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On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 14:13, Everett Barnes wrote: > I was looking at this car: > http://www.vwtyp1.com/notch > > I'm reading the ad and he says "...everything is original, even the ignition > cables are correct for a -63." in regard to this picture: > http://www.shellkonto.nu/vwtyp1/notch/images/DCP_4093.JPG > > So apparently 61-63 Type 3s came with blue spark plug wires? I emailed > the seller and he states "Yes, they had blue wires, so did the type 1, but > on type 1 there were also red wires, I think they actually were color-matched > with the body...". He even found and installed a set of NOS wires on that > Notchback. > Yes, those are the correct wires. But they were not installed on every car. They were installed intermittently on the assembly line. Those blue plug wires were made by Beru. ( the people that made the pink spark plugs) They WERE carbon cored and gave a lot of problems in damp weather. Most of them were replaced very early in their life. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org