[T3] I bought a Squareback!

[Sean Bartnik]

Thanks José,
As it happened, some re-lined front shoes appeared on the Samba classifieds the other day so I snapped them up. 

I'll keep that email in my back pocket though. 

-Sean

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> On May 17, 2015, at 9:50 PM, maroblll at coqui.net wrote:
> 
> Try him:
> 
> bigsleddog1 at yahoo.com <mailto:bigsleddog1 at yahoo.com> 
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> 
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> 
>           From: Sean Bartnik [sjbartnik at mac.com]
> Sent: 5/15/2015 1:48:20 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: [T3] I bought a Squareback! 
> 
> Hi all,
> I posted a quick introduction a few months ago but since then I've been
> lurking and learning while searching for the right square. 
> 
> Well it turns out I found it in Keith Park's '65 Variant, the Eggcrate.
> I went and picked it up yesterday and had a great ride home. 
> 
> I'm sure most of you guys have followed Keith's progress on the
> restoration of the Eggcrate over the years and indeed he did a great
> job. The car is gorgeous and a joy to drive. 
> 
> Only one minor issue I need to chase down: it pulls to the right pretty
> hard under braking. The harder you brake, the harder it pulls. If you
> really jam on it it goes crooked enough to destabilize the forward
> trajectory of the car so I need to chase this down. 
> 
> My first angle of attack will be to see if I can work it out through
> brake adjustment. 
> 
> The front brakes are basically completely new and if I recall correctly
> Keith said he used NOS brake shoes. His theory was that perhaps there
> are different compounds side to side or for whatever reason have
> different friction properties side to side. He suggested that if I can't
> get the pull out with adjustment then I should replace the shoes. 
> 
> In the event I have to go that route, does anyone know where I can
> source good front brake shoes for a '65 square? My research seems to
> suggest these are a 2-year-only shoe and none of the usual vendors seem
> to carry them. 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Sean
> 
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