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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Were 1967 Beetles 12 volt or 6 volt? And Gearbox info


Hi Guys

Were the 1967 beetles 6 volt or 12 volt?

My chassis number is: 197644158.

Also, I am trying to determine some information on the gearbox I have fitted to my 1967 beetle. There are 2 sets of number:

113-301-103

AB 26 04 3

From my searching ( http://www.partsemporium.co.uk/Gearboxcodes.htm ) it looks as though the gearbox was built of 26th April 1973???

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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 10:50 AM



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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 11:16 AM



Depends which month yr car was made, after august 67 will make it a 68, a pic of the car would help. 67 - 68 is the changeover year for electrics as well as major body differences. AB code denotes 1300 box up to August 1970 (they went to IRS after that)



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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 11:17 AM



It looks like yr car is late 66 making it a 67 model.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/bugchassisdating.php 




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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 11:18 AM



you have a 197 chassis number so it would have been 6Volt



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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 02:16 PM



you have (if original) a 1974 1300TP gearbox with the 4.375 Diff ratio :tu:



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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 03:40 PM



Hi Guys

It is Stengun's old Blue 1967 and I am trying to figure out what everything is.

It is a swing axle gearbox. I also noticed that it has a plug on the nose cone for I think a reversing switch.

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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 04:14 PM



Quote:
Originally posted by empi
Depends which month yr car was made, after august 67 will make it a 68, a pic of the car would help. 67 - 68 is the changeover year for electrics as well as major body differences. AB code denotes 1300 box up to August 1970 (they went to IRS after that)


That's all overseas info, doesnt apply in Oz
We stayed swing axle till 75 and we kept making the old 6 volt beetles till march 68 when the factory was shut down and they were fully imported for a few months.

We didnt start making the new 12 volt 68 fatchicks till late 68.
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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 06:02 PM



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Hi Guys

It is Stengun's old Blue 1967 and I am trying to figure out what everything is.

It is a swing axle gearbox. I also noticed that it has a plug on the nose cone for I think a reversing switch.

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Yep, the 74 1300TP was a swing axle bug ( I own 2 of them !).......and yes the plug is for the reverse light. The 74 1300 had 'elephant tail lights' with the reverse light.




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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 06:15 PM



here the link to the build,
it should tell you everything about the car
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=64212&page=1 




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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 06:40 PM



well, there ya go.......it now has a 3.8 diff and the 4.375 was removed :tu:



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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 06:44 PM



ask VVDS they built all the bits for it



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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 07:16 PM



Thanks guys

So, in summary, it's a gearbox from a 12 volt 1974 beetle. The 1974 date also correlates to the 1974 steering column that was also installed in the car.

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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 08:40 PM



read the thread.... the Gearbox was built by Dave Butler and there is a detailed post regarding the trans build



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posted on February 24th, 2013 at 09:13 PM



Thanks mate

I read the thread but wanted to confirm the serial numbers etc.

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