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Re: [T3] Fastback pop-out windows/seals


On 3 Sep 2005 at 22:37, Type 3 Junkie wrote:

> >Fastback pop-out windows/seals,71 vs 69.  Are they the
> >same, interchangeable.
> 
> Up thru '70 they were all the same, but popouts were dropped in '71. I'm not
> sure what changes were made in the body when the popouts were dropped, but 
> my
> guess is that it should be rather easy to add popouts to a later car, using
> early popout parts.

> Sorry to say this isnt an option, fastback and squareback "B" pillers were 
> different after 70...
> Once the window no longer opened, the piller was changed. To add pop out to 
> a 71 and later car is quite a chore you would need to modify the channel or 
> replace the b piller all together.

I was under the impression that a number of people had done this conversion. 
The only change in the B pillar that I was aware of was that the rectangular 
holes for the squareback "hinges" were dropped, as were the reinforcements 
around those holes.

One of my '71s came with the holes, but not the reinforcements.

I can't remember all the details of how fasty popouts are fastened in place, 
but there's a clip or 2 and a couple of hidden screws. I could imagine that on 
a fasty it might well be easy, amounting to just a couple of small drilled 
holes.

What else changed?

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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