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On 13 Mar 2001, at 8:25, Greg Merritt wrote: > At 10:20 AM -0600 3/13/01, Jim Adney wrote: > > > >pushes against the windshield? I know that this was gone by 71, > >but I'm not sure whether it disappeared when the body was > >redesigned or when the dash was redesigned. > > Heh... I *thought* my '71 had this nub. Could be wrong... Anything's possible... ;-) Of course it could also have been changed by a PO. > It's also terribly likely that the changes didn't exactly hit the > model year crossovers, I suspect. My 1963 Beetle, built in August 1962, > has all of the earmarks typically associated with a 1962 model, such as the > stale air heaters and the Wolfsburg crest on the hood. The Wolfsburg is a well known mid year change, I don't know about the heaters, but there are LOTS of examples of mid year changes, some better known than others. > What's the purpose of the nub? To provide a pivot point to > facilitate the breakoff of the mirror in an accident? I THINK it was to reduce vibration. The later mirror has a shorter stalk so its resonant frequency would be higher. I suspect that the long stalk vibrated badly at normal engine frequencies if not braced and this was annoying. A side effect of the late mirror with the short stalk is that you can't see as far to the rear as you could with the early mirror. I suppose this could be cured by lowering the front end. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org