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On 3 Apr 2006 at 17:04, Chris Wright wrote: > Flat black rubber tire with a light icon in the centre? Most knobs > went to that shape in 67 didn't they? That sounds like a very good description of the knob that was introduced in '68. That was a soft rubber part with a hard plastic insert. That knob was used in '68-9, but was replaced by '71 by a similar knob that had a conical backside so you could get your fingers behind it. I've never been sure which style was used in '70. The '67 knob looks like it was soft rubber with no insert. It may have the conical backside, but I can't tell for sure. I had this photo of a '67 on Russ's web site. http://classicvw.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=6206 I THINK the '66 knobs were hard grey plastic. That's what's on the light switch that I've got. Of all of these, I like the looks of the 68-9 version the best, but the later style is much easier to pull out to turn on the lights. How about the years before '66? Did they change? -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~