[T3] spare tire barrel
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Tue Jan 28 07:30:26 PST 2014
In a message dated 1/28/2014 10:13:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jadney at vwtype3.org writes:
Interesting, I never realized that the spare tire well changed with
the body style; I thought they were all alike. I just checked my old
parts book and I see 2 versions listed: a plain and a "C" version. I
wonder what happened to A & B.
The A and B were very early, in that they used multiple screws to hold the
well in place. I think my 65 Notch uses 3 screws across the top (probably
the "B" version), while my T-34 used 7 or 8 screws to hold it in place (T-34
only part). I don't know if the very early cars (62-63) got the clip in
the inside bottom of the front apron or not (I'm not really up on the very
early cars), but if it didn't, then VW would have used more screws across the
very bottom of the tire well (and were definitely the "A" version).
You have to remember, VW was constantly fine tuning the early cars, trying
to eliminate some of the extra parts (reduce costs), and that tire well
could very well be a spot to cut costs on.
Bob 65 Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
71 Square-vert under construction
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