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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, > FÂl 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/