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The type III was the first car with electronic fuel injection. The first car with mechanical fuel injection was the Mercedes 300 SL (The Gullwing Coupe) in '53 or '54 (1954 I think) As far as the convertibles go, if I remember correctly, they built 3 nearly production ready 'verts in a notchback body style. They were planning a full production run, but then decided that they didn't have the structural integrity that they needed and scrapped the idea at the last minute :( Keith Dean was building a reproduction about 10 years ago using a type 1 top and rear window regulators, but I don't know if he ever finished it. It was in Hot VW's in an unfinished state and the pictures were amazingly cool! Later and greater, Kelly Pitt '69 Fasty AT '66 Beetle '59 Beetle '97 Jetta (doesn't count, though) > > I have seen it claimed on this list that the Type 3 was the first production > car to have fuel injection. This doesn't seem to be true. > > Looking through the 1962 Observer's Book of Automobiles, there are a couple > of Maseratis, several Mercedes (220 SE, 300 SE) and the Peugeot 404, which > all had FI in 1962. > > This book also has very early (1961) publicity pictures of the Notchback and > Type 34, and claims that the 1500 convertible was in production. It must > have been cancelled very late in the day(?). > > Does anyone know any further details on these matters? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe