Re: [T3] perfection

[Simon Glen <simonglen@bigpond.com>]

Henrik,

I can remember when Volvo only produced the PV544 and this was only available in
LHD despite Sweden driving on the left which at the time I thought was odd.  As
for American cars, well, especially before the 1970s, they were usually
available with RHD (although RHD ones were sometimes made in Canada).

Anyway, fortunately VW in Germany have always produced vehicles in both LHD and
RHD (regrettably with the exception of the 914 and some tasty special versions
of the Golf ).  And., Type3s and even the Type 34 have always been available in
both LHD and RHD.

Simon Glen
Toowoomba,  Australia.

Henrik Larsson wrote:

> For some reason all cars sold in Sweden before 1967 were left hand drive. The
> only reason I can think of is that most cars sold in Sweden before WW2 were
> from USA and not avaliable in RHD.
>
> Some RHD 50:s and 60:s VW buses were sold in Sweden. The reason for that was
> that the loading doors should be on the left side and therefore stop children
> from running out into the street.
>
> Henrik Larsson, Sweden
>
> Simon Glen wrote:
>
> > What I don't understand is that, although this lovely 1965 model 1500S has
> > come from Sweden, why is it left hand drive?  Sweden did not change to
> > driving on the right hand side of the road until September 1967 when 1968
> > models were already on sale.  Or were Swedes simply preparing for the
> > changeover more than two years before?

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