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<x-charset Windows-1252>Per, you may be more onto the correct answer than most would think. Although chassis and suspension parts may differ slightly between Squareback, Fastback, Notchback and Karmann-Ghia, the pieces from one will normally bolt onto the chassis of another same-year type 3. For those of us fortunate to have access to original factory parts books, you will find that the chassis part number changes for each of the different bodies--except Notchback/Fastback. Why? Well, the major difference between the floorpan of a Squareback, Fastback/Notchback, or Karmann-Ghia relates to the crossmember for the rear seat. The rear seat bottom of the Squareback folds forward for cargo space, the Fastback/Notchback seatbottom lifts out (just as in a Beetle), and the rear jumpseat in a Karmann-Ghia is much smaller than the rear seat in a Fastback/Notchback. Therefore, the reason the type number did not change is because the CHASSIS did not change. Allyn de Vars 1962 VW 1500 Karmann-Ghia 1963 VW 1500 Karmann-Ghia 1967 VW 1600 Squareback (2) 2001 VW Golf GL TDI -----Original Message----- From: Per Lindgren [mailto:lindgre@online.no] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 2:10 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] 1971 on Ebay Jim Adney wrote: > Interesting list, but can anyone explain why the notch and the fasty > had to share a type #? Just a wild guess, but maybe because the Notch and Fasty suspension bits, while the Square had different components? It would be easier for the workers to see either 31 or 36 and thus install the correct chassis parts. PerL 73 Variant L ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>