Neil,

I bought an oval window beetle like that once.  The advertisement said some finishing assemble required.  When I showed-up, the body was off the frame, the engine was in three boxes (he had split the case and, unfortunately, painted both the inside and outside a gloss black).  

> On 07-Oct-2016, at 14:34, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> ... then another. A free to me 2.0 gas VW engine, in pieces. Images
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> https://goo.gl/photos/FsXNbnWMdn2vysqRA
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> https://goo.gl/photos/WeprHMYy2Dweqx2fA
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> My first time inside an inline engine. A rebuild will ensue.
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> Neil.
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