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Please help date this beetle

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StenGuns ·

Here is the VN number 197644158

It's not a 69 beetle..
It could be a 59 beetle but doesn't have semaphores..

I have photos coming.. Very interested to find out .. tah

Menangler ·

It would be a '67 beetle, wouldn't it?

pyr0 ·

third Mo. along.......i think so, maybe some pic's would help ?

WABaja ·

StenGuns wrote:Please help date this beetle




OK, I'll take her out for dinner, as long as it's not seafood or silver service but only if she pays for a movie afterward....:P



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WABaja ·

Oh, and I aint buyin' the b!tc# flowers neither....😉

dragbug ·

From about 64ish on the 3rd number of the floorpan stamping state's the build year.
197644158 means it is indeed a 67.

1303Steve ·

Hi

As Dave said its a 1967. The 9 denotes it as an Aussie bug.

Steve

68AutoBug ·

that one was a new one on Me Steve...

the 9 threw My numbers up in the air!!!

Where do You get Your info??

All mine is for German Beetles, and I did wonder whether Aussie & south Africian etc beetles had different chassis numbers....

Lee

StenGuns ·

This is it! I am certain it is not a 67..
Anyone?

By the way.. Its my new daily driver..

[Edited on 21-1-2005 by StenGuns]

twoguns ·

stenguns...looks 67to me.

ratty 63 ·

Got a shot of the back lid? Are the sun visors attached to the mirror or to the 'rail' above the windscreen? Still could be a '67....

R 🙂

BenettonVW ·

Looks exactly like a 67 should... Old stuff.. slanted lights, etc. No crest emblem like the 64+ have... Anything earlier will have that wolfsburg crest above the handle. The fatter indicators..

Yep.. 67.

BUGBOY ·

Looks like a 67 but have you cheack the date on the back off the speedo?

68AutoBug ·

Yes, it certainly looks like a 1967 Beetle to Me... made in Clayton Victoria... its NOT a 1968> so it could be earlier... plates and numbers can be changed on beetles very easily.... Can You give Us the engine number?
If its original - that will be of some help...
If its NOT original.... back to square one...
check the date on the back of the speedo.... that will tell You what year the speedo was made.... 1966 or 1967??
Does it have the wide number plate housing...??

What year do You want it to be???

Lee --

StenGuns ·

OK.. 67 it is.. Thanks..

Dannyboy ·

Oh i see , the 61's not good enough for you then!!!

Dan:P

1303Steve ·

68AutoBug wrote:that one was a new one on Me Steve...

the 9 threw My numbers up in the air!!!

Where do You get Your info??

All mine is for German Beetles, and I did wonder whether Aussie & south Africian etc beetles had different chassis numbers....

Lee
Its all in the head, I used to work in VW dealers as a lad.

StenGuns ·

What! That rusted out piece of shite! Call that a beetle! It's not even red😎
dannyboy67 wrote:Oh i see , the 61's not good enough for you then!!!

Dan:P

pod ·

so cause its a red one means it goes faster and looks better😉 61s have more class:duh

Dannyboy ·

Right i'll be racing you soon Rob !!

Dan:P

1200 cc of woop ass coming your way

StenGuns ·

King and link pin! on a 67! Also adapted from 6V to 12V.. Heater turning knob where there should be levers.. I can't figure it.. I'll stick with 67 but not convinced..

Dannyboy ·

Sounds like my old 67 Rob! Call me t'w mate!

Dan:P

Dannyboy ·

The 61'a a 60! ha ha. We're all confused now!!

LOL Dan:P

1303Steve ·

StenGuns wrote:King and link pin! on a 67! Also adapted from 6V to 12V.. Heater turning knob where there should be levers.. I can't figure it.. I'll stick with 67 but not convinced..
Hi

I fail to see why your not convinced. The local bugs kept all the bad stuff until the 1500 bug came out, they were stuck in time in 1964 while the rest of the world moved on.

Steve

StenGuns ·

We need to swap notes over an ale!

dannyboy67 wrote:Sounds like my old 67 Rob! Call me t'w mate!

Dan:P

1303Steve ·

Sounds like a good idea