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on 13/10/2002 8:23 PM, Daniel Baum at dbaum@isdn.net.il wrote: > I never actually realised there were so many options with the Type 3, > because the Type 34 always got the most powerful engine of its model year. > As far as I am aware, the Type 34 never had any engine options at all. I heard an interesting story about right hand drive T34's today at the VW show. Apparently all of the RHD T34s were shipped to England, and the English distributors were in charge of sending them to RHD countries around the world. In the middle of this, there was a change in the British tax on new cars. Previously tax was charged on a car when it was sold, then they changed it (I think it was late 60's) so that tax was charged when a car entered the country. Because of this, a lot of the cars were left on the docks in France (where they were dispatched for England) until they were actually sold, some of them for up to two years. This meant that even when new a lot of them required rust repairs at dealers, because of the exposure to salt water. This made RHD T34's very rare indeed as the ones that did survive still rusted badly later from the effects of the salt water. Do you know anything about this Dave H.? Ben Doughney '75 1200L '63 1200 - Ringo '71 1600TL http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/