> <<I believe that all 4-speed VWs had an overdrive 4th gear. It was a > pretty mild one, 0.90:1 as I recall.>> > I owned two '56 Beetles and their flat out all day long top speed was 70mph. Top speed in third gear was rpm limited to 45mph. My two '59 KGs, one a cab, had the same performance numbers, if you could call it that.
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