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>From: "Gregory M. Merritt" <gregm@engin.umich.edu> >On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Alan W. Presley wrote: >> First of all, Squarebacks were imported into the US starting in '62, it >> was the ONLY T-3 VW imported back then. Fastbacks started in '66. >> (Just wanted to straighten that out.) > >Sorry Big Al, but... > > *every* source I have read--from current books to auto and >financial magazines from the early/mid 1960s--completely contradicts the >assertion that squares were imported before the 1965 model year. > Can you please provide some references to support the claim of a >pre-'66 model year introduction of *any* Type III to the U.S. under the good >graces of VWAG? I would love to be proven wrong! We've been down this road before. I felt sure that my 68 was in the first year of OFFICIAL VWOA import, but others have persuaded me that 66 was the right year. I have nothing definitive to add, but I will strongly argue against VWOA being involved from 62. >-Greg (with no first-hand knowledge, having been born after D-Jet was >introduced...) AHAH! Now we know how old you are! Jim, born before VWOA imported ANY cars. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Melissa Kepner Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org jadney@vwtype3.org Laura Kepner-Adney Madison, Wisconsin ---------------------------------------------------------------------