Re: [T3] Right Hand Steering Type3s

["Dave Campen" <dave@campen.eurobell.co.uk>]

I believe that Irish-built Beetles had a small shamrock logo on the glass;
the Type 3s may be the same.

----- Original Message -----
From: Simon Glen <simonglen@bigpond.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Right Hand Steering Type3s


> I don't know how to identify an Irish-assembled Type3 and I'm not sure
> that I've ever seen one.  Maybe the paint colours were different?
> Maybe they had locally made generators or coils or tyres or glass?
>
> I've seen Belgian assembled VW Type3s.  To me they looked identical to
> German-made ones except that the logo on the window glass was [Be'VW']
> instead of ['VW'Sekurit].
>
> Simon Glen
> Toowoomba, Australia.
>
> Dave Hall wrote:
>
> > >  They (Ireland CKD) were all right hand
> > > steering cars and were sold within Ireland.  I am not aware that any
> > > were exported to Britain or elsewhere.  (Dave Hall, do you know?)
> >
> > How could I tell if they were from CKD kits rather than made in Germany?
I
> > can't see any reason for it, apart from personal imports.  We had quite
a
> > stiff import duty system then.
> >
> > Dave.
> > UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
>
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