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Mon Sep 22, 2003 7:30 pm

If someone tells you they have an early 60s squareback and "only 5 were imported into the US, my grandpa brought it over from germany"
What year would you think that was? Or is that even legit/ does it make sense? am looking for info
Thanks

Mon Sep 22, 2003 9:50 pm

61 is the first year of the Variant.

How can you confirm the real number imported?

Private party? I would lean towards bogus. I would guess that many , many more were imported.

Ask Everett . He is the real expert. I would beleive what he says.

Good luck. If the car is in good shape, buy it anyways. Early Type 3's are not common.

Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:52 pm

Damn. If only five were brought in from Germany, my grandparents must have brought at least six of the five in! :lol: BUT- '67 is right- the early ones are the scarcest and most beautiful. If YOU like the car, and YOU like the price, then- and ONLY then, is it worth it.

Tue Sep 23, 2003 2:33 pm

Kommercial wrote: "only 5 were imported into the US, my grandpa brought it over from germany"
Thanks
Look in the T3 For Sale section. If only 5 Squares were "imported" where did the rest come from? How did they get here? They most certainly were not built in the US.

Sounds like bunk to me. Trying to jack the price, maybe?

Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:39 pm

like alot of euro spec VW's alot of them came over from folks stationed in the military. I noticed this about bugs. Wherever there is a town that has some type of air force base or any other military base nearby, the wrecking yards ended up with alot of european model VW's. My brother bought his car while stationed over there, got sent to a base in Phoenix, sold his car to someone local and now his european model car is cruising around Phoenix. Thats why I noticed alot of Notchbacks and semaphore model bugs around military cities.

Wed Sep 24, 2003 11:26 am

Since VW didn't market the T3 to the US, ALL of them are "imported", usually by a private party.

Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:48 pm

Air-Cooled Head wrote: Since VW didn't market the T3 to the US, ALL of them are "imported", usually by a private party.

so are you saying that every squareback and fastback was imported by a private party?
I know notches and type 3 ghias were european market only but they did sell the square and fast back here at the VW dealerships.

Wed Sep 24, 2003 1:28 pm

that info is correct untill 66.

in 66 they started selling them, but pre 65, they are all grey area cars, mostly euro spec, I'm sure a ton from canada got in, I heard here in sacramento, the dealer would help you get one from canada if you really wanted one. the canada ones should all have gas heaters btw. You can find out a ton of more info at http://www.vwtype3.org/

Thu Sep 25, 2003 4:16 pm

I think he means one of five for that particular model year... still probably bogus but whatever. if you like it, go for it.

Mon Sep 29, 2003 12:53 am

Well i got it - check out the story in this thread

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53048

Mon Sep 29, 2003 5:11 pm

While out today I stopped by a guys house with some buses out front. He had an old deluxe so I thought he might have some parts up for grabs. After talking with this guy I noticed a really old Type 3 in the back of his yard. We took a look at it and he told me it was a '62 that was brought over from Germany on the "grey-market". Its sitting under the North Carolina pine trees rusting (rotting) into nothing but its mostly there except the engine.

SuperSkim wrote: like alot of euro spec VW's alot of them came over from folks stationed in the military.

Did I mention this Type 3 was 5 miles from Cherry Point Naval Air Station?

Mon Sep 29, 2003 10:02 pm

my point exactly. :D

Tue Sep 30, 2003 4:23 am

Yup your right about us Military guys bringing in VW's! That's why when I get back to the US I will have a 66 RHD for sale. :P

BTW here's one of my Favs for sale as we speak! Un-molested and waiting for a LOW JOB!

Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:31 am

Kommercial wrote: If someone tells you they have an early 60s squareback and "only 5 were imported into the US, my grandpa brought it over from germany"
What year would you think that was? Or is that even legit/ does it make sense? am looking for info
Thanks

If someone said that to me, I would think they were crazy. It makes no sense. I would ask for proof.

Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:11 am

DubStyle wrote: Yup your right about us Military guys bringing in VW's! That's why when I get back to the US I will have a 66 RHD for sale. :P

BTW here's one of my Favs for sale as we speak! Un-molested and waiting for a LOW JOB!

that thing is bad ass. Notice the type 3 overrider bumpers? sweet

Wed Oct 01, 2003 8:06 am

Nice! Looks like an N model...

And overrider bumpers too, those are worth some $$$ to the right people.

I'd love to see more pics of it.