Re: [T3] OE Radials on Type 3s

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 28 Oct 2004 at 12:52, Everett Barnes wrote:

> Here is some information from Art, the gentlemen I was speaking with.   I
> realized I didn't specify earlier that we were talking about USA sales.

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> I'll stand by my information as correct for the USA and Canada.  No
> factory-installed radials for the USA; some factory-installed radials for
> our friends in Canada.  I'm not depending on my memory for this data
> (although I remember it this way), it is FACTORY information from those two
> Without Guesswork spreads that I sent you.

I checked my USA/Canada Without Guessworks and I don't find any mention of 
radials in the '60-70 edition. In the 71-74 edition several are mentioned:

model 21, 23: 185 SR 14
model 21, 23: 185 R 14
model 31: 165 SR 15 (for Canada only)
model 41, 42: 155 SR 15
model 46: 165 SR 15

Most of these appear to have been options, but it looks like the type 4s all 
came (at least in these markets) with radials.

> As a final point, have your friends look in their Owner's Manuals. 

I checked a '72 type 3 OM that I had close by, and it simply says "Your type 3 
comes with bias ply tires."

> Anyway, what difference does it make?

Very little; it's just another bit of trivia. I was sure that it was a type 3 
option later on, but it looks like I was wrong about that.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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