Re: [T3] Window and dash pad - 70->65?

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 27 May 2007 at 22:06, Dave Sanderson wrote:

> On my restoration Notch I need a front windscreen and dash pad. I  
> have found a 70 or 71 fasty with a decent front windscreen and dash  
> pad. Will they fit my '65 Notch? Thanks.

Up to '70 they are the same; from '71-on they are slightly smaller.

My impression is that the windscreen opening in the body never 
changed, but VW added optional windscreen retainer strips in some of 
the later cars.

I think you can use the late windscreens in the early cars, but only 
if you use the proper gasket and retainer strips. The later gasket 
for the retainer strips is very hard to find.

It's also possible that if you're looking in Canada that your late 
windscreens are the same as your early ones. The late option to add 
the windscreen retainer strips was not universal; it was only added 
in certain markets, including the US.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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