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 amazeer
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 12:06 AM |
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oval beetle gearshift
In the USA a 55 beetle had a straight gearstick and a 56 went to a curved one. Did the same thing happen here?
My car is extra special. It doesnt have one at all. Which is strange because I am sure when I parked it 20 years ago that it had one with a golf ball
on top. Why would I have taken it out and where could it be now?????
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 06:30 AM |
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It's either in the bar or you left it on the 9th hole.
Ken
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 07:33 PM |
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My 55 had a straight stick with no locator on it.
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| posted on July 17th, 2014 at 09:08 PM |
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I figured out why mine is no longer "there". I swapped the pan many years ago. It was on a semi auto and I put it back on an oval pan. When I sold
the auto maybe the shifter went with it.
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 07:51 AM |
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Straight gear sticks are found on the pre Aug 55 models with the heater knob behind the hand break and the can rotate 360 deg
Bent gear sticks are post aug 55 and do not rotate as they have a pin to located stick fron to rear
what chassis number do you have
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 01:59 PM |
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Dont know off the top of my head but I'm sure its a 56. (Got it from Seb Semos).
So next question... what is the next change after that? Any gearshift from Aug 55 until ?
How many restored Manly Tans are out there? One was at Wollongong Gasweld this morning.
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 05:25 PM |
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I've got a nice bent chrome unit from about a 65 if you are interested,you will have to notch the shift rod though.
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 09:55 PM |
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body 1178540. I have 2 rust free floorpans 1249331, 1590217. Both of them are fitted with a slotted shiftrod. Engines and gearboxes... too many to
list. 2 of them were runners when I got them. The others have been stripped.
I'm putting together all the interior bits n pieces that need to be painted white, gearshift is all I have left to source. I think.
Are there differences in handbrakes? This is all I have so hoping it is oval era.
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| posted on July 18th, 2014 at 11:59 PM |
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Chris, I have a mint bent 'powder coated white' stick in my swap stuff if you are after
it'll be a Valla, so drop in and have a lookisee 
cheers pauly
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| posted on July 20th, 2014 at 02:33 PM |
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Have a quick look at this stick,it has no locator only the ball to stop the rattle
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| posted on July 20th, 2014 at 04:37 PM |
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use the floorpans 1249331 as its jul 56 or so
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| posted on July 20th, 2014 at 08:30 PM |
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I will have it and other bits and pieces at Valla if you are interested just look for my little pedal cars at the swap meet
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| posted on July 20th, 2014 at 08:55 PM |
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That was my choice of floorpan. It has bent jacking points but the other one has no jack points and it is powdercoated. Its not going to be matching
numbers in any way so not really that much of an issue. The restoration level only needs to go as far as convincing me that its 100%. That will be
enough to convince most VW people and 100% of non-VW people.
I'm not sure that a mint shifter is what I am after h because I would want to strip it and have it match to the rest of the interior bits.
Grumble that shifter looks to be thicker diameter too.
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| posted on July 20th, 2014 at 09:07 PM |
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The gear stick grumble has is 68 up,amazeer I have a pair of jack points from a 56 pan here in bomaderry.
69 Beetle
66 Beetle
56 Beetle
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| posted on July 20th, 2014 at 10:28 PM |
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The gear stick grumble has is 68 up,amazeer I have a pair of jack points from a 56 pan here in bomaderry.
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I think my jack points will straighten out.
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| posted on July 20th, 2014 at 10:30 PM |
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that's ok Chris, I can tie it behind my bus for the trip down to Valla to give it the ye olde fooked look you may be chasing 
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| posted on July 21st, 2014 at 07:24 AM |
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U need to add a strip on 10 gauge steel between the jack point and the chassis pan
this will strengthen the area and it wont push into the body work sill when using the jack i did this to my chassis over 30 years ago
you need a bent gear stick with 10mm thread on top
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