[T3] VW Transparent Factory

[James Lingenfelter]

    I was just re-reading this, and ironically, my '68 squareback  
does NOT have a finger indention for the gas flap. What the heck is  
wrong with my cars? A '73 beetle WITH finger hole, and a '68 type III  
WITHOUT. I can understand the type III fender being replaced with one  
from another year model, but the '73 bug baffles me.

On Mar 30, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 30 Mar 2011 at 11:50, Phil Hof wrote:
>
>> I think there was only one year when the gas flap used a finger to  
>> open,
>> rather than a cable from inside.  Not sure of the year, though.   
>> 1968 maybe?
>
> Not very sure of yourself, but correct nevertheless.  ;-)
>
> Yes, '68 was the first year for the outside gas filler flap, and  
> only that year
> got the finger notch to open the flap. That was true on both Type  
> 1s and Type
> 3s.
>
> I've checked around a bit and it seems clear that I was wrong about  
> the
> headlights. '67 was indeed the first year for the unshrouded beetle  
> headlights.
>
> Sorry for my mistake.
>
> -- 
> Jim Adney
> jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI USA
>
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