baybug wrote:Hi all, new to the beetle scene. i had a beautiful 78 kombi camper for 10 years but have sold it and taken on a new (read mamoth and costly) project. i found a 1974L superbug convertable in a old farm shed and have got it to road worthy and registered state but it is proving to be very much a bitsa!!with lots of stange bits on it.
firstly the bonnet doesn't seem to fit properly. one side sits nice the other is about 20mm high. someone has said that it is standard beetle bonnet. is there a difference between the standard and super bonnets ?
thanks:🤪
YES,
there are NON Super beetle bonnets early and late
and 1302S Superbug with flat windscreen and the 1303S super beetle 1973-1975 [called an L beetle in Australia]
the L beetle bonnet is much shorter than the 1302S Superbug and the L beetle bonnet does NOT have any vents in it... the vents are in the body in front of the windscreen...
Is this a real convertible???
made by Karmann [VW didn't make the convertibles]
the top of the 1/4 windows in the doors should be flat on a Karmann beetle....
just wondering whether someone made this car by cutting off the roof..
as 1303S convertibles are VERY RARE in Australia....
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
