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Dave Hall wrote: > > 12 volt electrics were available for Type 3 as a M-option from November > > 1962, says the factory workshop manual (1961-64 german edition). > > > > Did I hear somewhere that Police and Taxi vehicles were usually 12V for the > radio equipment? Even 30hp DIN (36hp SAE) Beetles could be factory supplied > back in the 50s with 12 Volt electrics. FWIW, I believe the type 181 (aka "Thing") and definitely the type 183 (VW Iltis) supplied to the German army had 24v electrics, as it is a NATO standard. Just a trivia fact. PerL 73 Variant L ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/