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On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 01:36, Patrick wrote: > Actually the seat back releases were always one of my favorite features on > an older Type 3. As long as the cable hadn't seized over time (wet climates) > they were pretty easy to make work I thought. There are several styles > between the years. Make sure you get the appropriate replacement parts if > you change them out or replace a part of them. > > I think 66 or 67 was the last year of them and had a black or dark colored > plastic "button" on the door jamb lever piece. All the others were white. > Rough year guestimates would be 61-63 same, 64-early 66 same and late 66-67 > were same except for the different colored plastic "button". It has been a > long time since I have looked at a type 3 that closely ( over 10 years > 8-O ), so maybe a current resident guru can correct me? Was 67 the first > year of the "side of the seat" releases? > IIRC, '67 was the first year for the release lever on the side of the back rest. Here in the US anyway. -- 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