In late 1968, a VW dealer in Virginia commissioned a prototype race car to be built in order to compete in the endurance race at the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona. The impetus for the project was to showcase the fuel efficiency of Volkswagen's new fuel-injected motor launched in the VW Squareback that year. Designated the "Type 3 'E'", the engine in the 1968 VW Squareback was the first use of electronic fuel-injection (EFI) in a German production vehicle...