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Simon Glen wrote: > Dave Hall or Per Lindgren or anyone out there, > > I have a 1971 edition of the Henry Elfrink workshop manual for the Type > 3. It refers to the Type 3 Panel Van as the "Type 36 M-265 or M-296". > > I know what M-265 is - "welded-in side window panels, centre and rear". > > However, I have not been able to find "M-296" in the five different > M-Options lists that I have for Type 3 vehicles, including the M-Options > list on vwtype3.org. Might this be the full length panels along the > side from the door to the rear tailgate which were aparently marketed by > VW in Denmark and elsewhere? > > Does anyone know what M-296 was? I'm sorry, the electronic parts catalogue does not mention the M296, nor any other M-number for the sheet metal version. The closest option is M297 which is "Sealed beam headlights and taillights with red turn signals, but without high beam flasher" for USA. And the full length panels were available here in Norway too, as we have mostly the same van versions as Denmark. I saw one 72 or 73 Variant that was a van, albeit with windows. It had the full length panels, they were made up of grey cardboard if I remember correctly. The car was orange with black seats (as Toby Erkson's). I saw it in Kristiansand, Norway in 1995. The next time I'm in Kristiansand (an hour's drive) I'm gonna drive up to the residential area where it used to be parked, to see if it's still there. PerL 73 Variant L ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitch in! Send your pledge of support! mailto:support@vwtype3.org