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| posted on March 9th, 2009 at 07:25 PM |
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Introduction David Sydney
Just found the site as I just bought a 1971 Beetle that was sitting in someones yard for over two years and knew would need help. It had been in a
collision with a small tree and the Mcpherson strut front end is damaged somehow, as the top of tyre is rubbing against the coil spring. Will be
asking tech questions on that soon.  Other than a bent bumper all
seems fine though not even attempted to start it yet. I also have a 73 Kombi which I have owned for over 20 years and will be my only car till I die.
The beetle is for my wife and son. (Will add a picture of beetle in Gallery)
Anyway I am from Sydney Blacktown area, and look forward to picking yr brains
David
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welcome 
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I also have a 73 Kombi which I have owned for over 20 years and will be my only car till I die.
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What ya gonna get after you die?????
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| posted on March 9th, 2009 at 07:50 PM |
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Hopefully wings and a bevy of angels
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| posted on March 9th, 2009 at 08:59 PM |
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welcome. i also have a 71 beetle .had been in acident on r/h/f wheel was pushed back.checked under and found that sway bar was broken on the end
.found second hand one $20.00 fitted and wheel back in right place ,did find later that stut was also bent .hope this helps
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| posted on March 9th, 2009 at 09:06 PM |
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Thanks Ersser. At this stage everything helps. I have had a look underneath and am gonna remove wheel tomorrow for better inspection. I have also
started a thread on this called Mcpherson strut and already gettiing some great help and know will get more when post pictures. I really dont
understand these struts and could not see any breakages or bends but sure it wont be too hard. It is def not chassis damage anyway. Cant wait for
weekend to start on engine! Oh do you (or anyone) have any pics of engine lid? The decals are missing and I have one with VW 1600, but there is still
2 holes left and not sure what goes there on the 71? Centre Strip also missing on bonnet But not too worried about that.
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 06:42 AM |
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Hi David, welcome along. Since you are in Blacktown, please feel free to come along with us this Saturday night, to the Blacktown Drive-In. It's a
Club Veedub run to see Eric Bana's new car film, Love The Beast. There should be lots of VWs there.
Gates open 7:30pm.
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 06:46 AM |
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after looking at ya ride i think you have the wrong wheel of set on as i have the same suspension and the same problem befor you go out and spend ya
hard earned folding try a pair of standard rims first
welcome and good luck
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Greedy to be quite honest I would prefer standards anyway. But I got the impression from the previous owner that they were fine before collision and
the drivers side certainly has a good inch and half clearance so assume it must actually be amiss on strut.
And phil that sounds cool. Count me in, will see you there.
David
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 03:42 PM |
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OK YOU ARE PROBALEY RIHT IT'S JUST THAT MAC STRUT AN=RE FAMOUS FO BEING A SHYIT TO TRY AND USE WHELS MANY A YOUNG FELLOW HAS ASKED IF THESE WILL FIT
A BUG AND TOLD YES CAME OF MY CAR ONLY TO FIND THAT THEY DONT FIY MACS
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Have to agree with you Greedy. They make no sense to me at all these macs ! I have now taken pics and think I have found problem (though why it makes
no sense to me yet) But I will continue this discussion at Mcpherson thread http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=75244 as too hard to kreep track on two threads. Make sure you go
there. I need all the mates help I can get! Just got to figure how to write this all up and post pictures!
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 05:59 PM |
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i think your engine cover should have the word volkswagen and the letter S
volkswagen S 
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 06:30 PM |
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Much appreciated. Gonna go to VW nationals on the Sunday so will get searching there. Hopefully will have a vast knowledge of all the things I need
by then lol
S assume is sport and L luzury Yes?
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 06:34 PM |
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Much appreciated. Gonna go to VW nationals on the Sunday so will get searching there. Hopefully will have a vast knowledge of all the things I need
by then lol
S assume is sport and L luzury Yes?
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nothing sporty about a 1971 super bug, low back seats, doggy big steering wheel and 1500 motor
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 06:53 PM |
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It actually has an 1800cc engine. I assumed was a 1600 with rebore? Maybe its not original donk? Maybe the S stands for Shite mcpherson struts :-)
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 08:17 PM |
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nationals sunday ???????
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 08:20 PM |
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Sunday yes but the 24th
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 08:29 PM |
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Yes the Drive-in is THIS saturday 14th Feb.
The Nationals is not until May. Sunday 24th is the show day at Fairfield, Saturday 23rd is the supersprint at Goulburn.
Australian Superbugs were all 1584cc, but in the UK they came with a choice of 1200 or 1600 engines. An '1800' is probably a standard 1600 with 92mm
cylinders to give 1835cc. This was a common soup-up size 15-20 years ago, but nowadays 94s are more common (1916cc).
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| posted on March 10th, 2009 at 08:39 PM |
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try getting a wheel balance too, might help, should be able to get it cheepish, but get it after you fit the strut etc, maybe at the same time as a
wheelie. looks like a decent beetle there. aint nothing super bout it though (literally, its not a super.. yay)
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This may help identify beetle. The badge shown was NOT on Boot, I just happened tio have it. But it fits, so I believe its either a 1500 L or S or a
1600 L or S (or maybe at one stage an Auto?). After discussion with Colonel the ful volkswagen badge has only 2 pins so could not have been that one.
You will also notice on picture there are two more holes remainiong Thats where I think L. S or auto would go.
Any thoughts ?
And has anyone got a spare passenger side strut?
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| posted on March 11th, 2009 at 07:27 AM |
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There is no such thing as a 1500 Superbug.
A Superbug is a Beetle with a MacPherson strut front, which this one is, and in Australia ALL of them had 1600cc twin-port 60-bhp (SAE) engines. They
were assembled in VW's Melbourne factory from German CKD kits. They were available in both manual and semi-auto versions.
The Superbug 'S' was sold 1971-1972, and had a flat windscreen and long front bonnet. The 1971 had two sets of engine lid cooling louvres amd
horn-ring steering wheel. The 1972 had four sets of cooling louvres and a four-spoke steering wheel. The Superbug 'L' appeared in 1973 and had a
larger, curved windscreen and short front bonnet.
That black car IS a Superbug, no question about it, as it has struts and the bulgy nose. The engine lid is not original. The 'VW 1500' badge is off
an earlier car - the 1500 Beetle was sold 1968-70 in Australia and was replaced by the Superbug. The badge hole spacing just happens to be the same.
That lid would have originally had a 'Volkswagen L' or 'Volkswagen S' badge, but it isn't the right one for that car.
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| posted on March 11th, 2009 at 07:36 AM |
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Thanks for clearing that up. I thought at first due to being a 1971 you were saying it is certainly an S but then you state
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That lid would have originally had a 'Volkswagen L' or 'Volkswagen S' badge
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So how do I tell if S Or L and would it be one badge that actually goes in all holes or still 2 badges?
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| posted on March 11th, 2009 at 07:48 AM |
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OK, seems to be some confusion here. Your car is a Superbug 'S' as it has a flat windscreen, which you can see just by looking at it.
The engine lid is another matter. A 1971 Superbug would have originally had an engine lid with only two blocks of cooling louvres, whereas the one in
your photo has four blocks of louvres. Therefore it's the wrong one for the car, as that 'four-block' engine lid didn't appear until 1972, when it
had 'Superbug S' badges. Yes it was one longer badge with three prongs, whereas the earlier VW1500 badges only had only two, but the spacing between
the prongs was the same.
When the big curvy windscreen Superbug L appeared in 1973, they just used the same four louvre block engine lid, and just changed the badge to
'Volkswagen L'.
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This is what the 1971 Superbug engine lid would have originally looked like. Note this is a US-spec Beetle, so the badge is slightly different. But
see how it has only two blocks of louvres.
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And this is the 1972 and later engine lid, now with four blocks of cooling louvres.
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Thanks very much for that Phil. NOW I UNDERSTAND. Good job you spoke slow as You are dealing with a moron here :-) At this stage I think i will just
get an S badge then and keep wrong Engine boot. I just want the car going and registered more than being totally correct in details. Look forward to
catching up at Drive in
BTW came across this if anyone has a Kombi up to 71 vintage and needing one Will swap for an S 
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No worries, good luck with it! See you at the Drive In on Sat - I will be in the Kombi camper.
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| posted on March 11th, 2009 at 03:46 PM |
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Mine is same as yours. White 74, but a a transporter. But you will see me anyway as I am the one with two georgious woman in it. One my wife other my
daughter so know lewd replies to that 
Gonna be working on engine all day Saturday so will have a chat then
David
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| posted on March 11th, 2009 at 05:20 PM |
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on all 68 on decklids the main badge had 3 pins in the same location regardless of whether it was Volkswagen, VW1500, VW1300 VWautomatic etc
alot have been in prangs and had different panels put on
it should have Volkswagen S originally
as i said somewhere else ill see if i can find the S badge from my old superbug
and your better off keeping the 4 vent engine lid anyway
VW found 2 vents weren;t enough for twin port engines and went 4 vents the following year
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| posted on March 11th, 2009 at 06:15 PM |
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Apreciate that Joel. I have pretty well decided to keep the existing boot, and your comment has now convinced me to. So would be good to get the S.
Will obviously pay you and or swap if anything your after I may have.
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Gonna be the first VW1500 S (with an 1800 donk lol) COOL
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