My family of dubs,
1, Shantung Yellow 71 Notch (mine)
2, Spermaweis 70 Notch Automatic (the girlfriends')
3, Mustard Yellow 72 Super Bug (the old mans')
Bought the 71 Notch in October 07 off Ebay from a guy in Victoria. Drove down there to pick it up and drove it all the way back the next day with only minor rocker gasket seal issues =). Has currently got us spec bumper overiders with rubber impact strips and vintage Marchal driving lights, clear blinkers and 215 rubber with white wall inserts.
Engine is standard, aside form the kombi muffler someone previoulsy retrofitted to it.
70 notch is a sweet little runner, got it off Ebay for $1000 all up including delivery from SA. Recently added the Bugpack extractors after the old muufler fell off while driving through Newcastle. Not sure of the engine size but it is significantly faster off the line than both the Superbug and the other Notch, but runs out of steam by the time it hits 110 (3sp Auto who needs to go faster anyway). Rust all over the place, but I am slowly nursing it back to into shape.
72 Superbeetle was bought some 8 years ago and was a great find, legitimate 20,000 original miles, old lady driver and totally rust free. Was recently written off by the big 2007 hailstorm and has since been treated to a complete respray. Low mileage is not always a good thing, the old lady only ever drove it to and from the bowlo, so there was some serious carbon build up in the heads. Our German friend Lutz is VW crazy and recently paid us a visit. We picked him up form the airport at 10am, got home by 1130, he had the engine out by 2pm, dismantled by 6pm, replaced the rings, pistons, and cleaned the heads by 10pm, had the motor put back together and running in the car by 3 the next afternoon, with a NOS German muffler (sounds like no superbug ever built in OZ). That man is the Zen master of VW's.
All 3 have Km speedos and tacometers along with WORKING clocks (yes both type 3's have working clocks in the dash).
All 3 are daily drivers
Could go on for ages but we'll leave it at that for now.
that_tall_guy ·