[T3] VW Transparent Factory

[James Lingenfelter]

   As far as I know, the 111 wasn't ever sold in the U.S. Like I said  
earlier, I looked at pics of beetles for sale on the Samba, and  
apparently '68 was finger opened, '69-'72 was released from inside,  
and '73 on were finger operated again. I couldn't find any  
exceptions. They were probably all U.S. cars though.

On Mar 31, 2011, at 2:59 AM, charles tupper wrote:

> Was it a 111 or a 113?  When VW decided to offer the 113 (Deluxe)  
> and the 111
> (Standard) sedans ... the 111s came with a lot less "bells and  
> whistles" ... no
> chrome around the windows, a single push horn button in the center,  
> cloth seats
> ... a cheapo version of the Bug.  Could be the 111 had a non- 
> locking gas door.
>  Jim?  Do you recall?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: James Lingenfelter <jimmyandcher at yahoo.com>
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Sent: Thu, March 31, 2011 2:11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [T3] VW Transparent Factory
>
> Well, it definitely had the finger indention, and it was definitely  
> a '73. I
> have no explanation for this oddity, but there is no doubt about  
> it. Drove it
> for 15 years and probably put gas in it about 1,000 times. Just  
> sold it a few
> months ago.
>
> On Mar 30, 2011, at 8:26 PM, Jim Adney wrote:
>
>> On 30 Mar 2011 at 19:16, James Lingenfelter wrote:
>>
>>> My '73 beetle gas flap was finger operated.
>>
>> I don't think so. At least it didn't come from the factory that way.
>> From '69-on, there was an inside release.
>>
>> On many cars, the lock and release was broken and the release was
>> done by hand from the outside, but only on '68 cars was there a
>> depression to admit a thumb or finger to facilitate this.
>>
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