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On 15 Oct 2003 at 7:30, Big Al wrote: > >Jim wrote: > > >I was surprised at a couple of things here. No popout windows. I expected to > >see them on a 70. > > I was curious about Jim's statement and wanted to take a poll. > > Down here in Texas, I don't think I have ever seen a late (post '69), > US spec. Squareback with popouts. I was pretty sure that, at least in the US, the popouts were standard thru the '70 model year. The flow-thru vent louvers in the D-pillars began in 71 and that marked the end of the popouts, at least in the US. > All late squares that I have parted out (don't worry they were beyond > restoration) didn't even have the slots to install the pop-outs. I parted out two 71s, one had the slots, but lacked the reinforcing plates behind them, and one didn't. From this I concluded that the slots were dropped sometime during the 71 model year. I was very surprised to find that the 72 that I just parted out also had the slots, so I don't know what VW was doing. None of these cars actually HAD popouts. The microfilm seems to indicate that M93 was the popouts, and that these were available up to the end of '70 production. All the 70s I've ever seen, in the US, had them. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org