If the VW parts data is to be believed, RSA production of the T3 began
in 1995. Seems about right to me since I assume important tooling was
moved there after Hanover production ended.

Mark

Andrew Grebneff wrote:
> I'd wondered about the claimed differences I'd been told the RSA T3s
> have to the German ones, as all the images I saw of RSA vans didn't
> differ... window sizes or rear vents.
>
> I bid on a 1990 RSA Caravelle recently; it didn't differ from the
> German; it also had slide heater controls. However I am in the process
> of buying a 1993 RSA Microbus 2.5i, and this van does have larger rear
> side-windows, the rear vent panels are different and it has rotary
> heater/aircon controls.
>
> Looking now at an RSA buy-sell website, I find that a 1992 van is the
> same as a German van, so it would appear that the changes were made
> some time in later 1992.
>
> --
> Regards
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin, New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic
>