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You're right of course - but it kept me in a job and paid the mortgage for many yearsPeter Laidler wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:46 am But dear o' deary me, the quality control and attention to detail - and corrosion prevention was dire.
........It also has a Mk.1/2 boot handle on a Mk.3 lid. Unless that was an 'Innocenti thing'.Old English White wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:11 amThat's what I reckon is most likely. BL wouldn't expect anyone to notice and just photographed whatever they had to handsurfblue63 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 9:50 am
Bingo, we have a winner (unless it's a Clubman with a 1000 badge).
Especially on earlier adverts and brochures there was a lot of "touching up" by hand wasn't there
It is a UK advert, so they used a UK car and just stuck an Italian plate on it.
Early Mk3 and Clubmans had the t-handle for a bit. A better handle to use as you can actually get hold of it. The later version is a bit tricky, especially if your car has a new boot seal of the fit is tight.
Major Ivan Hurst got the VW factory going. It was offered to Rootes and I think Austin, but they both said there was nothing of any use there. Funny how Rootes sort of copied the VW philosophy with the Imp.Peter Laidler wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 1:12 pm ... and a British Army Major (from my own former Corps) who decided to resurrect the factory. VW's post-1945 ancestry goes back to Britain
Very interesting. As a member of the local Probus group (Prostrate Removed Other Parts Under Surveillance) we had a talk about the rebuilding of the VW factory post 1945. Apparently the British Army Major (ex Royal Engineers?) was very good at rebuilding tanks from spare parts and was allocated the task of recreating the VW production line.surfblue63 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:03 pmEarly Mk3 and Clubmans had the t-handle for a bit. A better handle to use as you can actually get hold of it. The later version is a bit tricky, especially if your car has a new boot seal of the fit is tight.
Major Ivan Hurst got the VW factory going. It was offered to Rootes and I think Austin, but they both said there was nothing of any use there. Funny how Rootes sort of copied the VW philosophy with the Imp.Peter Laidler wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 1:12 pm ... and a British Army Major (from my own former Corps) who decided to resurrect the factory. VW's post-1945 ancestry goes back to Britain
I have a Mk3 S Aug 71 (K) purchased new it has the old handle, but I have seen many J registered Mk 3's with the newer handle, I am led to believe that my car is in the last 500?'S'-type wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 1:18 pmIt also has a Mk.1/2 boot handle on a Mk.3 lid. Unless that was an 'Innocenti thing'.Old English White wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 10:11 amThat's what I reckon is most likely. BL wouldn't expect anyone to notice and just photographed whatever they had to handsurfblue63 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 9:50 am
Bingo, we have a winner (unless it's a Clubman with a 1000 badge).
Especially on earlier adverts and brochures there was a lot of "touching up" by hand wasn't there
It is a UK advert, so they used a UK car and just stuck an Italian plate on it.
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Peter Laidler wrote: ↑Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:48 pm They wouldn't get away with that double entendre today........