[T3] Subject: Re: AAR Adjustment?

[Dave Hall]

I say enjoy them while WE last! There's not much that can't be repaired on
the car if the desire is great enough, and there are quite a few 100
year-old cars out there, though not very many 100-year old drivers!

I understood that VW expected to stock mechanical parts for 15 years and
body parts for 10 years, but VW's announcement in 1985 (?) they were
discontinuing support for the Type 3s and 4s spurred us to start up the
club, in the fear that parts wouldn't be available any more.  In fact, their
Heritage parts service can still supply quite a lot of Type 3 parts through
their dealer network (in Europe at least)!  The majority of parts aren't
available, however. 

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of J L Stamey
Sent: 05 June 2014 13:32
To: type3-vwtype3.org at lists.vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Subject: Re: AAR Adjustment?

Our cars were meant to be "throw away" cars. VW maybe intended them to last
5,7 maybe 10 years MAX... Max. lol
In the 60's VWAG would've never thought we'd still be driving T1's T2's and
T3s 45-50 and even 60 years later.
I'm sure any VWAG official, Ferdinand Piech, etc, etc, have a smile from ear
to ear when they see a vintage vdub going down the road. Enjoy them while
they last!!!
:)


From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Max Welton
Sent: 03 June 2014 03:54
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] AAR Adjustment?

>That will work as long as you gave it enough clearance to accommodate 
>the next few years of warping. I'd take out the grease, however. They 
>never had any significant lubrication in there, other than splash from 
>the case. There's plenty of that where they live.

Well you've pointed out that AARs that no longer move smoothly are very
common. So in my mind VWs approach leaves room for improvement.

Max Welton
http://www.maxwelton2k.net/
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