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Dave,
You're probably not in the market for a Beetle, but GLP820J ('72 1300) is
advertised in Volksworld this month. You have GLP821J, don't you?
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Hall <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Right Hand Steering Type3s
> > Starting in '99, Golfs for the UK market (and probably others RHD
markets
> > as well) are made (or maybe CKD assembled) in South Africa, as this
frees
> > up valuable production room for LHD models in Germany and Belgium.
>
> Wow, I will check out any car (VW of course) I look at in the future to
see
> its origins. The last figure before the serial number must be a 'W' for
> Wolfsburg.
>
> In '97 there were RHD and LHD coming off the same lines at Wolfsburg. I
> think back in Type 3 times they did batch the cars though. A few years
ago
> I had 3 '71 RHD Variants in the drive, made on successive days in week 18.
> It's unlikely to have been a coincidence. Week 43 seems another popular
RHD
> session. Anyone out there got a body plate that says 18-x-xxxx ? RHD or
> LHD and what model year?
>
> Dave.
> UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
> http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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