Re: [T3] starting an early 62 overhaul

["Jason Weigel" <notchboy@satx.rr.com>]

<x-flowed>They also couldnt decide on the case breather. Some earlies have no nipple 
off the tower with a nipple on the air cleaner. Some have no nipples at all. 
Took them till 63 to figure that out as well.

jason

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] starting an early 62 overhaul


> 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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