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Adriaan Loedolff wrote: > > Type 3 cars were also assembled in South Africa from 1963 to > August 1969. My Sqaureback is registered as a January '69 > model although I think it is realy a '68. The official delivery date > to the VW agency from which my dad bought the car is 15-01-1969. BTW > how long did it take to assemble a Type 3? > > The mechanicals of the cars assembled here were slightly different to > that of other countries. We only had things like IRS, disc > brakes and dual hydraulic circuits on the automatic models which were > available in '69. It is also interesting to note that all the parts > on these cars were imported from Germany and there were no local > content whatsoever! (Try doing that today!!!!) I think the chassis > numbering system also corresponds to what was used elsewhere. Mine > says: 369022143 > > Regards > > Adriaan Loedolff > adriaan@norton.ctech.ac.za > '69 Squareback Automatic Adriaan, It's definately a '69. The model year began in August of 1968. So your vehicle would be a '69 even if it was built in the last 5 months of '68. Also the first three digits of the VIN also show it to be a model year '69.