As I recall, which is a dangerous thing for times so long ago, FI didn’t appear in VWs until the early 70s, and it started in the Super Beetle and Type IV (fastback/squareback/411).
-D > On Sep 15, 2021, at 3:16 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > A friend of mine in high school had a clapped-out Scirocco that he had > removed the FI from and installed a carburetor. I gather was a pretty common > home-mechanic approach to dealing with FI problems before engines got so > computerized that it was no longer possible. > > Neighbors growing up had a green, late '60s Type III. I assume it was > carbureted but don't know for sure. Pretty cool car, it had rust perforation > by the mid 1970s and they traded it for a Chevy Vega -- a downgrade IMO. > > Allan > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021, at 3:03 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> I had a 71 Fastback that was the requisite VW orange. Great car after I >> yanked the Bosch FI and installed dual carbs. In fairness, the PO had >> boogered up the FI somehow and it was beyond my budget at the time to >> resolve, so I went the way of dual carbs. >> >> -D >> >>> On Sep 15, 2021, at 2:50 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Rode in one of these in Mpls. back when they first were sold. Very >>> sprightly yet also cheap and inconsequential car. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 2:44 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> In 1973, I was 13. My friend’s father bought a 1968 Squareback even though >>>> he had never driven a manual transmission before (he didn’t even get a DL >>>> until he was 35). That summer I taught him, his wife and several other >>>> people in the neighborhood how to drive a manual in that Squareback. I love >>>> them. >>>> >>>> AZBob >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Sep 15, 2021, at 11:34 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/581135949912790/ >>>>> Interestingly both Angie's and my mother had VW Type III fastbacks when >>>> we were born. In realizing that Angie has decided it'd be cool to have a >>>> Type III. I've always thought the wagons were cool.I've never seen one that >>>> wasn't wicked rusty though. I bet good ones go for big money. >>>>> -Curt >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
