RE: [T3] Fenders?

["Richardson, Gerald" <Gerald.Richardson@NOVELLUS.com>]

My car is a 67 it has no gas flap and small wrap arounds. From what I am
hearing here it should except anything below 68 with no mods? 

Gerald

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> From: 	Tunaitis@aol.com[SMTP:Tunaitis@aol.com]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:49 PM
> To: 	type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: 	Re: [T3] Fenders?
> 
> >> I think its casue 68 and up fenders have the gas flap. I Don't see a
> prob
> >> using a  later one w/ the flap . wel as long as its not one from a long
> >> nose, but then you'd have a useless flap in your fender. As for the
> turn
> >> signals, you can cut out the hole for the wrap arounds. BTW i could be 
> wrong
> >> cause my earliest Type 3 is my 68 so...
> >>
> >> Eric
> 
>     I believe you're correct Eric.  Any Type III fender through model year
> 
> '69 should bolt up, however anything later than '67 will have a useless
> gas 
> flap.  The other thing to look out for are the style of turnsignals. Those
> 
> were the norm for for the longest... so early fenders w/o gas fillers are 
> most often cut to accept wraparound type signals.  I thought he said he
> had 
> bullet turn signals, though...  I thought that a fender w/o gas filler and
> 
> bullets would have to be very early.   Of course, there's always
> exceptions 
> and weirdos out there...   
>                 ---  Mike
> 
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