[T3] Re/ Brake Hose Bracket etc

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/2/2013 5:03:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gbforsmo at gmail.com writes:
 
But I often hear members who knew Russ Wolfe say:  "Russ  talked about this
or that."
Although I never met him, he apparently took  a wealth of knowledge, from
his years of experiences with Type 3's, with  him, when he passed.
R.I.P., Russ.
 
 
Yes, Russ took a LOT of valuable knowledge with him. I'm just glad I was  
able to get the bits and pieces of info that I got. Add in he was a good  
friend, and would help anyone, made him special. 
Having been dealer trained, he saw these cars when they were new, and  
repaired them at the dealership. According to him, installing AC units after  
hours was good extra money for a struggling family man (he made a 100 bucks on 
 each, and would do 2 a night). He knew most of the "short cuts", and was  
always finding ways to improve. As he would always tell us, back then VW's  
were for flipping, not keeping (he bought and sold over 40 of them back  
then). :O He made good money buying and selling these cars.  
He probably forgot more about these cars, then most people will ever  learn 
in their lifetime about them. 
 
As for writing a book, I don't think you could do it, without it being  
about 5 or 6 inches thick. Don't get me wrong, Bentley does a good job of  
covering stuff (both Blue and Brown Bentleys), but it also assumes that the  
vehicle is only a couple of years old, not 40+ years old, and parts still  
available thru the dealer. Now, here we are 40+ years later, the dealer  doesn't 
stock parts (unless it's still used today), and the aftermarket parts  are 
hit and miss on quality and fit. There's no way you could accurately  
describe fitting a part (like Bentley does), and have an aftermarket part fit  
correctly. Somethings yes, but not everything. Just my take on it.
 
Bob 65  Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
71  Square-vert under  construction


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