Smoke begone

[Jarred]

welcome to the forum!

being a swallowtail basically just means it's an early model, and has some very specific features that later model cars have.

Have a look in the rat and retro thread, for some inspiration

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newforum/upload/showthread.php?t=6739

enjoy

[Inksta]

Thanks.

I had a look on google before I saw your post and found http://swallowtail.info which had a detailed list of all the differences under Facts>Oddities.

[Inksta]

Okie dokie! At the risk of resurrecting an old thread, here's the latest!

My baby is now cleaned up, registered and insured. I've got a new radiator ('new' relatively speaking anyway!) which I'll be fitting soon. Replaced rear tail light, fitted new intake, new leads, new spark plugs. She now starts within 2 or 3 goes instead of 7 or 10

My two main issues now are the super spongy brakes - first port of call there is replacing a leaky rear wheel cylinder. And the second issue which has me more stumped is that she's stalling when put in to gear (automatic). It's a bit odd, plenty of clean transmission fliuid. Any ideas or tips?

Oh and lastly one more thing is that the (stock) carby isn't misting the fuel under acceleration - it just squirts a stream of liquid petrol. Not sure if this is fixable or I need a new carby?

Anyway, this is obviously all just preliminary work with the sole purpose of getting me to the stage where I can justify getting serious dumpage happening

Cheers all!!!