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On 14 May 2006 at 5:31, Russ Wolfe wrote: > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 22:40, Webb/Swiszcz wrote: > > Just sent the pic off to Russ. Here are my thoughts. 1.It is not from > > a heater, for the car never had one. 2. It was not done by an owner > > because it's been in the family it's whole life. Could have been a > > dealer or repair shop thing I suppose. 3. I am leaning towards it > > being a dealer thing, and not factory because as you will see from > > the pics it is a tiny bit off center. Germans wouldn't allow such a > > thing! > I put the pictures up on my web site. > > http://classicvw.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=7272&g2_navId=x62a00215 > > It is not a factory hole. Someone at sometime, may have has something > mounted there. Look on the underside and see if you can tell if there > are any other holes that have been filled. It certainly didn't come this way from Germany and I can't imagine any reason for a dealer or repair shop to drill a hole there. To me, it just looks like someone thought they would mount something there, like a little mascot or emblem or piece of chrome trim of some kind. I'll bet that someone in your family did it and you've just forgotten (or repressed) it. Do you have any brothers? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~