In a message dated 10/16/00 11:18:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
aircooledvw77t1@engineer.com writes:

<< Is this a wise choice - would anyone know if the earlier type
 is the better of the two in terms of performance and reliability?  Who
 is the OEM for these pressure plates for VW? >>
Hi Aircooledvw,
We and our friends have had nothing but trouble with the diaphram type
clutches in pre-1968 buses.  The 200mm nine sping pressure plates with
matching sized spring centered clutch discs have worked great for us.  Both
of these we get form Sach of Brazil.    Eric&Barb