One of the reasons it can't be a '73 and newer is the bumpers.? VW went to the square bumpers in '73.? You can't see it in the picture but they also moved the front turn signals up to under the windshield on either side of the fresh air intake.? Also, somewhere about that time, the side marker lights went from having a silver colored bezel to a black one.? The major difference was the engine.? In '72, they did away with the venerable upright fan, bug style engine and went with the 1700 cc, dual- carbed, pancake style?"Porsche" engine.

Tom
Illinois?

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:53 pm
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] '68 Bus B of A TV ad

Pretty good. More detail needed on reasons 3 and 4. There are at least 2?
more. Plus, 2 reasons why it can't be a 73 or newer??
?
Mark?
?
Richard A Jones wrote:?
?
>>Naturally, the ad folks don't get the year right. That is a 1972 VW Bus,?
>>I'd say. It has at least 4 things not found on a stock 68. Anyone know?
>>what they all are??
>?
>?
> OK, I'll go for?
> 1) big, rectangular tail lights?
> 2) squared-off air intake grills?
> 3) gas filler door?
> 4) color-combo?
>?
> I had a '76 for a 100,000 miles. I thought that?
> #1, #2, and #3 would make it about a '74-'75, but?
> I'm on Medicare and don't remember much anymore....?
>?
> Richard?
>?
>?

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