[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On 16 Oct 2003 at 18:17, Mark Fuhriman wrote: > > These are marked 311 847 081A/082A, are much more massive than squareback > > latches, and have only 2 screws into the C pillar rather than 3. They have > > chrome knobs. They're only in fair condition. > > Yes, you have described Fastback popout latches. The number must be marked > in a spot that is not visible when the latch is installed, so I can't verify > the numbers. Chrome knobs probably means '68 or later. I'm not sure, but I > think '66 and '67 have white plastic knobs. I can never remember which knobs came when.... > The chrome on these is almost always pretty severely pitted. If you try to > clean them up, let us know if you were successful and what you did. I'd > like to freshen mine up, but I don't want to do something to accidently make > them look worse. These are pitted, too. Interesting that this is always the case. I think the squareback ones are often not pitted. I wonder why VW went with a completely different design for the two? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org