[T3] VW Transparent Factory

[James Lingenfelter]

   Another observation about the beetle in the video: the front seats  
are from neither a '68 or early '70s model, they look aftermarket.  
Not sure we can really trust what we're looking at, if it's not a  
correct "all original" restoration.

On Mar 31, 2011, at 9:12 PM, James Lingenfelter wrote:

>   Could it be a "Frankenbug"? I went back and looked at the video  
> again. A couple of things are confusing to me: it has no VW emblem  
> on the hood (in front of the windshield), which would indicate it  
> was later than '68. I don't remember when the emblem was dropped,  
> but my friend's '70 has it, but it was definitely gone by '73.  
> However, it has the smaller front turn signal assemblies, which are  
> definitely pre-'73. '68 still makes the most sense to me. Is it  
> possible that a European version in '68 didn't have the hood emblem?
>
> On Mar 31, 2011, at 6:55 PM, Jim Adney wrote:
>
>> On 31 Mar 2011 at 8:32, Jim Adney wrote:
>>
>>> On 30 Mar 2011 at 21:26, Hal Sullivan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Incidentally, the wheels on that Beetle are incorrect -- Lemmertz
>>>> Sport's didn't come around until '73.  Which had me thinking the  
>>>> car
>>>> was a '73, until I remembered they weren't used on the Type 3.  :-)
>>>
>>> I didn't notice the wheels, but you're right about them. ISTR  
>>> that the sport
>>> wheels actually show up in the Type 3 microfilm, but I don't know  
>>> if they were
>>> actually delivered with any of our cars. Maybe some market got  
>>> them, but
>>> usually the US got those things if anyone did.
>>
>> And now that the finger notch question has been muddied up quite a
>> bit, is it possible that the Beetle in question is actually a '73 or
>> later?
>>
>> -- 
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