One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Deleted member 26715]

Both floor pans have been done, along with heater channels & front inner wings, it appears very solid, needs some paint on the bonnet & roof, may have to do a full respray. Engine seems good, hadn't been started for over 18 months, put some new fuel in connected battery & away it went, well apart from a fuel hose that had perished & sprayed fuel all over the engine.

 

[Gunk]

Picked this up today

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Nice, looks like a 1300. I had an identical car back in 1982 when I was 17.

 

[ozboz]

Picked this up today

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I had one same colour , G reg , i had trouble getting a clutch for it , eventually got one but it was a Combi clutch , the bloke in the VW parts said some had these bigger clutch plates etc that were actually Combi ones , after all the trouble of getting it sorted I turned it over on a lane near Whitchurch Hampshire !!

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Nice, looks like a 1300. I had an identical car back in 1982 when I was 17.

It's got a 1600 fitted not had chance to see if it's original yet, has disc brakes on the front as well, again not sure if they are standard, it's still on the back of the truck it was dark when I got back. I'd also delivered the buggy in my avatar to it's new owner & done 10 hours behind the wheel so when I got home I'd had enough

 

[Gunk]

Should be a 1300 twin port. I’m surprised it had survived, the early ‘70’s we’re not a high point for Beetle build quality, most crumbled away.

 

[gbb]

Should be a 1300 twin port. I’m surprised it had survived, the early ‘70’s we’re not a high point for Beetle build quality, most crumbled away.

I can only vouch for one but a colleague had a K or maybe L reg one too, so 1971, 1972 ?, the rust on it was ...very extensive, bearing in mind that was in 1977. Not much life left in it after only 5 or 6 years use.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Should be a 1300 twin port. I’m surprised it had survived, the early ‘70’s we’re not a high point for Beetle build quality, most crumbled away.

It's a 1600 AD engine according to https://www.heritagepartscentre.com/uk/vw-aircooled-engine-codes it fits right for the age of it 8/70/7/73 as date of first reg is 01/06/1972

 

[Jody]

It's got a 1600 fitted not had chance to see if it's original yet,

I think it's had the engine replaced some years ago looking at the serial number.

 

[Gunk]

The 1600 twin port was introduced for the “big Beetle” the 1302s and 1303s. Yours would have been a 1300. But all the engines are all interchangeable (with some minor clutch mods) I had a 1965 single port 1300 running in my 1972 1300 after the old engine let go. So most by now have been swapped.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I think it's had the engine replaced some years ago looking at the serial number.

Yep I reckon you are right, that extra 10bhp makes all the difference

 

[swee'pea99]

Moggy minor

Apologies - forgot about this. Anyway, correct!

 

[Drago]

I used to car share with a guy that ran a mid 60s Beetle all year round. He was a karting champion in his youth and we'd spend most of the journey too and from work going sideways.

 

[raleighnut]

You could stick a Porsche 356 motor in the Beetle, same floor pan or even take it out to 'Variant' spec (1800) I think 2.2 is about the max that the block will take but then you're into mega money to keep reliability (Carillo rods etc)

 

[Drago]

Aye, when I was in my teens I once saw a beetle parked up with a Porschewagen badge. Me and my spotty mates were eying it up when the owner returned, and he was happy to show is the early 912E motor in there.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Son's already researching on how the fit a Scoobie motor in it