[T3] VW Transparent Factory

[charles tupper]

Here is a copy of an ad on The Samba for the 
111: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/74bug_sheet/front.jpg

It also has the finger-indent.


----- Original Message ----
From: James Lingenfelter <jimmyandcher at yahoo.com>
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Sent: Thu, March 31, 2011 10:54:15 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] VW Transparent Factory

  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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