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My new 68 Beetle

mickmick - February 4th, 2009 at 06:35 PM

Hope the photo's work.
Bad points: It has some rust spots under rear window, one spot under back passenger glass, next to the top driver door hinge, some small bubbles on bonnet and next to the accelerator pedal which i'm getting cut out soon.

Good bits: 1916 Penrose built engine, front disc brakes, nice speedy rims, honda seats(not classic look but comfy) and exhaust(which might be a little too big but makes good noise)

I'm not real good mechanically but hope some of you guys can show me the basics.

eraser - February 4th, 2009 at 09:33 PM

sweet... another 68

pod - February 4th, 2009 at 10:03 PM

looks pretty good to me :tu:

"honda seats(not classic look but comfy)" dont go classic if you like comfy ,we have standard ones in our 69 ,so flat and plain and you slide around on them :td:

desh - February 5th, 2009 at 05:35 AM

Nice looking Beetle!

mickmick - February 5th, 2009 at 04:19 PM

Thanks guys, It looks better in the pics as you can't see the little imperfections but hey, i think its pretty nice :smilegrin:

Also my bonnet is now stuck :fakesniff: Tried pushing down and lifting also tried with girlfriend pushing release lever in glove box and lifting still no good. Going to have to cut the handle i think. Any other suggestions you can think of?
Cheers

Mick058 - February 6th, 2009 at 07:01 AM

cut the handle?

did you wiggle it round a fair bit?

desh - February 6th, 2009 at 07:46 AM

Does the pull lever "pull" as normally?

can you feel it moving or is the cable snapped do you think?

it may simply need a bit of WD40 or something similar spraying into the catch through the panel line at the front, to free it up a bit,

eraser - February 6th, 2009 at 05:59 PM

mmm i had this issue on my70's vw i just pulled the lever down then jiggled it... but is the bonnet locked (no movement?) or unlocked but release isnt letting go (bonnet moves up and down but wont come undone)

trickysimon - February 6th, 2009 at 06:27 PM

My cable broke at the lever. Unsrew the lever and see if the cable is still attached to it.

mickmick - February 7th, 2009 at 10:34 PM

By lever you mean the lever in the glovebox yes? I tried to jiggle it around the handle that is and it has a little bit of movement but not much, there was more sideways movement than up down. Also as i have only discovered the lever, i'm not sure what its normal action is. It seems tight and doesn't go all the way down. It only has 1 screw and 2 rivets holding it on so i'll need to break the glovebox to see if the wire is connected. Is there an easy way to check to see if the wire is there?

mickmick - February 8th, 2009 at 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by eraser
mmm i had this issue on my70's vw i just pulled the lever down then jiggled it... but is the bonnet locked (no movement?) or unlocked but release isnt letting go (bonnet moves up and down but wont come undone)

I think its locked. :mad:

bigdave - February 8th, 2009 at 07:08 PM

I had this happen once and if you remove the glove box and the dash grill you can actually undo the bonnet bracket bolts and lift the bonnet up to see what is causing the problem. Bit of a pain in the ass job but the only way I could see to fix it - mine was just incorrect ajustment.
Cheers