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oldnslo - September 8th, 2010 at 08:35 PM

Can someone please tell me what year did Aust beetles start with Irs rear end and ball joint front end? Cheers

matberry - September 8th, 2010 at 08:40 PM

With a manual trans, only 1976. With semi automatic trans, 1968>.

waveman1500 - September 8th, 2010 at 08:47 PM

Yep, 1976 models and semi-auto only. Also, all of the Superbugs were IRS, if you're prepared to go for a strut front end. I'd encourage you to go for it, they really do handle very well. I used to drive a 1500 and never wanted to go to a strut front end, I really didn't like them. Having owned and driven an S-bug this year though, I have to say that they are definitely worth it. The handling is considerably better than my 1500 was, although I would say that most of the improvement is in the IRS and not the front end.

oldnslo - September 8th, 2010 at 09:10 PM

thanks for the info, so we were really behind the US of A as I understand their beetles went to IRS in 1969.

waveman1500 - September 8th, 2010 at 10:29 PM

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Originally posted by oldnslo
thanks for the info, so we were really behind the US of A as I understand their beetles went to IRS in 1969.


Depends on what you mean by behind, we got disc brakes in 1968 and they didn't!