[T3] engine code, serial numbers Re: NOS Industrial T3 engine

[Martin Peitz <peitz@HiWAAY.net>]

Both the Bus and the type III had the same 1500 cc longblock (longblock
only) for a while.
On the type III the 1500 cc engine was standard equipment.
On the Bus it was an option until Sept. 30, 1964; except in the USA
where they always got the high end stuff as standard equipment.
The 1500 cc engine production output started in April 1961.
In late 1962 they where introduced in the Bus (first Bus 1500 cc engine
number being 143 543).
The 1500 cc engine became standard equipment in the Bus at engine number
approx. 750 000.
In 1965 the engine code letters where stamped onto the engine cases and
the longblocks could now be told apart more easily.

Type III engines with the code 124 - (followed by engine number) were
industrial engines.



Dave Hall wrote:
> 
> So, some Split buses have Type 3 engines as stock, just in 63/64?
> What market would that have been?  I've not heard of it in the UK.
> 
> Go on, Martin, amaze me again!  I can't find a Type 3 engine number
> starting 124... apart from the late '62 ones.
> 
> Keep 'em coming!
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
> www.hallvw.clara.net/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Peitz <peitz@HiWAAY.net>
> To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Date: 21 November 1998 01:28
> Subject: Re: NOS Industrial T3 engine
> 
> >I just love that tricky VW trivia!
> >
> >This one is easy though.
> >
> >The missing engines were going into the type II!
> >
> >Look into the Transporter parts catalog and the engine stats will
> lead
> >the way.
> >
> >
> >Light rebuttal trivia:
> >Which type III engines start whith the engine number 124?
> >
> >
> >Martin Peitz
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Dave Hall wrote:
> >>
> >> Curious that one.  I did a comparison of production rates for
> >> chassis and engines from the Production Survey in the Parts book.
> >> >From Aug '63 to Dec '64, there were about 1500 engines a day and
> 900
> >> chassis a day (rising to a peak of 1700/1100).
> >>
> >> Apart from the industrial engines, where else would these have
> gone
> >> without a Type 3 chassis?  Brazil for their Type 3 range?  600
> spare
> >> engines a day for well over 17 months is a lot of engines.
> >
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