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Many questions about early notches.
Carl and Emily - January 27th, 2013 at 08:36 AM

Just curious,...

When did OZ built Notches start?

Were they CKD's or were they stamped here?

Were they built on the same line as the bugs?

Were all push button dash 62/63 notches fully imported?

62 is the first year of notches in Oz,.. right?


Burrelli - January 27th, 2013 at 02:17 PM

I think type3s in Australia started like this

3 imported by VWA in August 62 for technical evaluation.

Fully imported cars released to the public 1 feb 63.

So no 62 models. Unless some of these cars where made in Germany before Aug 62?

CKD Aussie built squareback with 30% Aussie manufacture content (some panels) started July 63. I don't know about notchs.


64 till the 69CKD models came out, the bodies were all stamped here I think and had more Aussie content.

Same production line as Type1s

I don't know if all push button notches were imported. Maybe early Aussie built ones were push button?