Can I use '70 parts on a '71

4 posts · joined May 2016 · 26 Jul 2016, 11:27 am

#1028485

Greetings folks, new here, fairly new to my car, but I think I'll be around a bit having found this forum.
Anyhow, I have a 1971 Notchback (chopped into a soft top ) that is an ongoing project of love. It's also my daily driver. I live in a fairly remote town ( Kalgoorlie) so accessing parts is hard.
Someone is selling a '70 Notchback, which I'm very tempted to buy for parts, mainly a couple of panels, steering wheel and tail lights. And whatever else I can pilfer.
Could someone please tell me if these models are similar/ the same to do this.
Thank you very much.

ACE76 Seriously Crusin Dubber

105 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 26 Jul 2016, 2:29 pm

#1028492

VLAD, from counrty Vic. is an/the local expert on late model Notches (1969/70/71) -- but he has gone quiet lately.
Notch's detail-features may be slightly "behind" Fastbacks and Wagons -- in The Australian marketplace, anyway... maybe because they were the slowest selling Type 3 by then, and hung-on longer to using older ( & poss. local?) parts...

All that aside, if the cars are genuine 1970 & 71, the parts should generally be very similar, if not identical (and a late '70 shoiuld be exactly identical to an early '71)... IF both cars are made/sold in Aust! ... sometimes the year claimed is wrong, or parts/chassis have been changed, or a car is even imported from elsewhere, so you must look at Specific detials!
eg. There were significant detail differences between "1970 (local content), 1971 (imported) and 1972" model Fastbacks -- wipers/dash/vents/brakes/steering wheel/seats ( but these may not all apply to the slower-selling Notch?).
The model year starts in Aug., but cars were first reg. at varying times after being built.
You really need to get specific details/photos of the parts invloved if poss. You may be able to get the exact details (Date, Chassis No.) from the compliance plate on each car. There is also a body no. inside the front boot.

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Jul 2016, 4:25 pm

#1028497

Yes I believe they are....
but make sure they have the same front guards...
and large tail lamps etc....
BUT maybe an early 70 model could be the same as a late 1969 model which are different....

I had a late 70 model type 3 squareback in the 70's and it was a late model ..... same as 1971 model etc... with the large square type bumpers ...
and large front wrap around blinkers and large tail lamps with reverse lamps in them... if Your car doesn't have any of these then You need parts from a 1969 or earlier model... I'm not sure when they changed over to 12 volts.

LEE

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tashgonewalkabout Learner Dubber

4 posts · joined May 2016 · 26 Jul 2016, 4:30 pm

#1028498

Thank you- I'll have a crack at putting some photos up, hopefully someone has a keen eye 😆 for details.
Lucky I got the slow developer!

1500S Custom Title Time!

1,418 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 26 Jul 2016, 7:59 pm

#1028509

The 1969 model year was the old body style. The 1970 model year (August 69) on was the late body with the square section bumpers, large tail lights, large front indicators etc on all Notch, Square and Fastback. The dash and steering wheel changed somewhere around 71/72 from memory.

Lee, Are you going to Valla? I'm thinking of taking a run up in the S this year!!

DH

cruiser Seriously Crusin Dubber

193 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 26 Jul 2016, 9:51 pm

#1028511

I would think pretty much everything late model type 3 is pretty much the same body wise. The 72-and 73 have some changes like high back seats, steering wheel, inside door handles and dash instruments.

Id be interested in the boot lid and engine lid from the notch you found, these will fit all the earlier cars too. I am in Perth just down the road.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Jul 2016, 11:32 pm

#1028515

1500S wrote:The 1969 model year was the old body style. The 1970 model year (August 69) on was the late body with the square section bumpers, large tail lights, large front indicators etc on all Notch, Square and Fastback. The dash and steering wheel changed somewhere around 71/72 from memory.

Lee, Are you going to Valla? I'm thinking of taking a run up in the S this year!!

DH

Hi Dallas
I hope to be going to Valla Nambucca Heads, Not in My Beetle though.
My Sister in Law & husband have just moved to Nambucca heads so We will be visiting them. Hope to see You and the "S" up there.

Lee

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

1500S Custom Title Time!

1,418 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 27 Jul 2016, 3:57 pm

#1028525

68AutoBug wrote:
1500S wrote:The 1969 model year was the old body style. The 1970 model year (August 69) on was the late body with the square section bumpers, large tail lights, large front indicators etc on all Notch, Square and Fastback. The dash and steering wheel changed somewhere around 71/72 from memory.

Lee, Are you going to Valla? I'm thinking of taking a run up in the S this year!!

DH
Hi Dallas
I hope to be going to Valla Nambucca Heads, Not in My Beetle though.
My Sister in Law & husband have just moved to Nambucca heads so We will be visiting them. Hope to see You and the "S" up there.

Lee

Will do Lee. Going up Friday. It hasn't been anywhere long distance like that for 6 years!

DH

1500S Custom Title Time!

1,418 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 27 Jul 2016, 4:02 pm

#1028526

cruiser wrote:I would think pretty much everything late model type 3 is pretty much the same body wise. The 72-and 73 have some changes like high back seats, steering wheel, inside door handles and dash instruments.

Id be interested in the boot lid and engine lid from the notch you found, these will fit all the earlier cars too. I am in Perth just down the road.

I should have looked you up back in May! I was at Caversham/Whiteman Park for a couple of weeks. Was travelling with some Brits and was tied up with "other interests" at Whiteman.

DH

cruiser Seriously Crusin Dubber

193 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 27 Jul 2016, 10:47 pm

#1028540

1500S wrote:
cruiser wrote:I would think pretty much everything late model type 3 is pretty much the same body wise. The 72-and 73 have some changes like high back seats, steering wheel, inside door handles and dash instruments.

Id be interested in the boot lid and engine lid from the notch you found, these will fit all the earlier cars too. I am in Perth just down the road.
I should have looked you up back in May! I was at Caversham/Whiteman Park for a couple of weeks. Was travelling with some Brits and was tied up with "other interests" at Whiteman.

DH

Yeah you should of, I always have the energy to talk type 3.

tashgonewalkabout Learner Dubber

4 posts · joined May 2016 · 28 Jul 2016, 9:01 am

#1028546

Thanks folks, all your help and ideas are great. Looks like adding photos will have to wait until I access an actual computer ( resizing on my phone is beyond me).
Cruiser - if I manage to get the car, I'll let you know. I rarely go to Perth but something can always be managed 😊