[T3] 66 Squareback Now Mine

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Mon May 25 14:11:57 PDT 2015


As I said on the samba... very cool!  Also, relocate that fuel filter ASAP!

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Craigs List <craigslistcsprings at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the complements. It is exactly what I was looking for. For
> negotiation sake, I tried to hold in my jubilation after seeing the spare
> tire well, the frunk and the dash. When seeing the outside contrasted by
> the inside,I was in shock.
>
> For the purist, this one is far from stock inside, but he did give me a set
> of TMI covers, in perforated tan vinyl, for both front seats and the rear
> seat. That will look amazing with what is left of the red paint.
>
> The engine, transmission and the pan were all rebuilt. The person who sold
> this to me had 3 other type 3's and a 69 bus. His collection of hard to
> find type 3 parts would rival some of the hoarders on the list. Hell, he
> might be in the list. I found him through one of the Texas vw message
> boards.
>
> Adam
> On May 25, 2015 11:03 AM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>
> > On 25 May 2015 at 9:50, Craigs List wrote:
> >
> > > My VW adventures begin again. I will writeup how I found it and such a
> > > little later. I am still a little worn out from my travels to the
> Austin
> > /
> > > Kyle / Killeen area to visit old friends and find myself a car.
> > >
> > > Long story short, I found me a patina cruiser, mechanically sound,
> with a
> > > lot of character and the perfect daily driver. You can see some
> pictures
> > > here.
> > >
> > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=628092
> >
> > Wow, looks really clean. I can't believe how beautiful everything
> > that hasn't seen sun looks. Rusty is anything but rusty. At first I
> > thought the engine looked rebuilt because of the shiny pushrod tubes,
> > but in a later photo I could see that they appear to be the
> > collapsible pushrod tubes, that you can install without removing the
> > heads. Engine looks clean and OG. Nice!
> >
> > --
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> > Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> > Madison, Wisconsin, USA
> > *******************************
> >
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