[T3] 66 Squareback Now Mine

[Jim Adney]

On 6 Nov 2015 at 3:41, Soren Jacobsen wrote:

> I see two hockey sticks, one used through VIN 433785, May 1964 (113 311
> 541A) and one after that (311 311 541). 

On the later microfilm there's a 113 C part and a 311 B part. My 
guess is that the 311 B part has the extra cam on it but will still 
fit in any of the nose cones.  

The larger question for me is how did they use a 113 part on early 
Type 3s? Did those cars have an access hole on the TOP of the tunnel 
just like Beetles? If so, I wonder why they changed. That design 
seems so much better than the underside access we got. If there was 
some reason why underside access was better, why didn't Beetles ever 
get it?

Looking at other parts, I don't see a top cover anywhere, and one 
bottom cover seems to cover all years, although it's an A version, 
implying that there was an earlier version that it superceeded.

The shift coupling changed, but not at the same time. It changed 
earlier. But the shift rod changed at the same time that the hockey 
stick changed, so maybe this was just a length change.

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