>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...
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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