<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I don’t ever remember seeing those clips, and I’ve owned two ’71 Type 3s. I even had a dash apart. But there they are, in the parts book! In our moderate/hot climate, I’ve had them jiggle a little and look unfinished, but not rattle, and never saw the clips.<div class="">#20 here:</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.hallvw.clara.net/type3/T3pbo/T3pb2-18.htm" class="">http://www.hallvw.clara.net/type3/T3pbo/T3pb2-18.htm</a></div><div class="">311 255 481 A (Spring - Defroster vent, left and right)</div><div class="">to Ch. No. 310 2500 000</div><div class="">So may my ‘71s never had them? That’s when they changed the fresh air system, so maybe they changed the defrost vents at the same time?</div><div class="">I’d like to see a photo of them.</div><div class="">Thanks,<br class=""><div class=""><div class="">-Phil<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></body></html>