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On 31 Jan 2001, at 21:23, Simon Glen wrote: > This sort of thing really annoys me about Volkswagen AG. They mess around with > names far too much. While your observation is certainly true, I'm not sure who to blame. It's not clear how autonomous the local importers are in these issues. > When it come s to the "Type 3" as we common know the 1500/1600 notchback, > fastback and squareback, I undewrstand that there are only the following Type > codes: > > 311 Fastback (LHD) > 312 Fastback (RHD) > 313 Fastback sunroof (LHD) > 314 Fastback sunroof (RHD) > 315 Notchback (LHD) > 316 Notchback (RHD) > 317 Notchback sunroof (LHD) > 318 Notchback sunroof (RHD) > 343 Karmann Ghia coupe (LHD) > 344 Karmann Ghia coupe (RHD) > 345 Karmann Ghia sunroof (LHD) > 346 Karmann Ghia sunroof (RHD) > 361 Variant or squareback "L" (LHD) > 362 Variant or squareback "L" (RHD) > 363 Variant or squareback "L" sunroof (LHD) > 364 Variant or squareback "L" sunroof (RHD) > 365 Variant or squareback "A" (LHD) > 366 Variant or squareback "A" (RHD) > 367 Variant or squareback "A" sunroof (LHD) > 368 Variant or squareback "A" sunroof (RHD) At first I thought you had managed to make sense out of a very confusing problem, but when I got home and checked the microfilm I find that things were not so clear. For example: Models 311, 312, 313, 314 were notches up to July 65. Models 361-4 were <plain>, S, or L versions, depending on the year. Models 365-8 were N, <plain>, or A versions, depending on the year. For me, the confusing thing is why were there ever the S, N, A, L, TL, etc versions called out and given official status, when they simply consisted of modifications to a basic platform. To me it makes sense to distinguish RHD from LHD, and perhaps even the sunroof. I would have made the AT so it could have been retrofitted into an MT car and vice/versa. Then any other changes would have just been assembly choices, which could have been changed at the dealer if necessary. I agree, really confusing. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitch in! Send your pledge of support! mailto:support@vwtype3.org