[T3] Type 3 Reversing Lights

Dave Hall dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk
Sat Apr 8 15:53:35 PDT 2017


Very possibly, but a lot may have happened in the 12-15 years before you
owned it. My 1971 1500A Variant came to me with reversing lights, but it's
not clear whether they were fitted in the UK. It also had a clock that was
dated a bit later than the car, too, so clearly had been retro-fitted, and
that must have been the first owner, as I'm only the second. 
If you get the birth certificate from Wolfsburg, it usually lists the
M-codes that were factory-fitted.  Sometimes the importers (who were not VW
back then) chose to specify some extras as more acceptable.  For example the
FI versions came with waist trim, but lacked some other items which would
have usually been on the L trim. There were also certain 'packs' which
included a bunch of extras.  The '73 1600L Variant that has now become a
'donor vehicle' had a bad weather pack listed on the dealer order form (in
german - it was bought by a UK Serviceman on a posting in Germany.
Certainly it had factory fog lights, mud-flaps, HRW and intermittent wiper
relay, which may have been the items included in that pack, but I can't
confirm that. 

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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Interesting to read what Dave Hall said about the base model not coming with
Reversing Lights.

Mine is a UK RHD 1600A Variant Automatic, therefore the base model.

I have owned it since 1988. It has always had Reversing Lights. They were
there when I bought the car anyway. 

Is that because of the Auto Transmission maybe ?

Regards,

Steve

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 Today's Topics:
 
    1. Re: No reversing lights
 (Keith Park)
 
 
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 Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 20:04:39 -0400
 From: "Keith Park" <topnotch at nycap.rr.com>
 To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
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 Aw geeze! how he's gone and bought a
 new car and he's lost in it! ;-)
 
 Here I am, getting rid of the
 Boremobile for an older car for next winter,  my dad's old 95 cirrus, it
really a  mitsubishi and they galvinized and glued  them  in 95 so they
never rust  out...
 
 Keith
 
 
 Now for a confession, I've bought a 2
 year old Golf SV with a 1.2 (1197) TSI
 gas engine and a DSG auto box, having
 had such great mpg from our hired
 Jetta last invasion. It's a lovely
 drive, lets me rest my clutch leg after a  lifetime of pushing down on VW
clutch  pedals!  Brisk eough, and I got over  54mpg UK (43 US) on a rural
journey the  other day, and only a few less on  city roads, unless it's in
stop-start  traffic.  It's called a SportsVan in  some countries, has more
space than a  Golf and a higher driving position,  plus some nice extras. 
The rear  seat adjusts front to rear and is split  1/3:2/3, giving almost as
much space as  a Jetta wagon (Golf estate).  The  DSG box has a sport mode
to flick into,  and can be used like a tiptronic  stick if you really want.
There's no handbrake, a hill-hold button does it  for you! The icing on the
cake is it's  a Wolfsburg car.  I'm loving it!
 Anne's got the same engine downrated a
 bit in a NEW Polo (I'd never buy a
 new car, but her Mum left her some
 money). It's also an auto DSG - well,
 we're both getting older, and diesels
 are coming in for a lot of stick over
 here.  The Polo comes from South
 Africa, where they used to assemble Type  3s.  So all change, and no change
left!
 
 
 Dave
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 late UK cars had no backup
 lights?  or just the early ones?
 
 Keith
 
 
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 65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
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 87 Golf  "Winterat" RIP
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 UK, and no doubt other markets, didn't
 come with the reversing lights on the
 basic trim - the switch, wiring and
 inline fuse, bulbs and holders weren't
 fitted.  Sounds like you may have
 a Frankenstein car, eh?  Maybe the 1600
 'A' model.  Are the vent wings
 painted or bright?
 
 Dave
 UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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 Well, no wire with fuse in the engine
 bay and no wires to the switch on the
 transmission.  So, I guess I will
 have to make my own harness
 
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 > There's an inline fuse in a
 torpedo-shaped holder in the engine 
 > compartment. Could be that's
 blown. It gets power from the ignition coil.
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 for the back up lamps?  Bulbs are new, 
 > > but
 > no
 > > light.
 > It's in the transmission
 nosecone.  Passenger side, facing forward a 
 > bit above and to the side of the
 pad for the front mount .. if I 
 > remember right.
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