I am a newbee here and I am wanting to buy a 1967 or earlier bug. Most of them are 6v and I wanted to get some idea of price for converting them to 12v and what are the pros and cons of doing so.
Any advice is appreciated,
Cheers,
Blair.
vw54 ·
depends if you want to change the flywheel as well you would have to pull the engine
you need a generator or alternator, starter, coil, wiper motor, reguator, light globes, battery, 12volt flywheel if yr changing it and possibly a clutch and pressure plate as the size will be different
monster ·
so... safe to say that it will cost a bit... probably more than the car itself???
Bizarre ·
Its a piece of string answer
If you are doing it yourself the MINIMUM would be battery, bulbs, generator, coil and ???
You could get out for say $200??
Drive in / out of a shop and get everything done - $1500 at least
Joel ·
unless ur getting a bug thats been in storage for eons u probably wont encounter that many still 6 volt
most of them have been converted by now
6 volt batterys have been getting harder to get and big $$ for ages and replacement bulbs can be fun to track down not to mention gennys and regulators which tend to die after 40+ years
pod ·
dont forget the genny or alt stand as well😉
monster ·
I have come across several that are still 6v... whilst I would like to keep them original as possible, 6v is a pain in the butt. So I would like to do the conversion 100% properly and not cut any corners...
izac ·
i have a 65 type 3 that is still 6v. i am thinking about converting it but it does seem like a lot of trouble as everything is working fine anyway. the only reason i want to convert is so i can run a 12v stereo...
the previous owner looked like they were running 2 batteries (using a 12v for the stereo system and 6v for everything else)...
is this alright to do???
are there any other options?
cheers
davog1970dubstar ·
i a newbie to aircooled so far and have had some trouble with the dizzy on my 1500 burning points, is there any difference between 6v/12v dizzy set up????
i currently running 12v but have dizzy off old 6v engine set up??