Re: [T3] starting an early 62 overhaul

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 6 Jul 2006 at 9:38, Hal Sullivan wrote:

> No thermostat on the really early cars like this.  The fanshroud has 
> bosses for the rod that the flaps
> are connected to, but they're not drilled out.

Really? I wonder what they were thinking? Do you suppose the engineers at VW 
were having a debate on the necessity of a thermostat and decided to let the 
early cars be their beta test?

Did beetles always have thermostats? If not, when did they start?

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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