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Bought a beetle, what to do with it?

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Ryder Casual Dubber

24 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#878273
Picked up this 1973 L bug. It has suffered an engine fire that at first glance looked bad. My son cleaned up the worst of the mess and removed the melted plastic bits. Remarkably it looks like the engine is salvageable! I have a new bonnet and the running boards, so it looks like it is going to join the project queue behind my T3 and 73 camper. Hmmm, What to do with it ?

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Ryder Casual Dubber

24 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#878274
Side view, a little surface rust in the gutter

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cam070 Custom Title Time!

1,332 posts · joined Jul 2009 ·

#878282
German looker I reckon

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#878283
lowered struts, decent rubber, new busings all round, over haul the brakes, porsche gear box mount, shift bush and rear coupling

enjoy
Futue te ipsum!!!

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#878293
Hi

Its not an L Bug, L bugs have a curved windscreen. It looks like standard bug.

Your slipping bizarre

Steve

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#878329
d'oh 😀
Futue te ipsum!!!

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#878341
Aussie Dubbin wrote:Looks bj IRS if the year is correct. Nice start. Good luck
nah she's a 1300
Swingaxle and 4 wheel drums.

Was only the 76 that had IRS/BJ

surfpig Officially Full-On Dubber

253 posts · joined Aug 2011 ·

#878343
slam
Im so happy I could just shit.

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

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#878347
don't do anything with it until you get the money saved or it will just end up as boxes of bits and pieces. 🥲
😂🤪😂🤪😂
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. 🥲