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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I know of one E Variant without a gas heater... originally from Canada. Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Taylor <scottbtaylor@earthlink.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Canadian T3s > Andre wrote: > >>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.<< > > OK, that's what I thought. So a 1500S without a gas heater or evidence > of a previous gas heater installation is unlikely to be a Canadian > import. That means most of the the 1500S Squarebacks I've seen got to > the US some other way. > > >>Also as Jason noted the sidemarkers were dropped in 65.<< > > And this is where it gets interesting: M297, the option that replaces > the side parking lamps with longer aluminum trim, was first offered in > August 1963. That's a year before the parking lamps were dropped for the > Canadian market. So I think this option was intended originally for > US-bound cars. > > It would be interesting to me to know how many Type 3s were registered > in the US before August 65. Anyone know a reference source for old > registration records? > > Scott > 62 1500 Ghia > 65 1500S Squareback Sedan > 01 Golf GL > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > </x-charset>