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My 65 locks Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Everett Barnes" <everettb@thesamba.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Locking steering column? > > I was just flipping through the dealer brochure I recently picked up for > our Fastback, and it describes a "locking steering column" for the '68 > Fastback. While I know that '68 and newer domestic cars have locking > steering columns, the column in our Fastback most certainly does not lock. > Is this a common thing to break or gum up? Or does the car not have a > locking column. > > > I don't see how it could break, the locking tabs are welded to the column. > They can be removed though. > > My '69 locks. > > I've seen a couple '67s that did not lock but I don't know if '67 and '68 > were "without lock" for the USA. > > My friend has a '66 that does not lock but he reports that the locking tabs > have clearly been removed from the column. > > -- > Everett Barnes > http://www.thesamba.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >