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The M-lists I've seen don't have a number for radials, but the bill of sale for
my project Square has all its British Forces Germany (BFG) documentation.
That's a very nice data source to have available - lucky you!
Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Vagelpohl" <jens@dataflake.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] OE Radials on Type 3s
>
> On Oct 28, 2004, at 15:42, Jim Adney wrote:
>
> > On 28 Oct 2004 at 10:42, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
> >
> >> I just looked at the sales program booklets for German dealers and
> >> they
> >> seem to start listing radial tire factory options starting for the
> >> 1968
> >> model year, as M173 (Radial tires instead of standard tires). In later
> >> years there were several radial options available.
> >
> > Interesting. My parts lists don't appear to include M173. I did a
> > search thru
> > them and couldn't find the word radial anywhere. Was this booklet
> > specifically
> > for type 3s or was it more generic? It's also possible that my
> > versions of the
> > parts lists are missing entries; we have found other errors in those
> > lists.
>
> The booklet was published by VW from I believe the mid-sixties until
> the late seventies. It was called "Taschenbuch" ("Pocket Book") and
> made available to salespeople at VW dealerships in Germany. I have
> almost all of them, they had between 2 and 3 of them per year as
> changes were introduced.
>
> Inside you find the complete lineup as of the publication date with
> detailed technical specifications, standard options, prices, other
> available options and their prices and the color/upholstery
> combinations. The booklets also contain the same data for all
> competitors so that sales people could directly compare and use that as
> an argument during their sales presentation. To round it off there is
> financing information, sample texts for contracts, industrial engine
> tech specs and prices, automobile tax and insurance data.
>
> jens
>
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