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On 10 Nov 2005 at 10:01, Steven Ayres wrote: > I can't cite documentation, but I believe these drains are designed to > handle water from the sunroof well. Sunroof models have drains built > into all four pillars. The pans at the windshield corners catch water > from the pillar drains and direct it to the wheel wells farther forward. > They're useless on non-sunroof cars, but understandable from a > production point of view, because 34s have welded fenders and there > would be no way to get in there to properly retrofit a sunroof car. I can't speak for 34s but, of the other type 3s, early cars had the front drains only, and the rear corner drains were only added in 65 or so. Those drains don't look anything like this, and they don't end up in a pan like these appear to. They were welded into the body as the body was made, and I think the same could have been done with type 34s. I don't think the fact that the fenders were attached differently would have made any difference. There was no way to retrofit these in the other type 3s, either. They are welded inside the A pillars and had to be installed as the body was first put together. That would not have been a problem, however, because the outside face of the A pillar is part of the roof panel, so by the time that part went together it would already have been clear that this was, or was not, a sunroof car. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~