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alien8 Wolfsburg Wizard

521 posts · joined Sep 2008 ·

#708555
Are the front guards from a 1970 standard Beetle the same as a 72 S Beetle? Will they interchange?

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#708573
nah your outta luck there brad
S bug and Lbug are the same but standards are different

shame your not closer i have a pair of Sbug fronts
theyre rust free but both have been bumped in that spot next to the headligts where they all seem to get hit

alien8 Wolfsburg Wizard

521 posts · joined Sep 2008 ·

#708606
Damn, what about the rears?

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#708620
alien8 wrote:Are the front guards from a 1970 standard Beetle the same as a 72 S Beetle? Will they interchange?
Only the rear guards are the same

basically, all beetles are the same from the door hinges back...
1968> 1976

Only difference in rears, is the tail lamp holes...

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

alien8 Wolfsburg Wizard

521 posts · joined Sep 2008 ·

#708640
Thanks Joel, Lee.
That helps me heaps.

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#708647
just to elaborate abit more on lees comments

68 to early 73 rears are identical regardless of what they come off and 73 on are all the same the only difference is the they have mounts for elephants feet tail lights instead
but the bolt pattern on the body is the same tho

if u really wanted to make something ugly u could put Lbug rears on a splitty 🤪
altho someone in forsale section has an early 60s bug with them....... a rear end only a mother could love 😂