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dubstu Learner Dubber

10 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#784310
Hey guys just wondering if older 67 guards bolt up to a 68 bug.

I want the old style headlights rather than 68 ones.

Stu
68' bug
Mk3 vr6

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·

#784349
Yup - sure do.

I've got 58 front guards on my 70... gives me the older style headlights and also no blinkers on top of the guards.

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colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#784350
Sides wrote:Yup - sure do.

I've got 58 front guards on my 70... gives me the older style headlights and also no blinkers on top of the guards.

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dubstu Learner Dubber

10 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#784359
i thought so! 😀

so i just have to fill in some holes and make some other ones?
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Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·

#784361
Heh - thanks Mustard... amuses me that even if I tell someone exactly what it is, a lot of the time they'll ask "are you sure ?"

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Shouldn't be any filling of holes or making news ones required... at least on the front guards the bolts holes line up as is, and 99% sure they will on the rear too.
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dubstu Learner Dubber

10 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#784364
sorry i mean for the front bar...
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11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#784371
I had a 69 bug that I put early guards on, but I also replaced the front and rear valances and used the early bonnet & boot lid as well.....
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dubstu Learner Dubber

10 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#784374
is it a lot of work to change the front valance?

And what are the differences in bonnets? and the rear deck lid?

Stu
68' bug
Mk3 vr6

11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#784377
Its the reversal of a baja conversion.... not too hard. The earlier bonnet & decklid are a different shape
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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#784416
dubstu wrote:Hey guys just wondering if older 67 guards bolt up to a 68 bug.

I want the old style headlights rather than 68 ones.

Stu
Hi Stu,
I have also seen later doors on an early beetle... lol

I didn't know that was possible either... windows are larger on the late models..

and Yes, many front guards and rears on many cars have been swapped about....

You can buy new sloping headlamps for the old style guards now too...
with sealed beams or ordinary H4 headlights in them...

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#784419
I believe the rear engine cover can be switched over too....

although I have never done it... lol

I've seen early lids on late cars and the other way round...

LEE

PS: Bonnets??? I don't know.. I don't think so,,.
but people do have the air vents in the later bonnets welded over... so they look like the early ones... LEE
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colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#784457
Sides wrote:Heh - thanks Mustard... amuses me that even if I tell someone exactly what it is, a lot of the time they'll ask "are you sure ?"

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It has IRS?? you sure??

dubstu Learner Dubber

10 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#784548
Cool there are a few different options! I have a 68 with swing Axel rear and balljoint front.

I think I'm going to keep my fat chick guards and just swap the rear tail lights over to 67s 🙂
68' bug
Mk3 vr6

t_tuffnut Wolfsburg Wizard

425 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#784633
That's a heaps easier option!
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dubstu Learner Dubber

10 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#784645
haha sure is! 🙂 ill start a build thread when i get some time to show you all some progress 🙂
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