[T3] Old Type IIIs (cooling)

James Lingenfelter jimmyandcher at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 23 22:01:50 PST 2011


Oh, now THAT sounds like an easy project for tomorrow morning!

On Feb 23, 2011, at 7:56 PM, Brian Fye wrote:

> nah... just remove the screws and graft them into the fenders and  
> no one
> will notice.
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:54 PM, James Lingenfelter
> <jimmyandcher at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> LOL! Well, now I know. So most likely, this was a dealer  
>> modification done
>> when the car was new...... So, I already know my car is less cool  
>> because I
>> don't have the original fuel injection..... will the purists also  
>> look down
>> on my car because my louvers are held on with big ugly sheet metal  
>> screws??
>> LOL.
>>
>> On Feb 23, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 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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