[T3] 1500 S

[Jim Adney]

On 13 Jul 2012 at 8:38, Stephen Breitrich wrote:

> An interesting story indeed. Yes it runs,still the same engine from 81
> that I installed. Unfortunatly,the original engine was destroyed by
> the owners kids.When I fired it up to see how bad,it sounded
> horrible,like shaking a metal bucket with a handful of lugnuts in it!
> When I first asked to by it he wanted 1500-2000$ running. I just
> turned 18 with a part time job so that was just to much.It was a month
> later with the motor issue and asked if I am still interested,first
> 500 takes it!! I scrambled needless to say and in 1 hour and 400 bucks
> later,it was in the garage getting the engine swap!!! about an hour
> after that...I was cruzin:) 

I hope you kept the original engine. It's worth rebuilding for 
originality's sake. There are so few of those left that it's really 
worth the effort. No rush, however, as long as you've kept the old 
parts.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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