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Yes, Todd, I agree with you. I've looked at the pictures of this Type 3 van and to me it looks very rusty. I know of at least three of these Australian panel vans still on the road here in Australia, one of them in daily service with a major VW-Audi parts supplier in Brisbane as a delivery van. The official model designation for Australian-built Type 3 panel vans was "Type 366 V30" and they were built during 1965 and 1966 at VW's Melbourne factory, including a very high Australian content. Quite a few more than 400 were built. Number PV423 with a 1966 chassis number lives only 25km from me and is a daily driver. However, relatively uncorroded parts for Type 3 station wagons (or squarebacks or Variants) are easy to obtain from wreckers yards in Australia because there are many rural wreckers yards a long way from the sea and until early1974, when production ended here, the VW Type 3 was the most popular 4-cylinder station wagon sold here. It was manufactured in Melbourne from 1963 until 1968 and then CKD-assembled from 1969 until 1974. Nevertheless, parts unique to the panel vans are still really hard to find here and were only in production over a two year period (1965-1966). However, VW Type 3 panel vans were also made at Wolfsburg over twn years from 1963 until 1973 including the later longnose models. They were basically Types 365 and 366 built with VW Options M-263 and M-265. Regards, Simon Glen Toowoomba, Australia. Todd Daley wrote: > Had to laugh when I read this at the end of the ad...... > "For restorers, here is the good news - because it is a VW, you can > still buy every part. What could be easier to restor?" > > obviously he doesn't know a single thing about old VWs... let alone > type 3s........ > > -- > Todd Daley > Ontario, Canada > 65 VW Kombi > 71 VW Squareback > 71 VW Fastback > 85 Audi GT Coupe > > "King, Robert" wrote: > > > Greetings All, > > > > I was was reading the mail archive a few > > weeks ago and remembered some discussion > > of type 3 panel vans. Here's a link with a few pix > > of one here in Oz (and it's for sale too!). Build no. is 189. > > > > http://www.chris-edwards.com/stuff/panelvan.htm > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe