 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Old Type IIIs

What would happen in a 1/2 mile that would convince someone to switch ?  And
I'm being serious.  I'm curious.

- Bryon, '71 Fastback
On Feb 23, 2011 5:58 AM, "James Lingenfelter" <jimmyandcher at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> I will be ridiculed, as always, for saying this, but I still
> stand by it; my type III has been a daily driver for 7 years; if it's
> not running, my family is minus a car. It is used to ferry the kids
> around, has had to go on long trips, etc. Since I have owned it, I
> have known a FEW other people that used them as REAL daily drivers,
> with one friend basically using his as a work truck on unpaved
> mountain backroads, logging 1,000 miles a week or more. Everybody
> I've known that REALLY depended on a type III for serious dependable
> transportation would tell you what I'm about to tell you, and it's
> very simple: Throw the fuel injection system in the trash and put
> carburetors on it.
>
> So, before the angry replies come pouring in, and I am burned at the
> stake, take one weekend and convert the car to carbs; it could save
> you YEARS of frustration trying to get the FI working like you think
> it should. Even if you manage to get it working like brand new, I
> invite you to come drive mine with carbs, and you will be so
> depressed you will probably send your type III to the crusher.
> (Actually, at one point, somebody locally that had spent years and $$
> $ getting their original FI up to snuff drove my car about 1/2 mile
> and immediately ordered a carb kit). Now, I must go, as I can hear
> the angry mob beating on my door already; but I hope you'll have the
> courage to take the plunge before the purists change your mind and
> relegate your car to "weekend driver" status forever.
> -Jimmy
>
> On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:45 PM, J. Jonik wrote:
>
>> Isn't it the case that all Manuals on how to take care of a Type
>> III are assuming that New Parts are available, and assuming a
>> certain age for existing parts?
>>
>> None that I've seen talk about "Are your wires and connections 40
>> years old?"...and what to do about that. What IS the life of a
>> wire or connector or Control Box or the rest?
>>
>> How to know which parts, incl wires, connectors, other components,
>> MUST be replaced after X number of years to be reliable?
>>
>> Bottom Line: How to make a 70's T-3 a "New Car"...good for the
>> next 40 years....or next trip to Mexico or the boondocks
>> elsewhere....body problems aside for now?
>>
>> Fear is that T-3's will become just Show Cars, trucked to Car
>> Shows, unreliable for actual use. That would be a tragedy for one
>> of the most practical cars ever made.
>>
>>
>>
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