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Posted in Featured on 11 Jan 2009
VW Type 3 1500/1600 Model Features and History

The Type 3 Model had quite a long run – here are the details. The model details have been extracted mainly from UK brochures; other variations were on sale elsewhere in the world.
April 1961
1500 Notchback, ‘Station Car’ and Convertible announced (convertible never entered production). Engine 1493 cc, 7.2:1 CR, 53 bhp at 4,000 rpm with side-draft 32 PHN carb; torque exceeds 80 ft.lbs between 1,500 and 2,800 rpm. 6-volt electrics, side parking lamps, variable speed wipers. Swing-axle half-shafts; twin lower full-width torsion bars on front; two brake cylinders per front …

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