[T3] It's not a bug!

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/25/2014 4:13:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jadney at vwtype3.org writes:
 
On 25 Jun 2014 at 10:38, Dennis Stiefel wrote:

> If I had  gone to the invasion last week I could of asked this question.
> Maybe  this is a southern US thing not sure but does anybody else have to
>  deal with this. I had to get something for Clementine yesterday at a  
part
> store( dot 5 brake fluid because I messed up when I put the new  brake 
light
> switches in) and the person said oh it's for that bug. I  kindly said no 
it's
> not a bug it's a fastback and left it at that.  This has happens a good 
bit
> over the 42 years my family had had  it.

For many people there are only two kinds of aircooled VWs: bugs and  
busses. I often get asked if my car is a Volvo. You just have to 
smile  and tell them what it really is.

As I was filling up the tank to leave  the Invasion, the guy next to 
me, driving some sort of big pickup,  complemented me on my nice Type 
3. That was unusual, but it turned out  that he had a bug and a KG, 
and was very familiar with the full line of  aircooled VWs. That's not 
the usual experience, but I occasionally get  people who stop and look 
at the car and tell me that they used to have one  of those.  
 
 
Same experience here as Jim has. If you've been driving a type 3 long  
enough, you're bound to run into this. In fact, you should also keep in mind  
many Squareback parts (from the same year) will work on your Fastback. This  
alone might help the guy behind the counter, as your Fastback might not be  
listed, but the Squareback will. ;-)
 
When we were coming back from the Missouri Invasion in 2010, we stopped  
and got gas in southern Indiana. I had a fellow ask me what it was (he'd never 
 seen a Notchback before), and I told him what it was. He then told me he 
had a  Square, and a Ghia, but had just never seen a Notch before in person. 
:O So  there are some people who might have an idea of what kind of car you 
own. : )  

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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