[T3] dash pad talk

[Dave Hall]

We never needed VIN plates on the dash (though with instruments on the other
end of the dash for RHD, there would have been different moulds anyway).  I
haven't seen them on European late Type 3s either.  (Oh, wait a minute, UK
is European I hear!).

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 10 January 2013 20:39
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] dash pad talk

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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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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