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Model 411

REDKG - February 22nd, 2003 at 09:24 PM

saw a white 411, rego vw411 parked in lismore the other day. anyone know about this car ?

aussiebug - February 23rd, 2003 at 10:32 AM

Nope sorry, but I saw a white 412 (station wagon version) in Adelaide a few weeks ago - the only type4 I've seen in person in 35 years of driving VWs.

Secoh - February 23rd, 2003 at 01:43 PM

i saw 4 wagons in a wrecking yard in LA when i was over there in '93, and they are the only ones I have ever seen in my whole life. even pictures are rare it seems. Ive never seen a sedan.

I understand they were fuel injected and a bit of a sales flop. where were they actually sold? was it a USA thing only?

SKEWtYpe3 - February 23rd, 2003 at 05:26 PM

Did it look like ............this?

:bounce

Tazzielittle - February 23rd, 2003 at 08:05 PM

Thats a KlubVW car.......
It lives in Toowoomba....
NICE 411!

REDKG - February 23rd, 2003 at 08:07 PM

almost the same except NSW plates.

kombi_kid - February 24th, 2003 at 07:19 AM

it might be that one that for sale at valla whenever it was!!!!
cheers
rhys

vw54 - February 24th, 2003 at 07:32 AM

PROBALLY BELONG TO THE PEOPLE at Lismore Service Center

Phil74Camper - February 24th, 2003 at 02:33 PM

The 411 debuted in Europe in 1968, but wasn't sold in the USA until 1969. It was only available in two body styles - the four-door sedan and the two-door station wagon. The Euro models had carb engines for a couple of years but the US-spec models were injected from the start.

Sales were pretty bad. VW upgraded it (to 1.8 and EFI on all models), gave it a facelift and called it the 412 in 1972, but sales did not improve. It was killed off in 1974 to make room for the Passat.

LNC Industries did import two 411s in 1968 to evaluate them for Australia, but they would have been way too expensive to sell here - more expensive than the Falcons and Holdens of the time. They were sold in New Guinea and New Zealand, where some of the private imports have come from.

There is a wrecked one at VVDS in Sydney if anyone is interested...

vw54 - February 25th, 2003 at 06:28 AM

Best thing about 411 n 412s was that they had great VW accessory wheels fitted... like on my Orange car.

SKEWtYpe3 - February 25th, 2003 at 10:22 AM

yeah thats right tazz, thought simon might of been tripping around somewhere in nsw.
SO there is and adelaide, a nsw and a queenslander
any others i have missed??

frog - February 26th, 2003 at 07:44 PM

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Originally posted by SKEWtYpe3
yeah thats right tazz, thought simon might of been tripping around somewhere in nsw.
SO there is and adelaide, a nsw and a queenslander
any others i have missed??

frog - February 26th, 2003 at 07:58 PM

I have a 412 wagon in queensland.
It was apparently the German ambassodor's car in Canberra.

Bizarre - February 26th, 2003 at 08:46 PM

so how many are we up to now - 5? :bounce

Tazzielittle - February 26th, 2003 at 08:58 PM

Hey simon,
Is there a register for the type 4's?
Well i have to agree with skewy...
You never know where simon is trippin' to.