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 Kippa-Dee
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| posted on July 24th, 2004 at 04:28 PM |
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Manual and Automatic
Hey all.
Just lately been noticing, I've only ever seen one Beetle that was auto, and the rest manual. Kombi's I wouldn't expect auto, and Golf's I've
only seen a small percentage of Auto's too.
Why is that?
Are there many auto bugs?
Cheers
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| posted on July 24th, 2004 at 04:32 PM |
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my little brother has one, but they are a minority as they are not a true auto they are a 3 speed stick shift, so they have no clutch pedal and are
actuated by a set of contacts on the stick
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| posted on July 24th, 2004 at 04:34 PM |
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auto kombi
my 74 bus was an auto |
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t2
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| posted on July 24th, 2004 at 04:36 PM |
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auto kombi
my last 74 bus was an auto |
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68AutoBug
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| posted on July 24th, 2004 at 06:23 PM |
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There seems to be more automatic Kombis 1.8l etc...
Amazed Me too... especially at VW shows...
Not many fully auto type 3s... fairly rare..
a few stick shift semi auto Beetles about...
probably a very small percentage of Beetles sold though...
Most were sold in 1968, their first year, then not so many until the last ones in 1976...
although I haven't actually heard of any after 1972 in Australia... and many Parts have to be bought from the USA..
as the Auto Stick Beetles are very common in the USA....
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Kippa-Dee
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| posted on July 24th, 2004 at 07:04 PM |
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Reverse.. L..? Neutral, 1st, second.
Mm... semi auto sounds nice.
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| posted on July 24th, 2004 at 07:43 PM |
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dads had 2 auto bus;s in the last 6 months..... there are plenty out there
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DallanMulley
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| posted on July 31st, 2004 at 04:13 PM |
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The automatic type three is a common animal,lot built I have two .
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| posted on July 31st, 2004 at 09:53 PM |
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any old auto golfs? never seen one....seen a few auto kombis and beetles..
Heidi - 1960 White Beetle
'65 Kiwi Ghia
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killakornkobb
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where's that clutch?
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| posted on August 9th, 2004 at 09:50 PM |
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hey lee! racking my decal:P
the auto sticks are great fun to drive! and you know 100% that is was assembled in Germany.. better steel, higher resistance to rust, and really the
Auto Stick is way ahead of its time!
ofcourse that time was 36 years ago.. but still.. a really good drive
Tagedeezee Heezy
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killakornkobb
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| posted on August 9th, 2004 at 09:52 PM |
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hey kippa.. your near rowville/dande arntcha? if u want u can come for a ride in my auto-stick, and see how u like it
Tagedeezee Heezy
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| posted on August 9th, 2004 at 10:53 PM |
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I haven't seen many type 3 automatics...
actually the only ones I have seen are at VW shows like the VW Nationals... I had never seen one until a few years ago.
There a few semi auto Beetles out there as many people have contacted Me... still a small percentage of Beetles made...
The semi autos were also used in Karmann Ghia coupes & Cabriolets... sold in the USA ..
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| posted on August 10th, 2004 at 06:46 AM |
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yeah, really close to... closer to the glen, but yeah, right near Rowville. Im 5 mins from Stud Park
That'd be awesome!!!!
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hey kippa.. your near rowville/dande arntcha? if u want u can come for a ride in my auto-stick, and see how u like it
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| posted on August 10th, 2004 at 07:24 AM |
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I've had 2 auto type 3 fastbacks and one manual. The auto's were great to drive and made you lazy. Very smoooooth.............
tssnq.com.au
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killakornkobb
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| posted on August 10th, 2004 at 06:06 PM |
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im DIRECTLY across from ampol on stud road, near maccas too
next time u drive past see if u can see my beetle
Tagedeezee Heezy
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