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PerL, I'd love to see that scan sometime and I'm sure some others would, too. Regards, Simon Glen Toowoomba, Australia. Per Lindgren wrote: > Simon Glen wrote: > > > I know several people have made quite good-looking replicas of these > > notchback Cabriolets but are these the only two original examples in > > existence? I have been told variously that four and even eleven were > > built. Manufacturers usually send prototypes to the crushers but did > > any other Type 3 notchback Cabriolets escape? > > The German magazine "VW Speed" made an excellent article on the T3 cabrio > last year, where the conclution was that 9 were made between 1960 and 1065. > The problem with the car was that VW and Karmann engineers was not able to > make the body rigid enough to satisfy their safety levels. The two cars at > VW's Autostadt and Karmann's museum are the only two survivors. I can > probably scan the pages someday. Maybe this weekend. > > PerL > 73 Variant L ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/