If the VW parts data is to be believed, RSA production of the T3 began in 1995. Seems about right to me since I assume important tooling was moved there after Hanover production ended. Mark
Andrew Grebneff wrote: > I'd wondered about the claimed differences I'd been told the RSA T3s > have to the German ones, as all the images I saw of RSA vans didn't > differ... window sizes or rear vents. > > I bid on a 1990 RSA Caravelle recently; it didn't differ from the > German; it also had slide heater controls. However I am in the process > of buying a 1993 RSA Microbus 2.5i, and this van does have larger rear > side-windows, the rear vent panels are different and it has rotary > heater/aircon controls. > > Looking now at an RSA buy-sell website, I find that a 1992 van is the > same as a German van, so it would appear that the changes were made > some time in later 1992. > > -- > Regards > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin, New Zealand > Fossil preparator > Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.