[T3] '74 Type 3s?

[Dave Hall]

We've got quite a few members on our UK forum that have Australian imports -
it's quite attractive to have a rust-free right-hand drive Type 3, and I
noticed one in the for sale the other day.  We also get quite a few imported
from South Africa, for the same reasons (rust-free and RHD).  I think the
South African ones were all built from kits (CKD) but Australian production
did involve making quite a number of parts and panels for them.  I think for
the later ones (and maybe earlier ones) they went back to kits, but tax
rules made it advantageous to make as much as possible themselves.

We could do with Simon Glen to tell us the whole story, but he seems to have
disappeared off the radar.  I hope he wasn't affected by the serious
flooding in Toowoomba last January - that's where he was living last I
heard.  He's listed on LinkedIn, but I'm not able to see his profile.  I've
been trying to track down a copy of "Volkswagens of the World" that he wrote
about 10 years ago.  It's no longer in print and Veloce books doesn't expect
to reprint it.

Doing a google search showed this in the VWType3.org archives, talking about
models:-

http://listarchive.vwtype3.org/archives/2001/october/msg00839.html


Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 29 January 2012 05:28
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] '74 Type 3s?

A few years ago the topic of Type 3s assembled in Austrailia came up, and it
was mentioned that the Aussys had parts left over after the end of
production in Germany. Those parts were apparently assembled and sold as RHD
'74 Type 3s, in Austrailia and possibly in New Zealand.  

Anyone here have one of those '74s? Anyone here have a Type 3 assembled in
Austrailia?

This came up as I tried to register on the VW Type 3 registry:

http://www.type3registry.com

They have quite a few Type 3s registered there, but I can't seem to log in.
Anyone else had trouble? I've contacted the owner; he's looking into it.

It looks like a nice site. I see Toby's orange square there, and there are
lots of others. I was amazed to see that there actually 108 Type 34s
registered worldwide, including 60 in the US alone.

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