Hey guys,
I recently brought a 68 VW Beetle & I'm having a little trouble working out which engine it has.. I've searched Google & from what I can tell it's the 1700cc 68HP version but I'm most probably wrong. The engine number is V81xxxP any help would be great.
Cheers
Yogie ·
Hi and welcome to the forum. Are you in Victoria by any chance as that looks to me like it is a number punched in to a new engine block by the Victorian police when the engine has been changed and the car came up for rego.
Yogie
Dr zoidberg ·
Hi,
I'm in NSW, it's a dual port motor if that helps.. I just went for rego & told the mechanic it was a 1700cc.. I Googled VW engine numbers & read that engine's starting with V were 1700cc so I assumed it was..
Yogie ·
1700cc is not a typical size in a beetle. More likely it is a 1600cc but the only engine numbers I have seen ending with a P are those that have been issued by the police. I assume the V at the front is for Victoria so maybe the car spent some time down there at one stage. Someone else may have more knowledge on this though but I think the only way you will really know is to take the engine apart and check but I don't think it matters enough to do that.
Yogie
Bizarre ·
New cases dont have numbers
It will be a vic police number
Dr zoidberg ·
Thanks for the help guys, will probably just leave it as 1700cc on the paperwork. Too much of a hassle to change again.
Cheers