Hi there, from Trish, Smurfette and Ruby!

1971dubber · 2010-10-23T09:31:47+00:00

Hi there, my "regular" car was written off by an 87 year old lady three weeks ago, so I decided to follow my dream and finally buy myself a volksie. I spotted this one for sale in a Museum and decided she was it. So introducing Smurfette! She is a 1971 convert with a 1500 motor. I bought it off an man that had brought her back down to bare metal and started again. I still have some work to do under the hood though. I also have another I bought off eBay a week earlier as a project a 1964/5 named Ruby. She came with a 1200 and a 1600 motor and heaps of spares, panels etc. She's not running and needs a generator and some other stuff, but we are still learning! I loook forward to making some mates and picking some brains for ideas! Cheers, Trish, Smurfette and Ruby!

1971dubber Casual Dubber

26 posts · joined Oct 2010 · 25 Oct 2010, 7:39 pm

#809461

Disc breaks and high back seats also.

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 25 Oct 2010, 7:48 pm

#809466

waveman1500 wrote:
ian.mezz wrote:I dont think it a 1971 bug?????
the multi coloured one below in my pics is a 71
Ian, they were still making/selling 1500 Beetles with the beam-axle front end and '68-onwards style body in 1971, as well as the Super Beetle with the strut front like you have in your signature. Even after the 1500 was discontinued, you could still get a 1300 Beetle with a beam axle and the narrow '68-onwards body. I believe that these had drum brakes and the 1300cc engine only though. The blue car in these photos looks to me like it could definitely be a '71 1500, as it has the later-style steering wheel which wasn't used on the 1500 until 1971.

Blue bug has bits and pieces from various cars on it but the actual body is definatly 69 or 70
its before 11/70 I can tell you that for sure

waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 25 Oct 2010, 7:58 pm

#809471

Joel wrote:Blue bug has bits and pieces from various cars on it but the actual body is definatly 69 or 70
its before 11/70 I can tell you that for sure

Oh really? Please enlighten me, Joel, what did they change after 11/70? My 1500 was built in 10/70 so I'm most familiar with those ones. My understanding was that they were still selling them in '71, or was that just using up the leftover stock of '70 production? Are you suggesting that they started putting those rear plastic vents in behind the side windows after '71?

Either way, as Joel says, most Beetles are a mixture of bits and pieces these days. And, if we're honest, once you've cut the roof off then the car's originality is kind of out the window, so all that really matters is that it's a nice car.

1972 VW S-Bug - For Sale!
1968-onwards Beetle panels and glass for sale

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 25 Oct 2010, 7:59 pm

#809472

1969 and a 63 bug?????😊
the blue con69 should have a big steel tube frame added to under the body as convertible and the red63 will just be a stock flat under body. 😊

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ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 25 Oct 2010, 8:08 pm

#809476

waveman1500 wrote:
Joel wrote:Blue bug has bits and pieces from various cars on it but the actual body is definatly 69 or 70
its before 11/70 I can tell you that for sure
Oh really? Please enlighten me, Joel, what did they change after 11/70? My 1500 was built in 10/70 so I'm most familiar with those ones. My understanding was that they were still selling them in '71, or was that just using up the leftover stock of '70 production? Are you suggesting that they started putting those rear plastic vents in behind the side windows after '71?

Either way, as Joel says, most Beetles are a mixture of bits and pieces these days. And, if we're honest, once you've cut the roof off then the car's originality is kind of out the window, so all that really matters is that it's a nice car.

yeah its just handy to know what other beetle parts ar fitted to your vw. just for in the future when you may need to replace some broken part.🤪😊

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car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲

1971dubber Casual Dubber

26 posts · joined Oct 2010 · 25 Oct 2010, 8:17 pm

#809481

Hi ian.mezz
I clicked on the link in your signature, is the Andrew in the video Andres Champness? If so I have a really good pic of him:

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 25 Oct 2010, 8:26 pm

#809486

waveman1500 wrote:Oh really? Please enlighten me, Joel, what did they change after 11/70? My 1500 was built in 10/70 so I'm most familiar with those ones. My understanding was that they were still selling them in '71, or was that just using up the leftover stock of '70 production? Are you suggesting that they started putting those rear plastic vents in behind the side windows after '71?

The plastic crescent vents started with the first Sbugs in 1/71 but what I noticed is this one still has the small 3 defroster vents on the dash, from 11/70 they had the 5 vents with the bigger side ones

The lastest 1500 bug Ive seen is 4/71