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|  grogy 
 
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| posted on January 5th, 2011 at 08:09 PM |  |  | 
| disc calipers difference? 
 
 i got new set disc calipers, how can i tell wot they r, ghia, bug fastback. thanks greg
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| posted on January 5th, 2011 at 08:54 PM |  |  | 
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 They will all interchange except for very late Type 3 calipers, they have a different bolt spacing and use a thicker disc.
 
 
 
 
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| posted on January 5th, 2011 at 10:10 PM |  |  | 
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 Any other calipers interchangable with the bug caliper?
 
 I read somewhere about Talbot? (Is Talbot English for something Australian?).
 
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| posted on January 5th, 2011 at 10:43 PM |  |  | 
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 Hi
 
 As already said all Beetle and early Type 3 callipers are interchangeable. They are all slightly different.
 
 1500 Beetles and 1971 supers used a single pin calliper with a square pad.
 72 supers used twin pin calliper with a square pad
 73, 74 & 75 L bugs and 76 bugs used a single pin calliper with almost round pads
 Early Type 3s used a calliper that is almost the same as a the 1972 Super bug calliper, the Type 3 calliper has only one bleed nipple, the 1972 Super
has 2 bleed nipples.
 
 All Beetle callipers use 40 mm pistons, Early Type 3s and the late wider bolt pattern Type 3 / 4 calliper use 42 mm pistons.
 
 I've tried to get Talbot Horizon callipers but I've had no luck
 
 Steve
 
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|  posted on January 5th, 2011 at 11:42 PM |  |  | 
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 Talbots were Scottish made cars... Rootes group..
 then taken over by the french...
 
 I've never seen one in Australia...
 
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| posted on January 6th, 2011 at 12:19 AM |  |  | 
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 thanks for the info, i must have super/b cause they have 2 nipples per caliper
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