[T3] Engine production numbers was Weird Idle Dips

[Dave Hall]

Looking at the 1500 engine numbers you can see a bulge around '63/'64 that
exceeds by a large margin the number of Type 3 chassis made - that was when
they put the 1500 engine in some buses, but most had the 1200cc.  I guess
some of the extra production was for stationery engines for pumps,
generators etc too.

Oddly, the numbers of chassis built in the '68 model year seems to exceed
the engines by around 15,000 - what's that all about?

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: 04 March 2012 03:41
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Weird Idle Dips

On 3 Mar 2012 at 18:31, Know One wrote:

> My first bus, a '64 had that problem. One SP was installed with an 
> insert that would wiggle out and go pop!

That's a pretty early bus. Wasn't that still a 1200 cc?

> As an aside, that engine would only push the bus to 54 MPH, absolute 
> top speed. However, it was a reliable bus that always got me where I 
> needed to go. Wish I still had it.

Sure sounds like a 1200. Those were WAY underpowered for all the 
frontal area they had to push.   ;-)

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