In a message dated 95-10-06 09:19:44 EDT, steveh@pauli.emu.com (Steve Hoge)
writes:

>* Not-too-subtle metallic clatter from the rear especially
>noticeable during engine deceleration and intermittently at idle
>when hot (tight valve? loose tin?)

My 87 Syncro has this sound and mine comes from a loose heat sheild on the
exhaust pipe near the muffler.  One of the brackets holding the shield in
place is broken.  Non-Syncros do NOT have this shield.

> If I get the go-ahead from the
>Volks guys maybe I'll see some of you down in Panamint Springs in
>November...4-wheelin' - whoopee!
>
Wow! people are planning on off roading up there?  I hadn't read about that
part before.  What is the current plan / status / agenda / roster on this
trip?

Jim Davis
87 Syncro - might be running in time for Panamint :-)
88 Wolfsburg