At 01:16 PM 16/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>From:    JordanVw@AOL.COM
>
>In a message dated 3/16/04 12:13:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>kenwilfy@comcast.net writes:
>
>
> > Has a sticker on the driver's door jamb that says "Made in Austria" too.
> > Weird.  I thought only Syncros had this sticker.
> >
>
>all the passenger van syncros were this base Non-GL model in '90-'91, (there
>were no 7 pass GL Syncros in '90-'91 aside from full GL Westy Syncro's) so
>they could have just made ALL the '90-''91 Non-GL pass vans in Austria, both
>syncro and 2wd..  anyone confirm this?

Chris et al,

The last batch of 2WD T3 Transporters,passenger vans & pickups etc were
indeed made in Austria...in Graz at the the Steyer Puch factory where the
Syncros were assembled.

Something like (and I'm ready to be corrected here) the last 18,000 or so
ever built.You can tell if you have one of these (even if any "made in Austria"
sticker has been removed) by looking at your chassis number located under
the van.There will be a G (for Graz) instead of the H (for Hannover) in the
number.

My understanding is that this shift in assembly locations for the last of
the T3s
was necessitated by the fact that Hannover was already gearing up for the
commencement of T4 production....however I am not sure exactly what the date
was when this began to occur.I would have thought from late in 91...?

Cheers,
Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi (built in Graz)
'00 Transporter Double Cab (German pure-bred;)
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
'78 Landrover Series 3 Ragtop (Ex Aust.Army)