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NUG637 Officially Full-On Dubber

372 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#812435
man, bit sad your gettin burnt around here for asking questions? i agree i would role it any day of the week (if i had the money) but would be cool to know the real history of the car and how alot of 54 styles parts ended up on it?

NUG637 Officially Full-On Dubber

372 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#812436
p.s. give me real boobs over fakes any day of the week... 👍

h fractals - an ever changing lifestyle

7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#812448
getting burnt?? WTF!! apply SPF n get on with it foolin funny I need tissues to qipw up the tears
give me a break
ditto real boobs over fake as well I agree 😀
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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#812451
Just reread thread and add.

Type3disease, sorry if I was too hard on you, your post sounded to me with your 'god only knows' to be so sceptical.......so have a couple of bags of crete.

The answers given on ebay to peoples questions regarding originality all make sense to me.

Be a nice purchase.

Interesting to see $$$
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NUG637 Officially Full-On Dubber

372 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#812456
h wrote:getting burnt?? WTF!! apply SPF n get on with it foolin funny I need tissues to qipw up the tears
give me a break
ditto real boobs over fake as well I agree 😀
h your my hero, you must be cool

SMB 😘

Matberry - i to am interested to see how it goes for $$$

wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#812460
saw this boat displayed over a year ago. was on a trailer then

sign said it was a 1952 and 1/2 ?
1954 Beetle
2003 Beetle 2.0
2004 Turbo Beetle 1.8
2007 Touareg tdi (retired)
2009 Pajero Tdi Shorty (retired)
2011 FJ Crusier
1973 P76

Wish list:

Porsche 550
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rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#812471
I would like.

If I win lotto tomorrow night I will put a 30k bid on there.🤪🤪 I can only dream.😂

Do you think if I ask santa nicely he will bring it for me

And the question what's it worth is like asking how longs a bit of string😂😂😂

wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#812475
some kiwis are telling me it 'could' even for that (30k) or more!
1954 Beetle
2003 Beetle 2.0
2004 Turbo Beetle 1.8
2007 Touareg tdi (retired)
2009 Pajero Tdi Shorty (retired)
2011 FJ Crusier
1973 P76

Wish list:

Porsche 550
zooey deschanel

58camper Wolfsburg Wizard

591 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#812476
Here is another two bobs worth on this topic.

October 1952 brought many changes to the Beetle as a result of a worldwide Quality Improvement program commenced by Wolfsburg in April 1952 and finishing in mid 1954. The late 1952 model (as distinct from the early 1952 had many changes including;
1.Syncro on 2nd,3rd and 4th
2.Redesinged instrument panel
3.Vent wing added to doors
4 Rim sizes reduced down to 15 inch
5.New side body moldings introduced
6.Rear boot handle made into a T piece
7.Front boot handle modified and made longer
8.Access plate dropped from luggage area under carpet
9.Torsion bars reduced from 25mm to 24mm
There were many others.

Late 1952 vehicles commenced with chassis # 1-0397023

I see the seller states the "2'" in the chassis # 1-2340509
id difficult to read. If this # "2" is really an "0" and I suspect it is, then this is a mid to late produced 1952 vehicle albeit with a number of late model parts including
-chrome on the rear split windows
-vent wings on door.
-heart tail lights

The real giveaway to me would be
1. the location of the inside reading light and if it was sitting above the split window at rear of the vehicle

I dont have any concern this is a genuine split.

The motor looks like a 1954 model as best I can tell.

I think Phil might be on the money with his comments around the CKD production in South Africa. It happened here in Clayton so why not South Africa.
My call is a pre October 1952 production.

countrybuggybill ( and no expert on Split Beetles.)

wolfgang54 Officially Full-On Dubber

238 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#812481
good info

the engine number when i saw it last was 1 0694993
1954 Beetle
2003 Beetle 2.0
2004 Turbo Beetle 1.8
2007 Touareg tdi (retired)
2009 Pajero Tdi Shorty (retired)
2011 FJ Crusier
1973 P76

Wish list:

Porsche 550
zooey deschanel

RISKY4LIFE Officially Full-On Dubber

308 posts · joined Jul 2010 ·

#812485
Dang ill take the fakes over old sages anyday
it's out of my pice range when it hit a buck fifty

type3disease Custom Title Time!

1,243 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#812486
thanks countrybuggybill this is the sorta stuff I wanna see and read

would love to know your source internet or books? if you're happy to share - this is very handy info in helping me answer questions about my own car - and shed some light on this one for sale

I'd genuinely like to invest in this one too and am just trying to get ahead of the 8 ball on it so I know what I am or not in for... (not that my budget will neccissarily see me successful - fingers crossed)








thanks again Mattberry a bigger man might apologies without the concrete comments - so you read my question wrong - mate don't be hard on yourself - thats the thing with the internet you don't always hear the tone or pitch of someones voice to determine what angle they might be coming from... but thats cool mate you're only human too...!
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robb Officially Full-On Dubber

279 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#812504
yeh good point but we are on an island

hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber

361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#812559
$17,600

Not bad with a week left.

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#812566
The Samba is a good starting point and a good 'general' reference, but you have to remember that it's a US site and is designed for VWs sold on the US market. The Samba doesn't know about Australian-made VWs - nor South African ones. The Samba's year-by-year changes, chassis numbers, engine codes and paint/trim info is often not correct for non-US cars.

For German year-by-year changes, as Bill has detailed, the very best source is a book series called 'Kafer - Eine Dokumentation' by Heinz Rudiger Etzold. It was published in the '80s, in four volumes. There was an English translated edition called the 'Beetle Chronicles', produced by Safer Motoring Magaine (UK), edited by Robin Wager, although I think they only translated the first three. Volume 1 lists EVERY CHANGE made on the Wolfsburg production line, with dates / chassis numbers. Awesome, but keep in mind this is for German-made VWs. They may not be applicable to Australian, South African, Mexican and Brazilian Beetles, depending on the year.

Keep an eye on Ebay - do a search on 'Etzold' - and they sometimes pop up. This is a typical listing - would be great to get all four (139 Euro)...

http://cgi.ebay.de/Kaefer-Band-1-4-Dokumentation-Modelle-Etzold-/310254184026

reub VWRX is gone...

2,054 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#812573
I'll stick with an oval...
Reub

sgetty Fahrvergnugen

994 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#812574
RISKY4LIFE wrote:Dang ill take the fakes over old sages anyday
it's out of my pice range when it hit a buck fifty
who knows what 'bolt ons' are going to do long term
real for me!
🙂

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#812583
Have we all put our Lotto in?

jedidan Officially Full-On Dubber

304 posts · joined Oct 2006 ·

#812617
rose wrote:I would like.

If I win lotto tomorrow night I will put a 30k bid on there.🤪🤪 I can only dream.😂

Do you think if I ask santa nicely he will bring it for me

And the question what's it worth is like asking how longs a bit of string😂😂😂

NO Rose, you're not allowed to use it as a race car......

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#812625
so this was last registered in 1960??
Futue te ipsum!!!

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

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#812637
jedidan wrote:
rose wrote:I would like.

If I win lotto tomorrow night I will put a 30k bid on there.🤪🤪 I can only dream.😂

Do you think if I ask santa nicely he will bring it for me

And the question what's it worth is like asking how longs a bit of string😂😂😂

NO Rose, you're not allowed to use it as a race car......
Race it,
I think we Rod it 😂

or dump it.





😂🤪😂🤪😂
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. 🥲

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#812644
baja it!
Futue te ipsum!!!

rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#812646
I have to check my Lotto.😂

handycam king of something

1,338 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#812735
Bizarre wrote:baja it!
😎

volumex Officially Full-On Dubber

389 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#812771
Phil74Camper wrote:For German year-by-year changes, as Bill has detailed, the very best source is a book series called 'Kafer - Eine Dokumentation' by Heinz Rudiger Etzold. It was published in the '80s, in four volumes. There was an English translated edition called the 'Beetle Chronicles', produced by Safer Motoring Magaine (UK), edited by Robin Wager, although I think they only translated the first three. Volume 1 lists EVERY CHANGE made on the Wolfsburg production line, with dates / chassis numbers. Awesome, but keep in mind this is for German-made VWs. They may not be applicable to Australian, South African, Mexican and Brazilian Beetles, depending on the year.
I'd suggest that the factory publication 'Progressive Refinements' would be a better source, as that is where Etzold got his data from. I have both publications and I find Progressive Refinements has more detail. It doesn't list every change (i.e from the VJUR BR2 to VJUR BR3 distributor around Feb 54), and there are a couple of very minor errors - but it is as good as you are going to get 60 years on. But as you have stated, it is only correct for German made or CKD cars.

It is available in the interweb if you have a bit of a search.

Rural Baja #tassievwpickers

1,075 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#812888
Where are the interior door and window handles! 😂

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

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#813064
😊 $18500 and four days to go.😊
😂🤪😂🤪😂
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. 🥲

farkengruven Seriously Crusin Dubber

167 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#813173
Bizarre wrote:so this was last registered in 1960??
No, The windscreen came from another car with the sticker on it.
The body shell came to Oz in the 1980's
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