[T3] Old Type IIIs (cooling)

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/23/2011 10:31:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jimmyandcher at yahoo.com writes:

My '68 has louver "inserts" attached with screws to the fender,  
with  a rubber seal around them. I was told by somebody long ago that   
these were offered by VW as some sort of "kit" after they changed  the  
direction of the louvers, supposedly to improve cooling. Anybody  know  
if there's any truth to that, or was this person smoking a Berg  Pipe?



Berg pipe. Actually it was a response by the USA dealers who did this to  
accomidate customers "who thought" that the louvers should point in the other 
 direction. Most customers never really knew that VW had been selling these 
cars  for over 5 years (without any cooling issues) before they "started to 
have  a problem" according to their owners. So the dealers did this to 
placate their  customers, that's all. Russ told me he did a few while he was at 
the dealership,  back in the late 60's.  

Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
71 Notch (Krunchy)
64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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