[tcb] Re: Fresh Air Heat

  • From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:35:46 -0800 (PST)

Yeah, I know Will.  Have been called a detailed perfectionest and sometimes 
anal.  But after all I are an accountant.

Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  LOL,

picky, picky, picky


On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 06:13 -0800, sammie smith wrote:
> OK, OK, I know I am responding to my own e-mail: But just found this:
> According to Eccles the bus first had fresh air heat beginning on
> 12/10/62 with vin 1040368. Which means this ain't a "perfect"
> restoration 62 23 window even though it ought to be for the $65,000
> asking price. It is either a late 63 or an incorrect 62.
> 
> Not as bad as the "perfect" restoration 58 convertible I saw on the
> Samba restored 20 years ago by a VW expert. Was "perfect" original
> restoration except when you read the entire ad which describes it with
> a 1600 dual port, sitting on a 69 pan with Karman Ghia disc brakes.
> Which is not bad except they want $16,000 for a 20 year old perfect
> original restoration. Makes you wonder sometimes. I think Everett
> should require a VW IQ test before allowing anyone to advertise on the
> samba.
> 
> sammie smith wrote:
> Ok, here is a question for you smart bus techies (Will-Peter):
> Samba ad by Jesse Kimball (related to Rich ?) "perfect" 62 23
> window for big bucks shows fresh air heat in this 62 bus.
> Fresh air heat did not come out on the Type I till into the 63
> model year (i.e., early 63s still had stale air heat). So is
> fresh air heat correct for a 62 Type II? I think not but am
> still researching for a correct answer.
> 
> Here is the ad:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=529150
> 



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