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Date:         Thu, 5 Aug 2004 21:10:26 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Use this for fire safetey... Now magnesium burning...
In-Reply-To:  <JHEHKLEAKBLMKEJMBNOOOEMIDFAA.jeff@vanagonparts.com>
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>I'm not sure about sheep pastures (no experience there), but wrecking yards, >repair shops and auctions (which is where the wrecking yards get the burn >jobs) I'm extremely familiar with, and I haven't seen a burn job with an >ignited engine case in years. > >I even talked with my Father about it and he says that he can't remember the >last time he saw a burnt air-cooled VW where the case ignited. And he's a >German born, VW factory trained mechanic that has owned repair shops in >SoCal since the '60s. Pretty reliable info source.

I seem to remember that the Type 4 case is aluminum, not magnesium. The aircooled T3s sold in USA, like the later T2s, used the Type 4 engine.

Of course the T2 was available with type 1 engines in Europe. I seem to remember the T3 being offered there with the Bug engine too... imagine an aircooled 1600 T3... -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut


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