>>>they made optional ones for all years until they were standard (69?). >> >>My '73 doesn't have one. >- - - - > >well, this just shows my ignorance of late (post 67) vws. note that i put a >? there. > >however, the 73 i had did have a steering lock. also, 69 is the first year >for steering locks for beetles. anyone know more?
My '69 bus had a steering lock, which was very difficult to defeat the one time I tried (no, that's not how I acquired the bus). My '71 didn't, which surprised me. But that bus was "swept off the floor" as they say-- I found one receipt for the engine from a junkyard, another receipt for the body from a different junkyard, etc. Maybe it had a transplanted steering column, from a '68 perhaps? Ah, the mysteries with which our loaves constantly titillate us... :^)
Steve Maher smaher@gi.com '80 V6anagon 75461.1717@compuserve.com
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