[T3] Newbie with dumb questions.

[John Jaranson]

On Jan 27, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Tom Hottinger wrote:

> Been looking at some of the posts and am almost afraid to ask.  It appears
> that this is mostly a bunch of purists and I'm afraid I may be hunted down
> with pitch forks and torches.

Lots of darksiders here.....your safe. <G>  

Heck I am doing this to a Fastback....

http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/721944.jpg

...and they haven't run me out of town.....yet.

> 
> It is a very stock survivor with no rust or dents.  Ran great when parked
> but the Thing was so much more fun to drive.  I am wanting to put a
> hydraulic 1776 and add air conditioning and possibly aftermarket EFI.  Most
> of that is "No harm, No foul".

I would skip the hydraulics too, as Keith said....but aftermarket EFI is cool if you want to spend the coin.  I am going with a SDS system on my 2.0L, EFI, Supercharged Type 3 motor I am building slowly for my Squareback.


See.....not all of us are purists. <G>

> 
> I hate the "Ivory" off white so am planning a paint job.  I have 3 parts
> cars, 1 of which is a older swing axle fastback.
> 
> I know the back fenders are easily enough swapped.  My question is: Does
> anyone know how difficult oe even possible to swap the front clip.  I know I
> will have to cut out the front apron but beyond that I don't know how much
> more it would entail.

Yup, backs are a bolt on.  Fronts you will need to do most of the front clip...I am pretty sure all the way back to the dash bulkhead.  At least to the middle of the fuel tank.  WOuld be easier to find a nice 68 or 69 (Late mechanicals, early styling) to start with.  I would just shave the front hood emblem bump, add some early wrap-around or bullet turn signals and some early bumpers and call it good up front.  Something like this on the hood...

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/Jane2/HoodPeakOnCar.jpg


Later,
John Jaranson
www.carartbyjohn.com


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