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On 18 May 2003 at 18:47, Daniel Baum wrote:
> 1) Both the Hayes and Bentley manuals show "late-model" Type 3 steering
> columns with a three-spoke steering wheel. I've never seen any pictures of
> this kind of steering wheel in a car. Were they ever actually manufactured
> this way?
I've never seen or heard of a 3 spoke wheel. Are you sure you don't mean the 4-
spoke wheel that was used in 72-3?
Okay, I found the picture in the Bentley. Must be from another car. I don't
know what, but I don't think it is a type 3 of any kind.
> 2) My 1969-model German VW price list shows that all VW 1600 Type 3 cars
> were available with two different engines; 45 and 54 HP, and two different
> trim levels, L and not-L. Every possible combination was available. What was the
> difference between the engines? Did the 45HP 1600cc engine have a single carb?
Here's what VW offered for type 3s in 69:
Model Year 1969
8/1/68 12/31/68 7/31/69
Engine number:
1500 33KW 45BHP K 0120745 K 0131969 K 0150000
1500 30KW 41BHP (M240) M 0002445 M 0002879 M 0003544
1600 40KW 54BHP T 0574186 T 0616933 T 0690000
1600 36KW 50BHP (M240) P 0004321 P 0004677 P 0005281
1600 40KW 54BHP (M236) U 0093652 U 0154029 U 0231100
Chassis number:
319 000 001 319 108 899 319 500 000
K & M engines were single carb, P & T were dual carb, U was FI (M236).
M240 was low compression.
This is from the type 3 offerings, so the type 34 was probably just a subset of
this. I think we're pretty sure the Type 34 never got FI. It looks like the
45BHP engine was a 1500, which was part of the lineup right up to the end in
73.
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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