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On 8 Jan 2006 at 22:10, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/8/06 5:22:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, > jadney@vwtype3.org writes: > > > I'm afraid I'm not following this. I don't understand why the notch > > air ducts could not be just the same as the fasty and square. > > VW did the Notch differently from the Square or Fastback. The Notch had the > ducting run inside the trunk, shrinking the available space (compared to a > Square or Fasty), while the Square-Fasty's ductwork is outside (inside the fender) > due to the air inlet. It does make sense to do it this way, since you're > already loosing space for the wheel well arch, what's a couple more inches. :? I guess I still don't see the "point." I guess I really need a good look into a notch trunk. > >On a notch, does the trunk space extend out sideways INTO the > > fenders? > > No. The inside space is basically empty between the outer fender and the > outer trunk side. Is there some other reason why the notch air intakes could not have been done just the same as the fasty and square? It sure seems strange that VW would go and do this differently for the notch if the "standard" way would have worked. Of course it may turn out that the airflow over the notch changed enough to actually make the side louvers non-functional. That would be an interesting turn of events. We may need to add some of those yarn tufts to the rear quarter panels of a notch, too. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~