Seen on the road

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux) 09/11/2013 at 08:10 • Filed to: None

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Freaking gorgeous, looked like a 66-67 Type 3. Nice plate too - OLDVW

Slave2anMG > 505Turbeaux 09/11/2013 at 09:31

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Excellent. Nice to find one that hasn't been stanced/lowered/etc.

505Turbeaux > Slave2anMG 09/11/2013 at 09:32

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agreed, just a nice clean original...too many have been messed with, especially the slope nosed ones

Hydrochloric > 505Turbeaux 09/11/2013 at 10:48

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That one looks even cleaner than mine! I wonder if it's restored or not.

505Turbeaux > Hydrochloric 09/11/2013 at 10:49

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The paint didnt have any patina, so it was at least a respray

Hydrochloric > 505Turbeaux 09/11/2013 at 10:51

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I have a '66 in that same color, optional front disc brakes, twin-carb option... But it's unrestored, and you can tell. The paint's been polished to bare metal in a few small spots.

No white-walls on mine though.

505Turbeaux > Hydrochloric 09/11/2013 at 10:52

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even better unrestored. I thought twin carbs and discs were stock on type III for '66? My fastback had em

Hydrochloric > 505Turbeaux 09/11/2013 at 10:57

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From what I managed to find out (and from what my grandfather has told me, he was the original owner), the disc brakes and twin-carb were both options in '66, and became standard in '67. I know that's true of the brakes, the '66 used a one-year specific disc brake front spindle (one of mine got damaged and I ended up having to have a machine shop repair it because I couldn't find one). Same is true of the muffler too, actually, but I managed to find a NOS one of those, at least.

505Turbeaux > Hydrochloric 09/11/2013 at 11:03

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Mine died a horrible death after I lent it to my ex while I replaced her PITA Saab 16V 900 starter. Overrevved and locked up the motor, flipped it on the highway because she didnt push the clutch pedal in and turned the wheel in panic. She was ok, the car was not

Hydrochloric > 505Turbeaux 09/11/2013 at 11:09

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Yeah, the no rev limiter and no tachometer thing got to be a challenge in the Great Race, where the power was simply too low to keep speed up hills, but the gears were wrong to downshift. I know I over-revved it a few times, but I guess I was careful enough. It can do 98MPH, amazingly...

Also, the disc brakes are really good, once. 70-0 stop was GREAT. The second one a few minutes later, eh, not so much.

Question for you, then. How much slop did your steering have? I had a blown steering rod on the driver's side that I repaired, but the steering still has something like 20-30* of free play that steers the car slightly, but has no weight. I think the rubber coupler is dying, my father claims it's exactly the same as when he used to drive it.

505Turbeaux > Hydrochloric 09/11/2013 at 11:15

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Mine had the best steering of any 60's car I have ever had. Had 55K original miles and was from Fla where it was babied though. It was very responsive and straight. Then again I had just come off a stint with splitty busses which are never right. I believe on the Type 3 you can adjust the steering box to take the slop out of it too

Hydrochloric > 505Turbeaux 09/11/2013 at 11:45

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Hrm. Definitely not right then. I will absolutely take a deeper look at it, because while the wheel is connected- the light steering will lightly influence the direction of the car- there's no weight to it. Hence why I thought it was the coupler. I figured if it was the box, it would always be bad.

505Turbeaux > Hydrochloric 09/11/2013 at 11:49

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the steering was very very light on it. Just stand outside the car and see if the tire moves at all when you move the steering wheel slightly. I do remember it being lighter than any beetle or bus

Hydrochloric > 505Turbeaux 09/11/2013 at 12:56

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There's no floating, not like say, an old italian spider or anything. It's just that for about 10-15* in either direction of straight, the wheel is so light the weight of your hand turns the wheel. Then it hits the normally-weighted part of the travel.