Joel those pictures are gold!!👍👍👍
I don't think I've ever seen an unmolested custom!
sander288 "Bolt-on Master"
1,404 posts · joined Aug 2008 ·
Standards
tar76 Custom Title Time!
1,622 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·
Same hoodlining as mine ..man i'd like those bumpers, do you know where that ended up Joel?
"Obey your Dreams"!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
Burrelli Officially Full-On Dubber
244 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Here is another link to Samba with the Australian brochure of the 67 1300 range with a Delta Green Custom. The one Joel posted is Zenith Blue.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/67_new1300s_australian.php
Also there is 1300 Custom on car sales in Savannah Beige.
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/volkswagen-beetle-1967-11853741?base=1216&vertical=Car&cr=0&eapi=2&__N=1246%201247%201252%201282%201216&num=15&silo=Stock&items=[Make:VOLKSWAGEN,Model:BEETLE,BaseEnabledBadge:CUSTOM]&sort=default
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/lit/67_new1300s_australian.php
Also there is 1300 Custom on car sales in Savannah Beige.
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/volkswagen-beetle-1967-11853741?base=1216&vertical=Car&cr=0&eapi=2&__N=1246%201247%201252%201282%201216&num=15&silo=Stock&items=[Make:VOLKSWAGEN,Model:BEETLE,BaseEnabledBadge:CUSTOM]&sort=default
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Thanks for the pics guys..
Joel,
I couldn't remember whether the 1/4 window was painted or not... I see they were..
In Your pic they have fitted I believe an early sun visors which are connected to the rear vsion mirror mount..
You can see the roundish pressings on the roof for the later model sun visors..
I don't think many people would have liked having one sun visor..lol
Did they have a horn ring or just the flat horn bar same as later models??
maybe a painted horn ring??
I also note the bright rim around the speedo in the standard
was that normal?? just the polished aluminium??
but notice no chrome strips on the dashboard...
putting the glovebox lid on was the hardest thing to do as they came out of the dash on long arms that went thru rectangular holes in the dash..
not many people liked to cut into the dash of their beetle..lol
was the steering wheel /column etc all black
in standards?? in Customs??
did the standards have painted headlight rims ??
and painted blinker tops??
and from memory.. they had a plug where the windscreen washer nozzle went... [one of the locals still has it]
cheers
LEE
PS: I love memories.. lol just can't remember all of them.. lol
Joel,
I couldn't remember whether the 1/4 window was painted or not... I see they were..
In Your pic they have fitted I believe an early sun visors which are connected to the rear vsion mirror mount..
You can see the roundish pressings on the roof for the later model sun visors..
I don't think many people would have liked having one sun visor..lol
Did they have a horn ring or just the flat horn bar same as later models??
maybe a painted horn ring??
I also note the bright rim around the speedo in the standard
was that normal?? just the polished aluminium??
but notice no chrome strips on the dashboard...
putting the glovebox lid on was the hardest thing to do as they came out of the dash on long arms that went thru rectangular holes in the dash..
not many people liked to cut into the dash of their beetle..lol
was the steering wheel /column etc all black
in standards?? in Customs??
did the standards have painted headlight rims ??
and painted blinker tops??
and from memory.. they had a plug where the windscreen washer nozzle went... [one of the locals still has it]
cheers
LEE
PS: I love memories.. lol just can't remember all of them.. lol
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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
the 66-67 Aussie Beetles had the pressing for the later visors but still kept the old mirror mounted ones, although from ad below seems like even customs only had a drivers visor.68AutoBug wrote:Joel,
In Your pic they have fitted I believe an early sun visors which are connected to the rear vsion mirror mount..
You can see the roundish pressings on the roof for the later model sun visors..
I don't think many people would have liked having one sun visor..lol
Geez, another time warp custom, who would have thought itBurrelli wrote:Also there is 1300 Custom on car sales in Savannah Beige.
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/volkswagen-beetle-1967-11853741?base=1216&vertical=Car&cr=0&eapi=2&__N=1246%201247%201252%201282%201216&num=15&silo=Stock&items=[Make:VOLKSWAGEN,Model:BEETLE,BaseEnabledBadge:CUSTOM]&sort=default
Looks nice and original too
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
OK Final question... maybe..??
did the standards have the outside door window scraper with the aluminium bright strip as per the deluxe models ??
if so, was that a special part?? or just painted black???
Glovebox lids must have been worth a lot of money in 1963 [model year] ..lol
chrome must have been getting more expensive too???
LEE
PS: I suppose the orders were :
"OK Guys, See if You can take 100 pounds [money pounds] of gear off a beetle and see what it looks like..." lol ??
Lee
did the standards have the outside door window scraper with the aluminium bright strip as per the deluxe models ??
if so, was that a special part?? or just painted black???
Glovebox lids must have been worth a lot of money in 1963 [model year] ..lol
chrome must have been getting more expensive too???
LEE
PS: I suppose the orders were :
"OK Guys, See if You can take 100 pounds [money pounds] of gear off a beetle and see what it looks like..." lol ??
Lee
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Burrelli Officially Full-On Dubber
244 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Some pics of inside a 66? Aussie Standard I took at Valla 2010.
It should have no fuel gauge and a black steering wheel.
Hard to find interior light block off plate. Tar76's car is an early Aussie Standard and does not have a hole for this.
It should have no fuel gauge and a black steering wheel.
Hard to find interior light block off plate. Tar76's car is an early Aussie Standard and does not have a hole for this.
5lam AKA: BlackBug
520 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·
^^It shouldn't have the horn ring either.
Early standards had really plain door cards too
Early standards had really plain door cards too
Custom doesn't come in a Box
Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
65 if the door panels are original.Burrelli wrote:Some pics of inside a 66? Aussie Standard I took at Valla 2010.
64 and earlier had the plain ribbed vinyl like 5lam posted above and 66 and later had glovebox lids.
frog Wolfsburg Wizard
571 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·
I remember my Oldman telling me recently that back in Germany his best mate had a bug in the late 60's which was the belmont pov pack with cable brakes and zero interior or chrome which made our custom model look good in comparison.
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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Yes, Many Germans liked the lower price of the Standard model which had cable brakes YIKES and was still 6 volt and looked like an early beetle and kept the 1200 enginefrog wrote:I remember my Oldman telling me recently that back in Germany his best mate had a bug in the late 60's which was the belmont pov pack with cable brakes and zero interior or chrome which made our custom model look good in comparison.
for many years..
the Germans liked the bare car at a Bare price.. lol
very plain with most things painted..
well everything painted NO Chrome at all
I have a photo of one somewhere..
LEE
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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home
8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·
I believe in Europe, kombi's were available with 1200 engines through the 90's.
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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
frog wrote:I remember my Oldman telling me recently that back in Germany his best mate had a bug in the late 60's which was the belmont pov pack with cable brakes and zero interior or chrome which made our custom model look good in comparison.
German Postal service used to use them too.
They built them using all the old left over parts
even in the mid 60s they still had 50s 36hp engines, complete with 60s fresh air heater system...
Burrelli Officially Full-On Dubber
244 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
tar76 wrote:Even if you don't have one and have a story or two or know any info, like did all the early ones come out with factory painted pin striping or was it just a dealer thing......please bare all.
Here is a quote from Rod and Lloyd Davies excellent book Volkswagen in Australia about early Standard Beetles.
"Offered in three paint finishes of blue,grey or white ironically, extra effort was needed at the factory to produce these seemingly cheaper cars. In their early days, painted lines were hand crafted, where the stainless steel mouldings were fitted. This idea was eventually abandoned, due to lack of coach painters willing to endure this endless task".
58camper said the first standards were releasted 30th Aug 62 that would make them 63 models in Blue,Grey or white? So maybe a Turquoise one with a side stripe painted on is an early 64? That would make the brochure from samba I posted earlier correct.
The 63 Bathurst cars seem to be from this first batch of Standards. Here is a link to my favorite piece of footage of a Aussie early Standard Beetle. The 62 around Australia record breaking car. You can see the painted side stripe. Some one buy the footage and give it to me😂
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/volkswagen-ends-australian-tour
Stills
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/stills/volkswagen-ends-australian-tour
whatnow Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
turquoise FEB? '63 std.
click on the pics to enlarge them.
the day it arrived.
[img]https://s8.postimage.org/mzm433t5d/part_1_3.jpg[/img]
i think mine had pin striping around the bonnet badge and in the recesses of the bonnet. this could have been added at the dealer, they fitted a fuel gauge and an interior light.
[img]https://s9.postimage.org/kan86a20r/part3_1.jpg[/img]
the window rubbers are normal grooved rubbers without the trim fitted.
[img]https://s7.postimage.org/57dx4oohj/part3_4.jpg[/img]
the rear carpet was shorter only coming down to the back of the seat backrest.
[img]https://s7.postimage.org/j9nwk4vtj/part13_1.jpg[/img]
if anyone has a spare beading that runs down the inside of the B pillar i'm interested.
click on the pics to enlarge them.
the day it arrived.
[img]https://s8.postimage.org/mzm433t5d/part_1_3.jpg[/img]
i think mine had pin striping around the bonnet badge and in the recesses of the bonnet. this could have been added at the dealer, they fitted a fuel gauge and an interior light.
[img]https://s9.postimage.org/kan86a20r/part3_1.jpg[/img]
the window rubbers are normal grooved rubbers without the trim fitted.
[img]https://s7.postimage.org/57dx4oohj/part3_4.jpg[/img]
the rear carpet was shorter only coming down to the back of the seat backrest.
[img]https://s7.postimage.org/j9nwk4vtj/part13_1.jpg[/img]
if anyone has a spare beading that runs down the inside of the B pillar i'm interested.
GASBNR Fahrvergnugen
894 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
I have an anthracite grey 62 which is totally stock as a rock.
I'm after the blank plate for the interior light if anyone knows of one.
I'll put some pics up sometime.
I'm after the blank plate for the interior light if anyone knows of one.
I'll put some pics up sometime.
SORRY BOUT THAT!
tar76 Custom Title Time!
1,622 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·
Nice std Henry, same colour as mine.
"Obey your Dreams"!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
whatnow Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
seeing as it seems a few of us are after standard beetle parts, i started a swap thread for us all
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=99244
can anyone confirm or deny if 63 standards had chromes front blinker covers, door handles and headlight rims?
thanks tar, i've been eyeing your off too. looks damn good.
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=99244
can anyone confirm or deny if 63 standards had chromes front blinker covers, door handles and headlight rims?
thanks tar, i've been eyeing your off too. looks damn good.
Burrelli Officially Full-On Dubber
244 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
I have seen early standards with non chrome door handles inside and out. I have only seen a couple and they were white. I don't know about blinkers and head light rims. If the first Aussie standards came out 30th Aug 1962 these would have been 63 models.
I'm not sure when turquoise cars came out latter 63 or as 64 models.
Henry did you get Feb 63 from some sort of Wolfsburg records? Wolfsburg records can only be used as a guide for Aussie cars. If you did I think your car would have built in Australia and given its number some time after that. If your car has the original speedo the date it was made is on the back of it. Your car was build after the speedo by maybe a few months.
I'm not sure when turquoise cars came out latter 63 or as 64 models.
Henry did you get Feb 63 from some sort of Wolfsburg records? Wolfsburg records can only be used as a guide for Aussie cars. If you did I think your car would have built in Australia and given its number some time after that. If your car has the original speedo the date it was made is on the back of it. Your car was build after the speedo by maybe a few months.
Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds
2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Don't use Wolfsburg production dates for Australian production. The August-July model year does not apply to Australian-built VWs.
30th August 1962 is a 1962 model. ALL of 1962 is a 1962 model. The Australian 1963 model (and every 'new year' model) didn't start until the following February, once the factory workers camne back from the Xmas/New Year holidays.
30th August 1962 is a 1962 model. ALL of 1962 is a 1962 model. The Australian 1963 model (and every 'new year' model) didn't start until the following February, once the factory workers camne back from the Xmas/New Year holidays.
GASBNR Fahrvergnugen
894 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
Mine has painted door handle, front hood handle, but not indicator covers, but I intend to paint them.
Does anyone know if the engine lid handle was painted?
What in the colour code for the bumpers and hub caps?
Mine also has 58/59 sun visors...........SHOCK
No white piping on the interior trim.....I have a second interior which does??? later car I think??
Does anyone know if the engine lid handle was painted?
What in the colour code for the bumpers and hub caps?
Mine also has 58/59 sun visors...........SHOCK
No white piping on the interior trim.....I have a second interior which does??? later car I think??
SORRY BOUT THAT!
Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
It's hard to know because so many were updated over the years but when you see some of the old press photos of 63 standards they have all those chromed and just the hubcaps and bumpers painted, go figure.whatnow wrote:can anyone confirm or deny if 63 standards had chromes front blinker covers, door handles and headlight rims?
Although it wouldn't have been the only occasion VWaus dressed up cars for press photos.
My teachers completly untouched 64 only had the hubcaps and bumpers and quarterwindows painted and rest was chrome.
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Can't remember a painted engine lid handle but they were non locking.. [that is only My memory]GASBNR wrote:Mine has painted door handle, front hood handle, but not indicator covers, but I intend to paint them.
Does anyone know if the engine lid handle was painted?
What in the colour code for the bumpers and hub caps?
Mine also has 58/59 sun visors...........SHOCK
No white piping on the interior trim.....I have a second interior which does??? later car I think??
I thought I had seen the headlamp rims painted black??
the colour of the hubcaps and bumpers was a terrible colour from memory.. silver with a lot of black in it..?
NO stainless strip on the running boards looked terrible back then too... lol IMHO..
I can't ever remember painted door handles..
as the paint would have came off after the buttons were pushed a few hundred times..
LEE
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GedMcCormick Commited Dubber
59 posts · joined Oct 2011 ·
We have had the 64 std in the famIly since new. Still going strOng
Only has one side mirror, drIvers sun visOr only 6v no fuel gauge, reserve tank only blah blah but I love it
Only has one side mirror, drIvers sun visOr only 6v no fuel gauge, reserve tank only blah blah but I love it
Ged
Burrelli Officially Full-On Dubber
244 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Thanks for that, makes sense for Australian built VWs.Phil74Camper wrote:Don't use Wolfsburg production dates for Australian production. The August-July model year does not apply to Australian-built VWs.
30th August 1962 is a 1962 model. ALL of 1962 is a 1962 model. The Australian 1963 model (and every 'new year' model) didn't start until the following February, once the factory workers camne back from the Xmas/New Year holidays.
tar76 Custom Title Time!
1,622 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·
Standard for sale on car sales
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/volkswagen-beetle-1962-13625460?base=1216&vertical=Car&cr=19&page=2&eapi=2&__N=1246+1247+1252+1282+4294962746+1216&num=15&silo=Stock&Range=Year:Min,1980&sort=default
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/volkswagen-beetle-1962-13625460?base=1216&vertical=Car&cr=19&page=2&eapi=2&__N=1246+1247+1252+1282+4294962746+1216&num=15&silo=Stock&Range=Year:Min,1980&sort=default
"Obey your Dreams"!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
coletrickle Wolfsburg Wizard
661 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·
Is it me and my phone or have they painted over the tail lite rubbers and bumper bracket grommets?
tar76 Custom Title Time!
1,622 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·
Bumper brackets.
"Obey your Dreams"!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
Burrelli Officially Full-On Dubber
244 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Looks like originally that car was very simular spec to your car tar76.
I would have liked to see it before the respray.
I would have liked to see it before the respray.
tar76 Custom Title Time!
1,622 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·
If only i'd one a bit of that 10 mil last night 🙁
"Obey your Dreams"!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!
62 Std beetle.
65 11 wnd Split "The Cross".
6? coming very soon!!!!