@Andy:
Topic hinges:
I know the aspect that the pictures in that books are from cars, which were built very early...so offen it were "VS"-cars...so i agree with Bils.
By the way...i've the book "So wirds gemacht..." from 1978 in 5th edition...it shows the same picture you mean...but i've the same book from 1994 in 17th edition...same picture.
But i only will belief in aspects, which are shown on cars, i've seen or know that they still exist
Thats why...the both pictures from that silver 176 GTI i've showed (is the same car) is still exist and was produced in June 1976. And this car has the GTI manifold we know...
So i will believe that Version.
Does anybody have pictures from 176 GTI which were produced in June and still exist?
So we can see, which manifold is built in
Other idea:
Whats with Rajan? His car is one of the first...we should ask him to send a picture
Scirocco - picture:
Could be a earlier car (before June) ... built for/in US.
Best regards
Matthias