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Hello,

You might find this thread here on a Dutch forum interesting, as it has lots of of pics in it of mostly slightly modified german (and other european) 411/412's.

http://www.volksforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6488

Greetings,
Walter

Sweet!

I would have never thought that green would look good on these cars, but the green one up there looked good.

Gee some of those pics look familiar .....

That is a good collection of pics. I particularly like the red 2-door sedan with the 17" Porsche wheels very clean. I don't know about the chromed decklid, but it doesn't look too bad.

Tuna

I was glad to see the gold one with the sprintstar wheels. I was wondering how those looked! Ray

Gosh, nobody mentioned the sunroof

Yeah...I saw that...and stepped on my toungue twice. I have seen numerous sunroof models in the European photos. I have never seen any on this continent. I'm sure it was a pricey option. Considering the "cheap-mindedness" of most American VW owners back in the day....ie:...its suposed to be a cheap form of transport...so I'm not willing to spend that much...attitude, I'm not surprised.
I know my 412...from the invoice...cost about $4100 US in 1973. Thats without power brakesand without sunroof or AC. In 1973, you could get a fully loaded Lincoln or Cadillac....no kidding! Add the sunroof...probably about $500...and AC...probably $300-500....add power brakes...probably about $350....and you have a very expensive car in 1973......and for a VW in a country where VW is equated to an economy car, it probbaly explains why yuou see few luxury options. Ray

It was good to see the black Variant, gives me an idea what mine will look like after its respray

oasis wrote:Gosh, nobody mentioned the sunroof

I can't believe I didn't even see that!