can anyone tell me how long a beetle is? .....either bumper to bumper or valence to valence?
Also, i need to know about a Notch because i'm trying to organise storage befor i buy and if i can squeeze into 1 unit i won't have to rent a 2nd space!
cheers
Coxynn[ Edited on 28/7/2005 by Coxy ]nn[ Edited on 28/7/2005 by Coxy ]
Coxy ·
anyone?
barls ·
any year in paticular
cause ill have a look
helbus ·
I approximately measured our 70 Beetle which has no over riders on the bumpers to be approx 4 metres long
Coxy ·
barls wrote:any year in paticular
cause ill have a look
no particular year, just a rough idea would be great.
Coxy ·
Helbus wrote:I approximately measured our 70 Beetle which has no over riders on the bumpers to be approx 4 metres long
cheers helbus.
barls ·
damn close peter in my book its 4070mm for the 61-67 and sbugs
but 4030mm for the 68-72 standards. im not sure about the later ones cause my book stops there
helbus ·
Ours is a 70 Standard, so I was only 30mm off. That's less than 1% 🙂
vw54 ·
I will get the tape measure out tomorrow n check out the 65
barls ·
yes peter it was a good guesimation
why dave dont you believe me on this one
Coxy ·
any ideas on a Notch? this could save me renting 2 spaces for storage! i'm hoping to sqeeze into 1 unit rather than renting 2 units.
vw54 ·
Barls
It wasnt that i wasnt believeing you i just wanted to measure it myself.
And my 65 is 4000mm front bar to rear bar. So u need extra for some clearance.
Coxy ·
vw54 wrote:Barls
It wasnt that i wasnt believeing you i just wanted to measure it myself.
And my 65 is 4000mm front bar to rear bar. So u need extra for some clearance.
Thanks Dave. Any ideas on the Notch?
Warrenm ·
Slightly off topic but I think a Beetle and Kombi have same wheelbase
Andy ·
Very rough overall dimensions for my VW's
'73Lbug 1600mm x 4100mm
'73 Square 1600 x 4300
'77 Bus 1700 x 4800
These were widest part (mirror to mirror) and longest part (bumper to bumper) and probably generous too because it's what I used when sizing up my new garage. Note the bus length includes front bull bar and rear tyre rack, so probably ~4500 for stock bus.
Coxy ·
Andy wrote:Very rough overall dimensions for my VW's
'73Lbug 1600mm x 4100mm
'73 Square 1600 x 4300
'77 Bus 1700 x 4800
These were widest part (mirror to mirror) and longest part (bumper to bumper) and probably generous too because it's what I used when sizing up my new garage. Note the bus length includes front bull bar and rear tyre rack, so probably ~4500 for stock bus.
cheers Andy. Nice one re: the type 3 but the notch should be shorter than your square yeah?
vw54 ·
Type 3s n Beetles have the same wheel base 2400mm except the overhang is different so the Type 3s would be slightly longer
Andy ·
Not sure Coxy, I have a wagon and fasty, they look about hte same. I think they're on the same floor pan so can't be much difference in them.
Maybe look here http://www.type3.org/
All my manuals are at home.
amazer ·
all the type 3 shapes should be the same length bumper to bumper. imagine there would be slightly different between early and late models... dunno.
amazer ·
do what I did, pick it up on a trolley jack n spin it around. it was a tight fit but makes for heaps more room.....well if I kept it tidy it would be more room. Dont know why I want more room though because both the other cars are kept outside.