engine number help

johne_mac Learner Dubber

2 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 16 Apr 2010, 5:32 pm

#773511

Hi there. I've just bought a '66 beetle. Chassis number starts seems right, starting with 196 and it says '1300 deluxe' on the back.... but the engine number is 8981709. My research says it should start with an 'F'. have I been dudded? Is it really a 1200?

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Apr 2010, 11:39 pm

#773565

johne_mac wrote:Hi there. I've just bought a '66 beetle. Chassis number starts seems right, starting with 196 and it says '1300 deluxe' on the back.... but the engine number is 8981709.
My research says it should start with an 'F'. have I been dudded?
Is it really a 1200?

64 model beetles did have the 40hp 1200 engine..

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johne_mac Learner Dubber

2 posts · joined Apr 2010 · 17 Apr 2010, 8:31 pm

#773667

Thanks guys.
I'm disappointed that it's not really a 1300. I guess I should have checked it out more thoroughly before buying it.