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On 20 Oct 2003 at 21:12, Dave Hall wrote: > I've just re-found and lost again a copy of an article on those tinnies, which > was in VW Trends April 1991, but I have found the text of the article by Tim > Pahl (?) which explained how to tell genuine original ones from reproductions. > Apparently, if it's not plastic, it's not original. It seems really odd that the originals would have been plastic. I wonder if plastics at that time were perceived as something special, as if it came with the connotation of new and improved and had not yet been associated with cheapness. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org