Any more of these special Beetles in Australia????
They do seem to be Very Rare ....
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Does this mean that we could possibly have the only one? Does anyone have any more info please???
i've heard of about 3 others on here...but all may be a little different...
luke i think - Original_1972_Superbeetle - has one...but not sure of specs on his...
but can't remember the other two (wer asking abotu it all back when i first came onto here...
but they seem to be pretty rare none the less....
and if i recall, there is a site os which ask ppl with these bugs to register them...will see if i can find it for u tom...
cheers
donna
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷
guys as big dave said only 1500 speacial plated bugs went thru the dealer ships....they came with a matching key ring and certificate..these were locally produced and fitted in clayton on both superbug[1302 manual/auto] and 1300's..other differences were fully carpeted floor, black glove box lid and speaker grills vw at the time ran full page ads and lots of point of sale material celebrating the 15th mill. Lee metallic paint started 1953and in 1975 some autralian superbugs[1303] were painted in metallic brown same as the passat..one attends valla park each year. I think any australian produced beetle is valuable..only 260,055 beetles were produced in australia !
I know Volkswagenwerk painted Beetles in metallic paint back in 1953...
But I have been an avid VW fanatic since 1962.... and I've never seen a Metallic Beetle in the 60s or early 70s...
Ok on the 1303S being in Metallic paint...
I never really took any notice of them, as they didn't have a flat windscreen....
There were never many colours used in Australia....
and the colours were different to German colours too...
I remember they introduced some new Colours in 1967...
a Royal Blue I remember.....
Maybe they were using paint colors used on Datsuns etc..
I'm sure the Polar white was used on beetles & Datsuns....
You could buy the Auto paint touch up spray cans with Polar White - Used on Volkswagens & Datsuns -
and the 1500 Commemorative Beetles assembled in Australia are Different to the 200 from Germany which would be ONLY semi Auto Beetles.... as they were built in Germany..
I read where 200 were for Australia....
Did they ship & Sell 200 1972 German built Beetles [Autos??] in Australia ???
So much We don't know....
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
The 15 million Commemorative beetle that I was offered had the same badge on the glove lid and was definately bright red from new. It did have anumber on it and I will take a pic and post it. By the sounds of it there was at least 200 in Australia but I will check the number as it said what number it was and how manywere in the build. eg 155/200 or whatever.
OK searching through all the owners manuals that came with the car ( should of looked at them a bit harder first ), her colour is the original radar red, she has an importers No. 994 200, type/model 114132, original engine still in. Now she was first sold as a demo on the 1-11-1972 to a Mr W D Mills from Auto Centre PTY LTD Mount Gravatt QLD (dealer No. 994 212) and still has the original registration plate No. PZD 304 which have been personalized now. Have looked up every D W Mills in the phone book in QLD, havn't found him yet ( but get this all the one's I"ve rung so far have owned beetles !!! )
Tom and Sue
