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Winding sunroofs that we are all familiar with can be seen in the earliest of proto type photos. And their was also another type, like I think Jim found. These had a handle that twisted open, then you pulled the door back by hand. These were narrower and longer than the common wind type. Affectionately know as the fridge door. jason > I can't seem to find this info anywhere. The best I can find is that there was > an early steel sliding roof panel which was used up to VIN 221 974 which would > have been the end of '63. > > The early Bentley manual has a list of major changes, but it doesn't mention > body changes. > > Beetles came out with the steel sliding roof in '64, but it's clear that VW > must have worked out this design on type 3s first. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~