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Me and Thvee Casual Dubber

22 posts · joined Mar 2011 ·

#834435
In terms of a chop top which base model beetle is best?
From what i can tell the only difference between most models except the curved super is that the older beetles are oval rear windows and the early supers are square.
I know the oval would look better but other than the look of the rear window would there be any reason to go with an earlier model bug when doing a chop top?

waveman1500 Also rides a Honda

1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·

#834442
All of the windows change several times actually. The front and rear windscreens changed at least three times each during the bug's life in Australia and the side windows got bigger once or twice as well. It depends on what you want.

When you say 'chop top', do you mean cutting it down into a convertible, or chopping the roof to make it lower? Either will probably need engineering approval to be legal.
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Me and Thvee Casual Dubber

22 posts · joined Mar 2011 ·

#834483
by chop top i mean lowering the roof

STIDUB Over it.

1,497 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#834528
also needs 2-3 roofs to do it, where are you located?
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bugzla Custom Title Time!

1,164 posts · joined Jun 2007 ·

#834620
earlier the better