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How much bigger is a Type 3??

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Spook Driving the 64 wheeler

1,168 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#317602
I need to know (roughly) how much bigger the interior of a Type 3 is in comparison to a Beetle.

As most know I bought #1 son a beetle, but the lanky little prick don't fit. Or rather HE does, but no one else will. The back seat becomes null & void.

Are Type 3's any bigger or am I looking at another Kombi??
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#317612
Spook yeah i had a type 3 Wagon for both sons who are taller than me. the younger in about 6'4" and he had no problems with his mate in the back seat who were of simialr height

hows the 64 wheeler going toot toot !!!!
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#317619
Hey spook...can't give you dimension but i have one of each and the type 3 is like driving a caddy compared to the beetle. Although I've never sat in the back seat.

killakornkobb where's that clutch?

1,663 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#317628
i'v learny to sit with the beetle seat forward.. my left leg always on an angle.. but i havw no clutch pedal, so i guess thats why🙂 im 6'-

i just find bumps are worse with people in the back🙂
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bugeyedbabe Wheres her VW heart on her sleeve

3,945 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#317634
stick the friends on the roof racks....lol

sorry i'm not help...we're all short here
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷

Spook Driving the 64 wheeler

1,168 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#317647
Have to keep my eye out for one then.

As it stands he wanted a Type 3 wagon, so it won't upset him too much.
Just hold on to the beetle for #2 son. He's short & fat like his old man, unless of course he gains a foot & a half at puberty like his brother.

But then I still got two others after that.

Trains are going good Dave.
I could have actually dropped out for a beer Friday night (finished about 5:30) but, as you could appreciate, a good day for me is 14 hours from leaving home to getting back, so all I want to do is head home.

Turns out I do have the weekend of the nationals off so we'll see what happens there. I think my weekend is already planned for me.
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.

phantom Wolfsburg Wizard

598 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#317746
I am 6 foot 4 and have more room in my beetle than I do in my Commodore - head room anyway, I put up with the leg room issue. I will admit that room is at a premium in our beetle but our problem is more width across the car than anything else. We don't do long trips with the four of us in the car but it isn't too bad anyway.
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ColumBUS Hail To The Bus Driver!

3,601 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#317753
i have the same problemo, im 6'3 and theres no room i nthe back seat for anyone. its a two seater car. thus my want for a notch!

Octa veedub recluse

406 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#317787
I am 6'1 and drive a late notch. My seat is all the way to the last sliding notch and reclined the whole way (I am using lowbacks). It is a comfortable position but I could go a bit further back if I could. I have to admit that there is not much space left behind my seat, for children maybe, but for adults I have to move my seat forward and then I feel cramped while driving.
'We teach best what we most need to learn'

VW no more... sigh.... well, at least it's a cousin

ColumBUS Hail To The Bus Driver!

3,601 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#317788
dont put me off now octa! might have to go for a kombi instead...

Octa veedub recluse

406 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#317851
Sorry. Not my intention. However, the facts sometimes hurt. Yet, IMHO notches and type3s are way cool, nobody should lack an excuse to get one. 😎

[Edited on 14-3-2005 by Octa]
'We teach best what we most need to learn'

VW no more... sigh.... well, at least it's a cousin

MR930 Wolfsburg Wizard

666 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#317894
Spook you have u2u . I have a type 3 wagon for sale,

jo_tas Custom Title Time!

1,547 posts · joined Aug 2004 ·

#317952
I'm fairly sure that there's less room in the back of a notch than in other Type 3's...

penguin ackkkkkk thhhhhpt!

3,383 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#317988
Doesn't DaveB have a square for sale as well?
maybe you could 'try' your son out in it?
'Ah, whatever................'

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#318013
I think my weekend is already planned for me.
Spook

U dont NEED that

U need to come to the VW Nats .....
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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Spook Driving the 64 wheeler

1,168 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#318126
Measured him up today. 177cm. Don't know what that is in the old scale, but I know 6' is 183, so he's getting there.
He's only 15 so he hasn't finished yet.
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.

72TWINCAB Fahrvergnugen

978 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#318148
You just can't beat a kombi for room.......

Buy him a kombi. You know you want to.

BenettonVW Administrator AVD Forum Founder

3,125 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#318186
I'm 6'7", so that possibly tops the scale. You know what I drive, and I have noticed the difference bigtime in my previous ride..

Type 3 for sure man.

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ColumBUS Hail To The Bus Driver!

3,601 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#318191
ok you win... still on the notch trail!

Spook Driving the 64 wheeler

1,168 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#318311
72TWINCAB wrote:You just can't beat a kombi for room.......

Buy him a kombi. You know you want to.

Your preaching to a disciple brother. I already got 2 kombi's.

This may be why the boys want something different. The kombi is the old man's ride.😉
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.