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madmike Learner Dubber

3 posts · joined Nov 2008 ·

#680221
Hi all from the other side of the ditch.....

My parents have just purchased a VW Poraga that apparently was originally a 1967.

Now the problems start..

What i am wanting to know is wether the 1967 came out as a total convertible or has it had a roof chop?

This car was imported built up into NZ from Aus in 1989. and somehow the import/certification papers have dissolved...

It is making it slightly difficult to get a warrant of fitness for it.

Any information i can get on this car would be of great help.

Thanks guys and gals..

Mike.

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679 posts · joined May 2008 ·

#680224
Hi, you should probably post some pics as well.
I would say that it would probably be a chopped roof done at the same time as the conversion.
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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#680231
hard top 👍
factory cabrios were never sold in australia the only ones around are private imports

plus the design of the poraga top and rollbar cant be used on cab anyway thankfully
i think any person that turned a cab into a poraga would have faced ther firing squad long ago
altho ive seen the yanks turn cabs into some pretty tragic abortions

main thing to check with poragas is the original beetle shell rusts under the fibreglass and u cant really tell till its pretty terminal

pod i`ve got to finish this thing one day

4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#680284
well that pic is definately a chop top ,chassis no. will give you the year of original build👍
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madmike Learner Dubber

3 posts · joined Nov 2008 ·

#680363
ok any info you guys would be able to tell me from these numbers would be awesome

Chassis number 5185726
Engine number f1168113

I'm new to v dub's so any help i can get would be great.

This is the info that the NZ check site has on it...


http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=ok8657&search=Check


Transport department seems to think that it never came out with a 1700cc and that it must be 1300cc but i have no idea where to find out what's what.