1960 October Single Cab - model year qn

[chamilka]

Greetings!!
I'm interested in a particular single Cab made on October 21st, 1960 (10-21-1960), although it's registered in the USA as a 1961 model year. I've heard there are unique qualities to buses of 1961 model year compared to those from the 1960. Given the manufacturing date of the bus in question, would it possess features characteristic of 1961 or 1960?
Thank you!!

[tasb]

There are a multitude of small changes during those years and a few major ones. You’ve already found the forums. Try using the search tab by entering 1960 Bus and 1961 Bus. There are pages of forums topics to learn from, more than you ever thought you could learn. Enjoy.
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[Lind]

That bus is a 1961 model year, but it has the features you would normally associate with a '60 bus. Most of the unique '61 features start showing up in December 1960. '61 was a transitional year with a lot of mid year changes. The model year is just a marketing thing which started on August first 1955 for the '56 model year and commenced every year thereafter on August first. VW really started holding back a lot of the visual changes starting with the '62 model year, so prior to that, they mostly changed stuff whenever they felt like it.
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[Eric&Barb]

You can look up the various changes on the factory floor day by day, week by week in the original VW dealer eyes only manual "Progressive Refinements" and a lot more need to know VW info here:

http://www.oacdp.org/
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[chamilka]

Thank you all for your inputs, really appreciate it!