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Canadian cars came with Radials as standard equipment, but you could special order them in the US at least in the early 70's Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Everett Barnes" <everettb@thesamba.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:07 AM Subject: [T3] OE Radials on Type 3s > 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. > > -- > Everett Barnes > 1966 Type 34 > everettb@thesamba.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >