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| posted on February 4th, 2009 at 06:35 PM |
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My new 68 Beetle
Hope the photo's work.
Bad points: It has some rust spots under rear window, one spot under back passenger glass, next to the top driver door hinge, some small bubbles on
bonnet and next to the accelerator pedal which i'm getting cut out soon.
Good bits: 1916 Penrose built engine, front disc brakes, nice speedy rims, honda seats(not classic look but comfy) and exhaust(which might be a little
too big but makes good noise)
I'm not real good mechanically but hope some of you guys can show me the basics. 
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| posted on February 4th, 2009 at 09:33 PM |
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sweet... another 68
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| posted on February 4th, 2009 at 10:03 PM |
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looks pretty good to me
"honda seats(not classic look but comfy)" dont go classic if you like comfy ,we have standard ones in our 69 ,so flat and plain and you slide around
on them
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| posted on February 5th, 2009 at 05:35 AM |
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Nice looking Beetle!
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Des
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mickmick
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| posted on February 5th, 2009 at 04:19 PM |
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Thanks guys, It looks better in the pics as you can't see the little imperfections but hey, i think its pretty nice 
Also my bonnet is now stuck  Tried pushing down
and lifting also tried with girlfriend pushing release lever in glove box and lifting still no good. Going to have to cut the handle i think. Any
other suggestions you can think of?
Cheers
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Mick058
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| posted on February 6th, 2009 at 07:01 AM |
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cut the handle?
did you wiggle it round a fair bit?
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| posted on February 6th, 2009 at 07:46 AM |
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Does the pull lever "pull" as normally?
can you feel it moving or is the cable snapped do you think?
it may simply need a bit of WD40 or something similar spraying into the catch through the panel line at the front, to free it up a bit,
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| posted on February 6th, 2009 at 05:59 PM |
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mmm i had this issue on my70's vw i just pulled the lever down then jiggled it... but is the bonnet locked (no movement?) or unlocked but release
isnt letting go (bonnet moves up and down but wont come undone)
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| posted on February 6th, 2009 at 06:27 PM |
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My cable broke at the lever. Unsrew the lever and see if the cable is still attached to it.
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| posted on February 7th, 2009 at 10:34 PM |
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By lever you mean the lever in the glovebox yes? I tried to jiggle it around the handle that is and it has a little bit of movement but not much,
there was more sideways movement than up down. Also as i have only discovered the lever, i'm not sure what its normal action is. It seems tight and
doesn't go all the way down. It only has 1 screw and 2 rivets holding it on so i'll need to break the glovebox to see if the wire is connected. Is
there an easy way to check to see if the wire is there?
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| posted on February 8th, 2009 at 10:20 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by eraser
mmm i had this issue on my70's vw i just pulled the lever down then jiggled it... but is the bonnet locked (no movement?) or unlocked but release
isnt letting go (bonnet moves up and down but wont come undone)
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I think its locked. 
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| posted on February 8th, 2009 at 07:08 PM |
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I had this happen once and if you remove the glove box and the dash grill you can actually undo the bonnet bracket bolts and lift the bonnet up to see
what is causing the problem. Bit of a pain in the ass job but the only way I could see to fix it - mine was just incorrect ajustment.
Cheers
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