[T3] Type 3 trailer hitch?

[Jim Adney]

On 10 Jan 2012 at 20:20, Dave Burden wrote:

> It's been about 10 years since we've owned a Type 3 ('71 Squareback)
> and been on this list.  I was digging through the garage over the
> weekend and found a VW trailer hitch.  It doesn't look like the one on
> our '72 VW Bus and I was thinking it may have been for a Type 3.  The
> part number on the tongue is ZVW 164 401, the max weight listed is
> 1100lbs and tongue weight is 88lbs.  I've posted a few pictures here
> in case someone can ID it.
> 
> http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z278/d_burden/VW%20Trailer%20hitch%20ZVW%20164%20401/ZVW164401angle.jpg
> http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z278/d_burden/VW%20Trailer%20hitch%20ZVW%20164%20401/ZVW164401rear.jpg
> http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z278/d_burden/VW%20Trailer%20hitch%20ZVW%20164%20401/ZVW164401top.jpg
> http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z278/d_burden/VW%20Trailer%20hitch%20ZVW%20164%20401/ZVW164401tounge.jpg

Thanks for posting the photos, Dave. Nice to hear from you again. I 
gather that you're hoping to sell this to someone who could use it. I 
don't recognize it, but I really have no experience with Type 3 
hitches. Perhaps someone else will.  

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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