fitting early 60s beelte guards to 68

gsa2at Slammed & Awesome Dubber

97 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 6 Jun 2009, 11:12 pm

#717092

picked up some early 60 front guards with the oval headlights
will these bolt onto a 68
i know the bumper mounts would have to be cut in but i love the head lights and the oval vent

also can get early 60s engine lid and rear guards - will these easily go onto a 68 - ie without any cutting and welding ??

sorry stupid qs
will try tomorrow and report back🤪

jack the beetle rides again !!!

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 7 Jun 2009, 8:01 am

#717115

yes the front and rear guards will fit...........the engine lid will also fit, although it is 'longer' at the bottom so you will need to change the rear beaver panel for it to fit properly (so cutting and welding!).

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 7 Jun 2009, 9:04 am

#717123

all bugs except superbugs have the same gaurd mounts front and back
my 70 bug had 6volt gaurds front and back when i got it

as craig said the decklid will fit and the proper way is fit a new valance but when putting an early decklid on a late car a cheap no weld/cutting fix is leave the stock valance and just mount a tab to it for the decklid catch

been done before, and looks fine from outside

eraser Fahrvergnugen

970 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 7 Jun 2009, 10:15 am

#717136

yeah my 70's bug also has 6 volt guards...that someone rolled out?... now im not sure what i want to do with them 😉

gsa2at Slammed & Awesome Dubber

97 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 7 Jun 2009, 5:06 pm

#717183

fitted the front guards this morning
love the headlights and oval vent holes

will probably look at fitting deck lid and rear guards later

trouble is the dropped spindles mean the 65/r15 tyres rubbbing with original and ealry guards

i guess i need some offset wheels to tuck the tyres in further - any ideas or anyone got some to sell??

jack the beetle rides again !!!