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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Bling-bling. You da man Andre! ----- Original Message ----- From: "shackedup" <shackedup@home.com> To: "T3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:13 AM Subject: Canadian T3s (was[T3] '65 1500s Trim) > As early as '63 ALL Canadian Type 3s came with a gas heater. Earlier cars > probably did as well but i haven't found an early enough car or other > confirmation of this. I am also almost certain that there were no 'N' model > cars imported into Canada. As of 64 you could order the 1500S or the 1500. > The TS model was a standard 1500S with the addition of a round 'TS' badge on > the back. The Canadian 1500 was an S model car with a single carb engine. > In early 65 or maybe even 64 sometime this model became called the 1500E and > got an extra badge on the back. Also as Jason noted the sidemarkers were > dropped in 65. I believe that sidemarkers were always yellow for Canadian > cars and that the earliest cars maybe into early 63s got clear front > signals. > > Anyone else? > > Andre > > You're also right that once Canada dropped > > the side parking lights that US and Canadian spec were essentially the > > same thing. > > > > > > I've heard that all 1500S models imported by VW Canada came with an > > Eberspacher gas heater as standard equipment. Does anyone know if that's > > true? if so, that would be possible indication of a car originally sold > > in Canada. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > </x-charset>