Re: [T3] 71-72 changeover [was: Registry?]

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 24 May 2003 at 13:56, Dave Hall wrote:

> '64 was a high production year (261,617 made), but if Jim's '71 was number
> 273,880, that's just beaten it (plus any made after Jim's).

This motivated me to take the production data that we have and put it in a 
spreadsheet, so I could add up annual totals for cars AND engines. The correct 
# for '64 comes out to 271,618. It looks like there is an arithmetic error and 
a "fencepost" error in the number above, unless my microfilm is wrong.

There is a bit of a problem with the M240 (low compression) engines in '66-68 
as I have no records for about 2 years in either my parts book or the 
microfilm. I can figure how many were made in total, but I can't tell how many 
were made in each year. Does anyone know whether there even WERE any M or K 
engines sold in cars in 67? I assume there MUST have been, but they don't show 
up in VW's production survey.

For '71 I get just over 290,000 engines built, which looks like a  reasonable 
number for the year. That puts an upper bound on the number of cars built in 
71.

I'm working from VW microfilm circa 1980 and a beat up old paper parts book 
that was last updated in 72. If anyone has data to add to this I'd be 
interested in seeing it. I can send out copies of my Excel '95 file (26kB) to 
anyone who is interested.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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