1973 Volkswagen Type 3 Wagon

A completely restored 1973 Volkswagen Type 3 Wagon with everything from the matching luggage to original period manufacturer decals, tags and stickers.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• auto

[Painmiracle]

@vsnofjohana

Hi, that color was called Texas Yellow, that's what ours was, too. The paint code is L10B

[Painmiracle]

@49RonGuidry

Oh I loved ours too, I still have memories of riding in the far back with the engine right below me. I'm going to get one myself someday, just for the hell of it, and I'll even keep the fuel injection!

[49RonGuidry]

@Painmiracle We had one too just like this though I don't remember AC. My parents bought it when I was born in 72 and I loved the car as a small child. I remember crying when my father sold it in 78, to buy a 74 Pinto wagon. Now that was a bomb. I'll never understand why he did that, say what you will about the sq back the Ford Pinto was an awful vehicle. American made vehicles were in dire straits in the 70s.

[Painmiracle]

My folks had the double of this car when I was a kid! Same color and all. It was automatic and fuel injected with AC. That thing was the biggest bomb my folks ever had, it spent more time being towed to the shop for repairs then driving! It was the car that turned them against VWs for years! What a heap. :D

[aumyinmak]

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[sunonthewindow]

seriously cool. i've got one in the garage, should be back on the road soon.

[vsnofjohana]

I have the same year and color " Texas rose" i believe. I have yet to find the paint code for that color. What did you do?

[lrd9999]

@lrd9999 One correction; it was Bendix, not TRW. By 1975, Cadillac was using a Bendix-made system based on the Bosch D-Jetronic, the same one in the Type 3s. Bendix must have continued manufacturing EFI hardware under license after they sold the rights.

[lrd9999]

@quacktackular There were late '50s Chrysler 300s (along some DeSotos) with TRW EFI. Those had paper capacitors, were hopelessly unreliable, and didn't sell well, so it's debatable whether they were "production" cars. I read that TRW sold their designs and patents to Bosch, who supplied the controllers for both VW and Cadillac (who charged $800 extra for EFI). I don't think air cooled VWs could pass post '75 EPA testing without it.

[compukenny]

Oh so nice!