>Andrew Grebneff: >>>>the CV rear axle came in with 12V for the last of the >>>>Splits in 1967. > > >I had a 12 volt '67 transporter. It had reduction gears, >not CVs.... This was in the US and was mid-year. > > Richard A. Jones > Boulder, Colorado > '81 Vanagon Mr Bus According to Kuch's 1998-1999 "Volkswagen Model Documentation", published by Bentley, the change to 12V actually occurred in 1966. I don't know exactly when the change to CVs occurred...probably really late in the split production. According to Kuch it was with the Bay introduction, which he says was in 1967. However I have heard elsewhere (but cannot remember where) that the really late Splits had CVs. Maybe another listee can clarify this? VW normally introduced changes one by one into the production line, which is why the T1/T2 really is one evolutionary sequence. The change from Barndoor to tailgated T1 was really not all that much more radical than the Split/Bay change.
Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand fax 64 (3) 479-7527 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> VW van (something for every man), Toyota diesel & seashell nut Macintosh 7500/200/64, 6116/60/24, LCIII, LC, Classic, Plus *Even though Mac Users may be only 10% of the market, always remember that we are the TOP 10% *Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Tandy and millions of others are by far the most popular with about 70 million machines in use worldwide. Macintosh fans, on the other hand, may note that cockroaches are far more numerous than humans and that numbers alone do not denote a higher life form - New York Times, November 26, 1991 *A 766mHz Mac G4 is 45% faster than a 1500mHz Pentium 4 |
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