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| posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 08:36 PM |
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question on a bug
Hey,
A guy was telling me about his bug he has.
He described it as
possibly a 68
cream in colour
has no clutch pedal as auto
1600 motor.
is not a super bug shape.
Do you think he has got the year ?
as it sounds like it would be an Lbug to me. I don't really have a clue about these things so could be completely wrong.
David
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| posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 09:01 PM |
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Yeah sounds possible.They made semi auto bus from 68 onwards.They have ball joint front and irs rear.Good model.
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| posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 09:13 PM |
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the most common semi autos were 68-70 1500s but they were also availble in 71-72 Sbug and 73-74 Lbugs but not real many of them sold
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| posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 09:17 PM |
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do theL bugs have the old body or the later body?
Im a newb
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| posted on January 23rd, 2008 at 10:05 PM |
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Easy spotting..
Floss,
"L" bugs (supers) have curved windshields. 68-72 standard and super beetles have a flat windscreen. Dunno what a post '72 standard has.
As Joel said, most semi-auto's are 68-70. I have seen 1 post 73 model semi-auto for sale in Australia in the last 3 years.
A VIN number (under the back seat, stamped in front of the tunnel inspection plate) will reveal more, or post a pic pls.
BTW...tell him to sign up on http://www.vwar.org !!
Enjoy
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 11:56 AM |
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so... it will have the lat deck lid or the early?
David
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 12:22 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by DUB74L
73-74 Lbugs but not real many of them sold
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wow... dont think i ever seen one
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 04:13 PM |
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Hi
There was semi auto 1303 at the VW Nationals many years ago, it was owned by VW executive and the car had survived Cyclone Tracy, the only one I have
seen.
Here is a little known fact about semi auto Beetles, up until 1972 they had no park position, so if you broke a hand brake cable the car would roll
away, the 1973 model (1303) has a park position to lock the transmission.
Steve
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 05:03 PM |
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like i said not many S/L superbugs semi autos sold
alot of ppl brought them when they first came out so theres a fair few 68-70 1500s around
but there pretty tradgic economy wise especially on the highway and accelaration leaves a bit to be desired
my best mate has had 2 1500s, but i've seen 1 semi auto Lbug in my time and steve is spot on the money they have a "P" position next to reverse
from memory altho i have driven a late 72 Sbug that had this as well
afaik semi auto was dropped in late 74
theyre great while they still work well but can be a real nightmare once they start playing up
most get converted to manual
late 70 onwards already has the clutch cable conduit installed
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| posted on January 24th, 2008 at 09:46 PM |
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Hi
I have friend who is a paraplegic, he has 3 1500 Beetle semi autos. He rallies one of them and doesn't have too many dramas reliability wise. At the
moment hes running a 1916 with dual mm webbers etc.
Steve
PS is him getting a bit sideways,
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| posted on January 25th, 2008 at 07:27 AM |
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Steve
Is that Glenn's brother??
Wasnt he building a full auto race car??
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