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On 15 Sep 2004 at 10:28, Cybernotchback wrote: > My understanding, (based on the list, and a conversation with the > grandaughter of the original owner of my Notch), as late in '65 as April 1, > Notches, at least were "converted" to US specs. Mine had sealed beam > headlights and other US spec items installed. And in addition the > speedomoter has been replaced at some point in the car's life, (date stamped > ?/62). There is no documentation saying if this was part of the coversion or > not. This car was part of the European delivery program. Those things sound more like things that would be done to meet the expectations of a US driver. > The belt mounts first appeared in the Beetle in '62. > The outboard mounts were in the floor pan, and were > covered with a plug if belts weren't installed. Okay, thanks. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~