[T3] dash pad talk

[Jim Adney]

On 10 Jan 2013 at 13:19, Gary Gamboa wrote:

> I have posted theDP  pics here:
>  
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_cat.php?cat_id=38

That's a USED '71-3 dash pad. You can tell it's used from the 
impression left by the mounting screws. If the speaker grill is a 
separate part held on by 4 pins and speednuts, then it must be an OG 
part. It's odd, however, that it doesn't have the holes for the VIN 
plate. That would mean that it came on a car sold in some market (not 
the US) where the VIN plates were not required. They were required on 
all US cars from '69-on. I don't know about Canada.   

It is illegal to reattach any VIN plate to any vehicle, even the 
vehicle it came off of. If you do this, don't tell anyone, and make 
it look as much like the original as possible. Fortunately, the OG 
rivets that VW used look exactly like standard pop rivets.

I believe wraparound dashes came on very early cars. They blend into 
matching sections on the door panels.

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