Go read this thread for some inspiration

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=419739&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

That find is sick

Love reading all his updates ...

For sure

That is an awesome thread!!!

Damn it took my an hour just to look at the pictures... Its going to awesome when its done.

Pulled the tin off the engine and discovered that the thermostat, the regulators, all the linkages and brackets are missing. The engine is a 70'ish 1600 (eng# B6187232). Now for the stupid question ... In our fine Texas climate does the engine need this stuff?

Not really. If you give your motor a chance to warm up a bit before driving you'll be fine. They help the motor get to operating temp faster.

....Discuss

this is a touch subject with some. the guru's are all in agreement to run a thermostat, and immediately drive the car on start up to warm it up quicker.

I'm going to run the thermostat on my type 4 motor since I got it and it works.

22 yrs of owning VW's and I have yet to run a thermostat. The VW i owned the longest was my 64 Bus. Had it 14 yrs running a 2180 daily driven for the first 5 yrs after my father and I built the bus, no problems. out of all the people who own VW's on this website I doubt you will find many who run it here in Texas. Some say you need it, i never have my 2 cents.