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On 19 Feb 2002, at 10:03, Simon Glen wrote: > Shad Laws wrote: > > There's no such thing as a factory A/C installation. It was a dealer > > accessory. > > Shad, > > I beg to differ here. I have a brochure printed in Germany, issued > by Volkswagen AG and dated June 1972. It is in German, English, > French and Spanish. It covers air-conditioning for VW air-cooled > Type1, 2, 3 and 4 vehicles and includes many photos. Towards the > end it says: > > "The VW air conditioners are manufactured by VPC, a subsiduary > company of Volkswagen of America Inc.. Their headquarters are in > Fort Worth in Texas. ... The VW air conditioners are installed in the > Volkswagen factory ... because of this we give you the same warranty > on the VW air conditioner as on the new Volkswagen". I think they were stretching the truth, as in defining the dealership to be an extension of the "factory." As far as I know, no type 3s ever left the factory with A/C. Note that there are NO A/C parts in the parts lists or microfilm, no matter which country they were headed for. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org