<div dir="ltr"><div>Speaking of across the pond Keith, are you any relation to Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park of WW-2 fame?</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Max</div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM Keith Park <<a href="mailto:topnotch@nycap.rr.com">topnotch@nycap.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Good to hear from our Buddy across the pond!<br>
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Keith<br>
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Subject: Re: [T3] Production Numbers<br>
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I don’t recall the production numbers but I have various totals in official VW publications. I will look at those and report back. Notches had gentler lives than Squares, so though fewer were made, more Notches have survived.<br>
Squares had most numbers made.<br>
Dave Hall, VW Type 3&4 Club UK.<br>
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 at 22:01, Max Welton <<a href="mailto:max.welton.2k@gmail.com" target="_blank">max.welton.2k@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Sure. I understand about the notches. But I was curious about the <br>
> breakdown of squares vs fasties.<br>
><br>
> I would expect there to have been more squares sold on account of the <br>
> more utilitarian layout. But our tiny sample breaks fairly even <br>
> between the two styles.<br>
><br>
> Max<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM Jeff Palmer <<a href="mailto:w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com" target="_blank">w.jeff.palmer@icloud.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Or Canada.<br>
> > Jeff<br>
> ><br>
> > Sent from my iPhone<br>
> ><br>
> > > On Apr 29, 2025, at 12:07 PM, William Hoyer <<a href="mailto:wjhoyer@gmail.com" target="_blank">wjhoyer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I don't think the production numbers will tell you why Notchbacks <br>
> > > are<br>
> > lower<br>
> > > in the USA. Notchbacks were not sold in US VW dealers like <br>
> > > fastbacks & square backs. The 1 we have was a lefthand drive <br>
> > > delivered to England<br>
> so<br>
> > my<br>
> > > guess is that a service member ordered it with the intent on <br>
> > > bringing<br>
> it<br>
> > to<br>
> > > the US. VW can tell you the dealer who got it but not history of <br>
> > > what happened after that. Notchs seem to be growing in numbers, <br>
> > > there were 8<br>
> > at<br>
> > > the NW vintage meet 2 years ago so people seem to be bringing them <br>
> > > from Europe.<br>
> > ><br>
> > >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 8:42 AM Max Welton <br>
> > >> <<a href="mailto:max.welton.2k@gmail.com" target="_blank">max.welton.2k@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > wrote:<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> Looking at the 2026 Invasion list, I'm noticing the proportion of<br>
> > Fastbacks<br>
> > >> and Squarebacks (6 fasty's and 7 squares) and one T34. I would <br>
> > >> have<br>
> > thought<br>
> > >> Squarebacks to be the more common of the type-3s. I would assume <br>
> > >> the numbers of surviving cars would roughly follow production numbers.<br>
> Does<br>
> > >> someone have actual production numbers?<br>
> > >><br>
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