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On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 23:07, Everett Barnes wrote: > Could you ever buy Type 3s brand new off the lot with radial tires? > > An experienced person recently told me that no VWs came new with radials > until 1979 or so. This seems very unlikely to me. > > I thought it was a dealer option from 1968 or so. > You are stretching my memory. I do know they were available. Before '68 as a dealer option. We installed a lot of Michelins at the dealership because the Michelin dealer was only a block away from the shop. This was before '68. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~