My dearly de-"parted" '61 had bullet turns.  Got that serial number 
written down *somewhere* ...

       Bob Hufford             \\  //              YardBusses
    "Back Yard Busses"     \\   \\//   //   '60 Double-Door Panel 
                            \\   \/   //    '81 Vanagon L (Sunroof)
  bhufford@mail.orion.org    \\ //\\ //     '61,'63,'63,'71,'72 Bones
                              \\/  \\/      
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   Don't forget:  Busses on '66' in Springfield, Missouri, June 14-16

On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Maher, Steve (SD-MS) wrote:
> 
> There seems to be some question about whether bullets existed in the
> 1961 model year.
> 
> Tom F mentioned that the number 672483 would be later than '60 - according
> to the NEATO data at http://www.mindspring.com/~deasterw/chassis.html
> 
> He also cited a source for the change over date from bullets as:
> http://killer-whale.automatrix.com:80/~skip/volkswagen/early-diffs.html