Re: [T3] Strange OEM Type 3 Muffler

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 15 May 2001, at 23:08, Russ Wolfe wrote:

> > On 15 May 2001, at 21:45, Todd Daley wrote:
> >
> > > I just went out and looked at my 65 Kombi  ( just got it home last
> week....)
> > > production date of August 26, 1964  ( 1965 model year), 1500CC
> > > engine,
> engine
> > > number -- 0668153
> >
> > That certainly fits in the number sequence with the type 3 1500s for
> > that year. Sounds like VW did a "silly" thing here.
> >
> Are you sure that is the orginal engine/case? IIRC. in '65, the Type 2
> engines had a serial number starting with an "H". My "without
> guesswork" book only goes back to '70. Maybe someone else has one that
> goes back farther.

Your memory sure is good! I didn't think to check my older 
"Without Guesswork", but I did look in the Idiot's Guide. Muir listed 
both H engines and engines with 6 straight digits in the same 
series as the type 3 engines for that year. In fact, IIRC, Muir lists 
the exact same engine number for both type 2 and type 3.

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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