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Re: [T3] Build date of my 1969 Fastback ? Thanks


On 18 Apr 2003 at 17:30, Greg Merritt wrote:

>  Yeah, VW didn't make this a standard part of the system until 
> the 1970 model year.  There was an optional system available for 1968 
> and 1969 cars.  (Russ, was this a retrofit for the older cars, or did 
> it first appear in like '68 or '69?)

Not a retrofit, they came that way originally. They even had different FI 
wiring harnesses to accommodate all the extra wires.

>  The optional cold start valve mounted on the front plate 
> (front is front) of the intake air distributor.  When it became 
> standard equipment, it got its own proper place down low on the right 
> side of the IAD.  (Well, at least for '70 and '71; not sure about '72 
> & '73.)

70-73 were all the same.

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