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Re: Lowback seats


On 19 Nov 97, wcollins@sbnsw.com.au wrote:

> "Melissa & Jim" <jadney@vwtype3.org> Wrote:
> | 
> | On 16 Nov 97, Everett + Jennepher wrote:
> | 
> | > When were high back seats first offered on the T3?  I 
> | thought '68 until
> | > recently, when the original owner of a '66 Squareback, 
> | told me she had high
> | > backs in it.
> | 
> | You were right.
> | 
> 
> I think they were only offered from '72 ('72 Model year) down here in Oz.  
> Anyone want to comment on that?  Andy?
> 
> A guy I know who has a '69 Notch has the low back seats and his son who has a 
> '71 has the later model seats in but only because he put them in.  ie they 
> weren't orginally there?  And no they weren't the three point type.

Okay, I guess I should internationalize my answer.  The first model 
year that VW offered the high back seats was in 68.  They were 
available 68-73, but low back seats were also made in all  those 
years.  What you got depended on your country's automotive regs or 
the whim of the importer.

Jim
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       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
                             Laura Kepner-Adney
                         jadney@vwtype3.org      
                             Madison, Wisconsin
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