Rural Baja #tassievwpickers
1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·
Standard Aussie-Built Beetle
Simon66bug Learner Dubber
3 posts · joined Aug 2009 ·
Very nice standard bug, i know those early standards are rare. they are even more basic than my 66 standard! the mechanic i use has a very original looking 62 standard, i had a look in side his and saw the blanks for the interior light and window sprayer :S
Any way very cool car, i under stand the upgrading to 12 volt but hopefully you keep her pretty much stock, it is a piece of history. its not to easy to find an unmolested standard.
Simon
Any way very cool car, i under stand the upgrading to 12 volt but hopefully you keep her pretty much stock, it is a piece of history. its not to easy to find an unmolested standard.
Simon
Rural Baja #tassievwpickers
1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·
Had my leavers dinner the other night, had the car go down to the local dealership for a tune up as it was running a bit rough. $422 later still running rough. Took it back today to discover a burnt out valve. Looks like a job to do over the coming weeks. 🙅
zayus Wolfsburg Wizard
437 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Man, put the original engine & gearbox back in the car.
Remove the herbie stripes, attach the original bumpers.
Take it back to 6-volt, and put the original wheels and tyres back on the car.
Then advertise the car in Volks World (UK) magazine or on Ebay.
Some nut job in the UK or Europe will pay big Pounds or Euros for an original, and very rare Australian Standard Beetle!
This season's trend in Europe is Standard Beetles!
Remove the herbie stripes, attach the original bumpers.
Take it back to 6-volt, and put the original wheels and tyres back on the car.
Then advertise the car in Volks World (UK) magazine or on Ebay.
Some nut job in the UK or Europe will pay big Pounds or Euros for an original, and very rare Australian Standard Beetle!
This season's trend in Europe is Standard Beetles!
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
nice car Bill...
do You have a glovebox lid?? Fuel gauge? interior light?
there could be painted stripes under the chrome strips too...
Car is worth more with the painted bumpers etc..
also had painted hubcaps and blinker covers ...
cheers
LEE
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58camper Wolfsburg Wizard
591 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
There were 19180 Standard Beetles produced at Clayton up to the end of 1968 ( Yes 128 were produced in 1968) so where have they all gone.
The Model number was 112.
I have always like the nice clean lines of the Standard.
I have a copy of a factory publication when the Standard was released that I will locate and post.
countrybuggybill
The Model number was 112.
I have always like the nice clean lines of the Standard.
I have a copy of a factory publication when the Standard was released that I will locate and post.
countrybuggybill
Rural Baja #tassievwpickers
1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·
68AutoBug wrote:
nice car Bill...
do You have a glovebox lid?? Fuel gauge? interior light?
there could be painted stripes under the chrome strips too...
Car is worth more with the painted bumpers etc..
also had painted hubcaps and blinker covers ...
cheers
LEE
G'day Lee,
She has nothing of "luxury" thats for sure. Has a plastic cover over the interior dome, have all the silver bumpers, silver hubcaps and the engine all stored away for a rainy day. She will be original again, but until then she will stay as herbie purely for the fun of it!
Bill, That would be great. I wonder how many 68 models are still kicking around?
Rural Baja #tassievwpickers
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And here is the 1600 as she sits...
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Barnabie Officially Full-On Dubber
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I like what you've done Bill, after all - its about enjoying the car!!! And besides, all your mods are reversible should you choose to take it back to standard later. Nice job 😀
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
I was sure the CUSTOM 1300 beetle took over from the standard beetle..??58camper wrote:There were 19180 Standard Beetles produced at Clayton up to the end of 1968 ( Yes 128 were produced in 1968) so where have they all gone.
The Model number was 112.
I have always like the nice clean lines of the Standard.
I have a copy of a factory publication when the Standard was released that I will locate and post.
countrybuggybill
it had stainless steel bumpers, no over riders.. not sure on the color of the hubcaps...
wondering whether they had stainless steel strips instead of the painted lines of the standard beetles..
I know they looked much better than the standard beetle...
a fellow I knew back then had one...
and How in the world did they sell them in 1968???
Must have been Very cheap?? or very good salesman...
Buy the standard beetle and get a Country buggy free...lol
LEE
Many of the ones I've seen still have no interior lamp?? lol
I have one on either side...lol
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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Many years ago at the VW Nationals.. at the soccer place...
there was a white standard beetle, 1967 model, LHD stainless steel bumpers, chromed headlamp rims and hubcaps..
top of front blinkers was painted white... 1/4 window trim was white.. chrome or SS strips up the side...
French number plates... Yellow headlamps.. which He had to change..
Owner had been on holidays in France, bought the car and liked it so much He bought it back with Him...lol
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another time, at the VW Nationals.. maybe the next year, ?? there was a white standard German made beetle sold by Lanock Motors in Sydney in 1968. AT 1502 rego..
the car had been going some where else?? but it was offloaded from the ship in Sydney.
The Lady who bought it passed away and I believe it was Her Son who had it... He didn't know anything about it, until a friend was driving it and was booked by a policeman...
When the Policeman saw it said 1968....He argued that it wasn't a 1968, and if it was, someone had made it look like an early model.. I remember the 1/4 windows were white, the tops of the blinkers were white, not sure on the VW badge??? no strips.. but did have a glovebox lid... lol
it had been restored... was as new..
LEE
there was a white standard beetle, 1967 model, LHD stainless steel bumpers, chromed headlamp rims and hubcaps..
top of front blinkers was painted white... 1/4 window trim was white.. chrome or SS strips up the side...
French number plates... Yellow headlamps.. which He had to change..
Owner had been on holidays in France, bought the car and liked it so much He bought it back with Him...lol
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another time, at the VW Nationals.. maybe the next year, ?? there was a white standard German made beetle sold by Lanock Motors in Sydney in 1968. AT 1502 rego..
the car had been going some where else?? but it was offloaded from the ship in Sydney.
The Lady who bought it passed away and I believe it was Her Son who had it... He didn't know anything about it, until a friend was driving it and was booked by a policeman...
When the Policeman saw it said 1968....He argued that it wasn't a 1968, and if it was, someone had made it look like an early model.. I remember the 1/4 windows were white, the tops of the blinkers were white, not sure on the VW badge??? no strips.. but did have a glovebox lid... lol
it had been restored... was as new..
LEE
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