Re: [T3] OE Radials on Type 3s

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@dataflake.org>]

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On Oct 28, 2004, at 16:32, Dave Hall wrote:

> 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.

Hi Dave,

Right, looking into the corresponding "Taschenbuch" from October 1972 I 
see the following:

M 172 - Steel-belted radial tires
M 173 - Textile-belted radial tires
M 174 - Textile-belted radial white wall tires

jens

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