Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:
Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase
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◊ 2013-03-31 13:23 |
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◊ 2013-03-31 15:46 |
It's right hand drive, so it's a used import from somewhere. Perhaps a Korean who had been living abroad brought it home with him. Are they any details that would show where it came from? |
◊ 2013-03-31 19:45 |
I suspect an Aussie, based on the wipers |
◊ 2013-04-01 11:56 |
Were 1302 and 1303 assembled in Down Under? |
◊ 2013-04-01 13:36 |
Seems like they changed to assembling German parts 1968, but the production went on until 1976, so yes, I assume they were. http://www.netro.com.au/~vwcc/jseil1.htm and Wikipedia confirm the same thing. Any Australian friends to verify this? And would it be possible to import a five to seven year old car from Australia? |
◊ 2013-04-01 15:23 |
IIRC the South Korean government banned car imports absolutely, but as I said perhaps Koreans who had been living abroad could bring in their personal cars. The other possibility is that it belonged to a US serviceman who had previously been posted to an RHD country, e.g Britain or Japan. |
◊ 2013-04-11 02:59 |
The 7th thumbnail provided by Lateef shows that gas cap cover still opens from outside. /vehicle_524131-Volkswagen-1303-Typ-1-1973.html |
◊ 2013-04-11 08:01 |
Yes, the opener inside was 1969-72 |
◊ 2013-04-13 20:31 |
If you look closely, you can see the original wiper holes are covered - they were assembled in Australia with German parts. |
◊ 2013-04-13 21:06 |
Could you be occured that it may be a windscreen washer? |
◊ 2013-04-13 21:58 |
Well it's only a dot on the picture so you may very well be correct that the holes are used for nozzles while the original nozzle (shown here /vehicle_499091-Volkswagen-Convertible-Typ-1-1973.html) is covered up. Anyway it seems like a convertion to RHD wipers not done in Germany, I believe. |
◊ 2013-04-14 02:47 |
You are quite right, tore-40 |
◊ 2013-04-21 14:09 |
1303 for Japan (RHD) is only a product made in Germany. However, there is a hole cover. |