50\'s kombi question

Jonno777 Slammed & Awesome Dubber

89 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 3 Feb 2004, 9:38 am

#135091

I'm buying a 50's (not sure what year) splitty--it's got the small round tail light at the back and semaphores.

It doesn't have an engine but it does have a gearbox. I'm guessing it would be the original 1200 (if that's right for the year?).

My question is, can I put a 1300 engine (from a beetle) onto a 1200 gearbox? Or, how easy is it to put a 1300 gearbox and engine (from beetle) into a 50's kombi? What would you recommend?

Thanks. :bounce

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Feb 2004, 10:00 am

#135095

first of all what are you doing with the Kombi full resto or modifying ??

Yes a 1300 engine will fit up to the gearbox. I would leave the gearbox as it is.

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

Jonno777 Slammed & Awesome Dubber

89 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 3 Feb 2004, 11:21 am

#135110

Thanks Dave... yes I'll be doing a modification with engine size. Eventually I'd like to put a 2 litre (or at least 1.8 litre) in.. if that's possible somehow. Just for now I want to get it running and registered. So I'll pop the 1300 onto the original gearbox and go from there...

Thanks again! :thumb