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Re: [T3] OE Radials on Type 3s


That looks correct - my project '73 Squareback 'MUM' has factory fitted radial
ply tyres (steel) which was M172, so maybe M173 was the textile-braced ones.  It
also had M20 MPH speedo; M74 rear mudflaps; M102 heated rear window; M258
high-back front seats; Z01 bad-weather package (fog lights? - most of the rest
was specified).

Our UK brochures for 1968 mention radial tyres as optional extras.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jens Vagelpohl" <jens@dataflake.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] OE Radials on Type 3s


>
> On Oct 28, 2004, at 6:07, Everett Barnes wrote:
>
> > Could you ever buy Type 3s brand new off the lot with radial tires?
> >
> > An experienced person recently told me that no VWs came new with
> > radials
> > until 1979 or so.  This seems very unlikely to me.
> >
> > I thought it was a dealer option from 1968 or so.
>
> I just looked at the sales program booklets for German dealers and they
> seem to start listing radial tire factory options starting for the 1968
> model year, as M173 (Radial tires instead of standard tires). In later
> years there were several radial options available.
>
> jens

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