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Re: [T3] Birth certificate


Everett,

If M260 means the rear seat without a centre fold-out arm
rest, then this is the norm here in Australia.  It is rare to
find a notchback or fastback here with a back seat central
arm rest.

And, that brochure which you've featured of the 67 fastback
is a model unique to Australia.  The 1966 and 1967 "1600TS"
fastback was an Australian-made car which had only drum
brakes whereas German-made "1600TL" fastbacks and those
for the US market had disc brakes from Aug 1965.

The "TS" tag was also unique to Australian fastbacks for the
1966 and 1967 model years.  The "TS" in a circle was added
to earlier notchbacks and Type34 cars by dealers in Canada,
but as you can see in the brochure pictures this is different to
the Australian one.

The picture of the rolling floorpan correctly shows the open-
centred five stud wheels characteristic of drum braked cars
whereas the pictures of the dark blue car have been based on
a disc brake car but with the "TL" tag replaced with a "TS" tag.
I used to hate it when VW used to put the airbrush to their
brochures to fool us buying public.  They were at their worst
with brochures for the British market - they had steering wheels
painted in on the right hand side and, when they used mirror
images, they used to have fuel filler flaps painted out and painted
in on the other side.  It was really tacky.

Simon Glen
Toowoomba,  Australia.

Everett Barnes wrote:

> M260 is freaky but there are some pics in this brochure on my site:
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/type3/literature/sales/literature67fastback.htm

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