New T3 Guy in Ohio, hello!

[EverettB]

Interesting, maybe a delivery vehicle for that pharmacy?
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[DQDan]

That's what I'm talking about. The funny thing is, how much/many drugs do you need to necessitate the WAGON? LOL!! Perhaps on the inbound leg, in bulk form!!

[EverettB]

It could be for anything from a pharmacy though, not just drugs.
Think of Walgreens or CVS today and all the different stuff they sell.
Either way, it's neat.

Has it been repainted? Maybe it has logos on it underneath a paint job

There are some other pharmacy vehicles in the Gallery, no Type 3s though
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_keywords=pharmacy

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[DQDan]

Update, I'm going to start making some progress on this car. A couple of questions, I believe it was white over black, 1966. If the seats had the wide band or stripe down the seat (as a 66 should?) what were the two materials? The first pic here is a 66 bug, is that what the seats can look like? I could not find a good T3 representation pic in black. What color should my steering wheel be? Is the white one the correct type? I suspect it was from a bug.

[Tram]

Dan, this guy has a bunch of interior photos in his gallery:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_author=Steve65cobra

The '66 interior is pretty unique. Note the heat seam patterns on the door and rear seat interior panels, as well as the upholstery patterns. I will see if I can find a photo of the cargo area- it's '66 only as well.
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[Tram]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_id=821029255&start=50

This poster has tons of detailed photos of his '66 Pearl White car. Front seat covers are incorrect catalog replacements but the rest looks legit. He shows the rear hatch area too. The only thing not quite right there is that on the top of the cargo area side panels there is some sort of a rail- maybe for the super scarce accessory cargo cover. It should have the chrome push- in buttons holding it in all around.

Hope this helps!
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[DQDan]

Thanks for the link Tram. Those shed some light. One thing I'm figuring is my white steering wheel with no horn ring is wrong.

Tram, do you still come to Ohio on occasion?
There is a chance my 69 could go back to FI.

[DQDan]

After looking at the white vinyl, visualizing it done in black, I'm thinking perhaps a black leather such as the Bug interior above with the perforated would look pretty darn cool. hmmmm..

[DQDan]

So Tram, I think the 66 door panel you linked

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=1952798

has vertical stripes and certainly looks authentic.

What other year has the Z shaped armrests? 67?
Here is the door panel I have and thought was 66

Thanks for the info. I'm not stuck on correct but will use it if it's cool and available!

[DQDan]

I just realized it does not have the white 66 window winders! Something is up

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[Tram]

[Ceckert64]

Hey Dan! Here are some pictures of the original T3 fastback in the swamp. You can see a few things in it. It did have the black steering wheel with the horn ring. And you can see the seats, they have the basket weave pattern

On the doors, sorry if I wasn’t clear that they were from a 67. I thought about it and realized there could of been a bit of a miscommunication when I was talking about these doors and the 66 fastback in the swamp when I was talking about the doors and them both being sea sand and the arm rest going from tons of places. If you want I can get the correct handles etc. Shoot me a message if you got some questions.

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[DQDan]

Thanks guys for the info. Aiden, as you recall I was really after those nice Z shaped armrests, the 'rest' was just a bonus. I was planning on replacing the door cards and I have the white winders already. I'm just not sure if anyone makes the 66 door cards with the vertical seams (like in your swamp pic!!) If anyone has a site to check other than ISP west, please share it.
Thanks much!

Also, Aiden if you back to the swamp I'd buy that wheel!!

[Mike Fisher]

I see you did weld in the red inner fender I sold you!

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[DQDan]

Mike, that ghastly weld with parts from you is actually on my other car, the Royal red 69. The royal red car did a few years in Cleveland winters, and has the spots requiring patches. The 66 I'm doing in this thread, now that the floors are done, is pretty much rust free CA car.

I'm quite sure I'm one of very few folks silly enough to have 2 build threads going at once on T3s. When gathering parts for #1, if you find #2 which is as good or better than #1, well, as in blackjack, you have to double down!

[DQDan]

Oh man Aiden I just spotted that 66 swamp car has a blinker arm in tact! Get that for me too!!! Please please

[Clatter]

FWIW, IIRC, If you can contact the right person at TMI (that's IF),
They can do (mostly) correct repro seat covers for you.
You'll have to make sure they know exactly what you're looking for, and not just any old seat covers that will fit a '66.
Smooth sides, Smooth edges of the seating area, textured in the middle.
Plus the 'roll-over' top of the seat where the seam is in the rear.

Rumor has it that they also tooled up to do the '66-only vertical heat seaming for the door cards,
But haven't seen it IRL myself.



On my '67 it took me a couple of tries, but they added seams to my seat covers and did the roll-over so the seat covers were correct for '67,
And they added the horizontal ribs at the bottom of the door cards as well.
It took some doing, but they got it.

Might be worth it for you to try and hammer your way in there if you really care about originality.
Worked for me.
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[DQDan]

OK, now that I know the wheel should be black and have a horn ring, a light came on in my brain, I had one from a later car that I thought was the wrong style for an early car. I dug it out of deep storage and cleaned it up.
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