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<x-charset Windows-1252> Mechanical FI (on the Vette's) came out in the 50's... the first electronic FI was 68 with the T3. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback (with no empty nipples!) 65 Notchback (still suckin its gas!) 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Baum <dbaum@isdn.net.il> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 7:16 AM Subject: [T3] FI hstory > Hi all, > > 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? > > > Daniel Baum, > 69 T34 automatic. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe > > </x-charset>