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There is a type 3 convertible around town- really nice. Where did these come from? How many were made? Is this a one off deal?
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| Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:02 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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Pics? VW made a few prototypes. Nothing ever went into full production. There is literature and parts diagrams, but they only made a few.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:22 am Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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Pics from the recent Sedona Car Show of the type 3 convertible
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remroc
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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Yes, that is the car that started the post.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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| remroc wrote: |
| There is a type 3 convertible around town- really nice. Where did these come from? How many were made? Is this a one off deal? |
Where is "around town"? Your post doesn't include your location. |
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icemanhd
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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| KTPhil wrote: |
| remroc wrote: |
| There is a type 3 convertible around town- really nice. Where did these come from? How many were made? Is this a one off deal? |
Where is "around town"? Your post doesn't include your location. |
Sedona, Arizona
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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I can see why they never went into production. The proportions don’t work without the top. Exception is the Type 3 Ghia, excellent look with the top down.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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| I can see why they never went into production. The proportions don’t work without the top. Exception is the Type 3 Ghia, excellent look with the top down. |
The real ones look better in my opinion as they aren't hacked in weird locations.
A hacked Squareback looks weird anyway because the shape is different without the Notchback trunk area and lid.
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I agree the Type 34 looks with the top down.
I think the Type 34 Convertible with the top up looks weird.
The top look is strange to me because of no rear side windows.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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Pretty much normal for top line German 2 seater cabriolets of the era, though
Pretty sure the side window style Cabrio top first surfaced on the 1971 350SL.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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Those are actually roll up windows, not a part of the soft top. That car is also not a 2 seater. 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:22 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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The Type 34 isn't a two seater either, even if it basically is a two seater.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:07 am Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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Type 1 Ghia of course also has that massive blind spot.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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This is my son's 65 Roadster (no top) in it's first go thru (put all of the pieces together, as it was a cut up parts car).
This is what he started with (cleaning up the yard he claimed).
Nose art from the 2008 Type 3 Invasion.
Under construction shot in the garage after getting a 1.7L type4 engine installed. It also got converted to IRS in the rear.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:08 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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The Type 34 isn't a two seater either, even if it basically is a two seater.
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The Ghia is between a 2+2 Coupe and a true two seater like a 914. Only because it has a rear bench and not two or even one "seats" in the rear. I call it a 2+2 all the time even though I think of it as a two seater. With the cabrios being built, the rear seat is even smaller.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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| I can see why they never went into production. The proportions don’t work without the top. Exception is the Type 3 Ghia, excellent look with the top down. |
The real ones look better in my opinion as they aren't hacked in weird locations.
A hacked Squareback looks weird anyway because the shape is different without the Notchback trunk area and lid.
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I agree the Type 34 looks with the top down.
I think the Type 34 Convertible with the top up looks weird.
The top look is strange to me because of no rear side windows.
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On T34 Lorenz Cabrio
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| Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:25 pm Post subject: Re: Type 3 convertible |
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Here’s your rear side windows
On T34 Lorenz Cabrio
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Which still falls in line with what Tram was saying about seeing those quarter windows on the 350/400 SL - to which I believe those Lorenz tops come from, especially since that Lorenz stuff was being made in the early 80's.
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