1971 superbug info needed

Felony Slammed & Awesome Dubber

80 posts · joined Nov 2004 · 17 Jan 2005, 3:33 pm

#294472

Do these have discs up front or 4 wheel drums?
What size motor did these come out with?
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 17 Jan 2005, 3:41 pm

#294479

1600 tp and discs up front drums rear

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Doug Sweetman Nil Bastardo Carborundum

2,128 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 17 Jan 2005, 4:13 pm

#294505

IRS rear suspension - not sure if 71's were the first 1302 beetles, if they are, then they are mcpherson strut front end too.

BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 17 Jan 2005, 4:26 pm

#294516

i think supers came out in 72 and ran till late 74/75. All supers had dick bake front, mac struts and irs rear. there was also the poverty version with torsion bars, the poverty version came out witha 1300cc, while i think all supers had 1600 twin ports?

teh supers are divided into 2 groups

1302- flat windscreen, 3 bolt struts
1303- curved screen , 2 bolt struts, the later 1303 also had r&p not a steering box.

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Doug Sweetman Nil Bastardo Carborundum

2,128 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 17 Jan 2005, 6:48 pm

#294668

early 73 1303's had the 3 bolt struts too, same struts as in the 1302's

vwrallycar Insano Dub Head

721 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 17 Jan 2005, 8:05 pm

#294695

superbeetles were 1st seen here in Australia in 1971.
these cars had the 1600 tp with strut front end and IRS rear.
disc front and drum rear.
there was also the standard beetle which still used the balljoint/swingaxle setup and had drums allround. i think these had the 1300tp in them.
can be tricky at times to tell them apart from the earlier 1500 beetle and superbug as they used a mixture of both

Felony Slammed & Awesome Dubber

80 posts · joined Nov 2004 · 19 Jan 2005, 10:56 am

#295392

thanks for the info guys it helped
cheers

My ex sent me pics of her in bed with her new boy........
I sent them to her dad......:P
Beetles rock!!!!

akean1 Remember To Love

1,088 posts · joined Dec 2004 · 24 Jan 2005, 9:17 pm

#298217

BiX wrote:i think supers came out in 72 and ran till late 74/75. All supers had dick bake front, mac struts and irs rear. there was also the poverty version with torsion bars, the poverty version came out witha 1300cc, while i think all supers had 1600 twin ports?

teh supers are divided into 2 groups

1302- flat windscreen, 3 bolt struts
1303- curved screen , 2 bolt struts, the later 1303 also had r&p not a steering box.

my super is 1971, and i hav'nt found any dick's in the front. ihope there are none in the back either!😀😀😀😀😀

bugeyedbabe Wheres her VW heart on her sleeve

3,945 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 27 Jan 2005, 12:34 am

#299114

Hey, working out the supers are easy

They have the volkswagen s badges on the back...lol!

ppl right.

Super came out in 71 (son has 71 and I have a 72)

I have a manual, but also a good site to visit is
http://www.vw-resource.com/index.html

I ahve found it to be helpful, and also alot of the writing (except their own commentary) is from the manuals.

Cheers
d4

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71superbug The Itch Itcher

1,184 posts · joined May 2004 · 27 Jan 2005, 9:27 pm

#299562

yeah i have a 1971 super, has struts up front, irs and disc fronts.

Anthony