[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]

RE: [T3] Typ 4 parts interchangibility.


Great information, Patrick!

   Toby Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
   '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, R.I.P., ORPCA member
   '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/

> -----Original Message-----
> Last summer, I removed a host of parts from a wrecked 412 Variant...
> 
> I tried the door handle scratch guards on both early and late 
> model Typ 3s,
> FÂl don't fit.  Strangely enough, they are a perfect fit 
> for a Typ 1
> from 1968 --->.  The bumper rubber can also be made to fit a 
> late model Typ
> 3, door handles are the same for any Typ 3 built after 8/69, 
> the cargo area
> carpet fits nicely and the gravel guards (which are mounted 
> on the front
> side of Typ 4 rear fenders) can be fitted nicely to the back 
> side of a Typ
> 3's front fenders - sorry if that sounds confusing.  Usually, 
> Typ 4 gravel
> guards need only a good polishing job and they are a cool 
> addition to the
> Typ 3 - if you like accessories like that.  This seems to be 
> something seen
> often on early model Typ 3s from the UK, thanks to T3D (£30 
> for a pair).
>...  I removed the mounting
> pieces from both the original Typ 3 flaps and from the Typ 4 flaps.  I
> swapped the Typ 3 mounting hardware to the Typ 4 mud flaps 
> and then made
> some slight modification to the position of the hangers.  
> After about 30
> minutes, I had sucessfully mounted the Typ 4 mud flaps and to 
> be honest,
> you cannot tell the difference.

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Search old messages on the Web!  Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]