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I just remembered something about the steering locks!!!! It was the convertables that had the extra steering locks. Because they would have been easier to steal, due to the soft top. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Wolfe" <russella@prairieinet.net> To: "type3" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Type 3 Cabriolet - from Wolfsburg > > Subject: Re: [T3] Type 3 Cabriolet - from Wolfsburg > > > > That's one of the real prototypes. > > > > Anyone notice some of the odd things on the car? One is the second > > ignition looking lock to the left of the steering wheel. > > VW used various systems for securing the car. On the Type 1, the early ones, > (before the locking column that we know) they had a lock that went on the > steering column below the edge of the dash. There is/was one of these on > ebay a couple days ago. They also had a system that locked the gear shift > lever. I saw these mostly on Karmann Ghia's, but they could be retrofitted > to about any manual transmission, as the bolt pattern of the shifter is the > same. I never saw anything on the early T-3's except what is normal. Maybe > this was a proto-type for an ignition/steering lock. > > Russ Wolfe > russw@classicvw.org > http://www.classicvw.org/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe > >