Hi anyone have the front and rear track width for a 1974 1300 Beetle?
Hi
I cant seem to find any reliable data, should be the same as a 1500 Beetle but the drum brakes reduce the front track over the disc bake version.
Steve
look in the scientific publications manuals, the specs are there.
is it SA or IRS?
Hi
74 1300 would be 4 wheel drum with swing axle.
I've found a lot of misleading information on wheel base and track even VW publications.
Steve
Yeah I am struggling to find anything - hoping someone had a manual or something?
Mine is the SwingAxle.
I found something on post 1967 1300's and it said:
Track (front) 1314 51.7inches
Track (rear) 1346 53inchs
But I think mine had Discs on the front from factory - so I assume the front track is probably wider?
Hi
A 1300 should have front drums but discs are a bolt on exercise.
Surely someone has a glove box owners manual for this model but they can be inaccurate as well, I have a 1974 1303 owners manual that has the wrong
wheel base measurement, its 20 mm too short.
Australian 67 1300s were king and link pin and had shorter rear axles.
Do you need accurate information for engineering?
Steve
Yeah need it for engineering, in the ACT and apparently you need to prove the original track.
I have a collection of Owners manuals
closest i have is a 1971 VW 1300 VW 1200 manual it shows a swing axle gear box not IRS does not show if disc or drums on the front
Track at front 1310mm
Track at rear 1350mm
4 inch wheels
Wheel base 2400mm
Hi
Your going to have to keep digging.
According to a 1302 owners manual that I have the track widens by 4 mm when front discs are fitted, so you will need to take that into account.
The information that vw54 provided could vary depending on the ET of the wheels, the basic suspension architecture would be the same but different ET
& width wheels will affect track.
I'm pretty sure the later 1300 Beetles used numerically lower ET wheels giving a deeper dish look, that would widen the track.
I gave some 1973 1300 wheels to a friend with a fastback and they looked like widened wheels when he put them on.
If your dealing bureaucrats every mm will help
Steve
Well here's the specs for the front anyway
111 model, (113 is Superbug)
thats 74 balljoint with drums, rear is IRS so doesn;t apply.
