Has anyone heard of a Beetle Luxury sports?

I am on the hunt for a late bug as a daily. Have seen a rather nice looking bug for sale, but the owner claims that it is a rare import from Germany. A 1971 1302 Luxury sports. Has anyone heard of this? Is this guy dreaming?

i seem to remember somewhere i read that there was a sports version super made. it had sportyier seats and a sports steeringwheel and a couple of other things ive forgotten. i also know we didnt get em in oz.

so he might not be pulling your leg. ill see if i can find some info.

sori i dont have a bigger pic.

That would be great. Thanks! The car looks great and I wouldn't mind it at all. The one thing that made me think that it was a bit weird was that he mentioned that it had "rare opening back windows" which were plain and simple pop outs. It is also a little exy for a car without a RWC. Happy to pay that amount of money without a doubt would just like the piece of paper which helps me to get it registered without too much hassle

but we're experts at it now... lol

ha ha rare opening back windows.

i think they advertised those in playboy or similar mag back in the day towards the end of the superbugs life?

Hmmmmmmm ??????? It looks nothing like the bug in the pic! The bug for sale is a 71 so it doesn't have the elephant foot lights. It has a padded dash, sliding sunroof (apparently factory fitted ???????) and "performance wheels" (apparently from factory, to me they look like cheap 90's mag wheels !). The story of the car sounds a bit dicey but I can't find anything in that vintage that looks half way decent and is not over $10,000!

um a 71 super should have a flat metal dash.

hahaha.. sounds like this car needs some investigation.... 🙄

check the vin first.

it could be a later model with earlier super rear fenders with tombstone lights

You can get a europen model called a 1302 sports that would fit in to the year he claims, it would have marathon wheels not alloys, factory fitted metal sunroof was an optional extra so once again could be right..

the best thing you could do is get some picture of it so we can have a look, it mite be the real deal and "someone" just calls it a luxury special .

Where i used to live in the uk there was a bloke who had a "JPS special" bug and would go on about how it was as rare as rocking horse shit, no matter now many times u told him it was a jeans beetle with JPS stickers someone had fitted he would not listen, why? cuz when he bought it the nice man told him all these things and it cost TWICE as much as other betles he had seen of the same year/style...

steff.........................................

ok just had a brain wave it mite be a super vee which was run from 71 to 77 or the jubilee beetle that was produced when vw hit the 20 million mark now the jubilee only came in saturn yellow and it did have the padded dash either 1300(1302) or 1600(1302s) and has sprintstar wheels , both are quite rare and were europen market only so if it is one of these it would be great find over here


I have picture of both models somewhere i will dig them out if it helps....

steff.........................

BEETLE.......LUXURY...............SPORTS

Not in the same sentence.rrrrrrrrrrrrrright this is joke right.........now wheres that camera..behind the mirror....truck across the road..............hhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm

what info have you got on it??? colour? engine size?? etc etc it will help....



steff..................................

Trace....Rod.....there's a nice 1303 Cab in NSW right up your alley. If it's too much, I'll do you part trade on the Oval.... 😏

the first of the specials was the 15th million which was made in 72 then there was a few after that. as said before 71 should have a flat metal dash. i also think that this is not what it seems

in europe you could get the padded dash from 71 onwards on some models




steff............................

I thought the LUXURY model was the 8 seater Microbus Deluxe 🙂

squizy wrote:Trace....Rod.....there's a nice 1303 Cab in NSW right up your alley. If it's too much, I'll do you part trade on the Oval.... 😏

I so wish that I could buy your cab! But I would need to lay buy it for 10 years!!!!!!

Part trade on the oval ?????? Hmmmmmm tempting ????

heres another couple of pics of the 73 sports

Hmmmm ????? still looks nothing like the car for sale. Car for sale looks stock standard

ok... will try and "borrow" some of the pics of it and post on here for all to oooo and ahhhh all over it... lol


squizy... wouldn't be interested in a Daewoo would you ????

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ok... here are the details.... THEIR WORDS NOT MINE

Vehicle 1971 VOLKSWAGEN SUPERBUG 1600 S
Kilometres 93,000
Body 2 door Sedan
Colour White
Interior Colour Black
Transmission 4 speed Manual
Engine 4 cylinder Petrol Carburettor 1600L (1584cc)
Reg Plate MOEDIE
Reg Expiry SEP-2006
Road Worthy Certificate No
Brief Comments
RARE German import 1302 LS, with all the optional extras!!
Long Comments Here you have a VW Beetle 1302 Luxury Sports, that could be said is like no other, to date i have not seen the same model nor one with with all of the optional extras.
- It has the RARE rear opening windows
- rear demister
- sliding sunroof (currently not functional) but maybe easily fixed
- Plastic 60's style dash
- factory cooling fan
- dual circuit brake warning system
- black vinyl seats (leather look)
- Preformance Mag wheels

The Engine:
She holds a 1600 engine, which runs very well! smooth running engine with no leaks. Frequently serviced, A Full Service and tune was completed not long ago. where the brakes were fully redone.
85.5mm bore x 69mm stroke, 1584cc
Compression ratio 7.5:1
Solex 30 PICT-3 to 6.71 then 34 PICT-3
50bhp (DIN) at 4000rpm
60bhp (DIN) at 4400rpm - US 12.70
Final drive ratio 4.125:1
Fuel consumption: 8 liters/100 km | 33.2 m/Imp. gallon at 60 m/h

She is very reliable and a great car. it is regretful sale but i no longer have the space and she must go.
RW was done about 5 months ago since then a full service everything is in working order, there wont be very much/anything needed for a RW.

Plates are not forsale with the car. but replacemnt will be given.

[ Edited on 17-2-06 by blutopless2 ]

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wheels could be period. i remember where i had heards the name before. they are better known simply as LS, heres some pics of the LS from the samba:

ok.

has a 72 steering wheel and later steeringwheel.

has a padded dash.....not the same as a later 1303 dash. not sure on this one (DIY 71's did not have a padded dash) im sure however i have seen padded dashes for flat dash supers for sale in US mags.

wheels are 8 spoke super lites. (i think thats the name) as far as i know they are a pretty common aussie made mag wheel.

the seats......they look pretty damn cool actually. definatly not stock superbug stuff. a 71 would have had standard highbacks. probobly added aftermarket from another car or a 3rd party seat company.

has aftermarket window winders and eye lids

and run of the mill superbug pop outs.....nothing special or rare there.


no heres my argument as to why its not a special model.

it has quite a few aftermarket additions u would find on a lightly cosmetically modifed superbug.

ie: window winders, eye lids, popouts, wheels.

which leaves u a padded dash which was possibly after market anyway and some fancy seats.

so basically u are paying extra for some fancy seats.

if it has the above mentioned mods that were obviously made after origional purchase then whats to say the other strange things about it arent just other mods? considering theres no special badging or paperwork?

[ Edited on 17-2-2006 by Anthiron ]

all in all.

id put it down to a 1972 superbug thats been modifyed a bit and then sold to him with a bogus claim of being special.

Also the bumpers with the rubber insert were never for a standard model (my old marathon beetle had 'em and that was '72) and I believe you're correct about the number of vents in the lid. The LS on the lid though was how the cabriolets were badged in Europe but if it's a good car get it, I mean what's the chances of getting a thirty odd year old car that's never been modified/changed in any way!