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 1303Steve
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| posted on February 5th, 2006 at 11:25 PM |
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Park lock position on Semi-auto Beetles
Hi
I was looking at a glove box manual for 1303 (L bug) today, in it was the layout for the gearshift for semi-auto Beetles. It clearly shows that they
have a park lock position. I have the same manual for 1302 (superbug) and it dosent show this position.
Has anyone ever seen this before, 1303 semi-autos are pretty rare in Australia, I have only seen one and it was owned by a senoir VW Australia person
it was at the VW Nationals a few years ago, aparently the car survived Cyclone Tracy.
The thing that always worried me about semi-auto Beetles, was what would happen if a handbrake cable snapped while the car was parked.
Steve
PS. Thanks to Bizzare for the scan of the glove box manual.
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| posted on February 6th, 2006 at 07:44 AM |
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Is that only for 1303 semi-autos?
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killakornkobb
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| posted on February 6th, 2006 at 07:56 AM |
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yeah the park lock position is only for the very late semi-auto's cant remember what year, i'll look it up 
ours dosent have them laura.
my handbrake cables have snapped before.. the only thing you can do is park close to a kerb, with the wheels on an angle, so if ya roll, its into the
curb.
Tagedeezee Heezy
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killakornkobb
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| posted on February 6th, 2006 at 07:59 AM |
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VW introduced the Park feature in the 74 production year.
Tagedeezee Heezy
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1303Steve
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| posted on February 6th, 2006 at 08:00 AM |
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Hi
That seems to be the case, I have a paraplegic friend who owns 3 semi auto 1500s and we tried it on one of his cars yesterday and it didnt lock. Below
is one of his bugs.
Steve
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| posted on February 6th, 2006 at 08:36 AM |
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Tehehe.... race Bug!
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