I bought a 71 Super Beetle

Dhalsim · 30 April 2009

Does anyone here own a VW bug? I was originally looking for project bug that I could put some time and effort into rebuilding/fixing up or whatever but I ran across this 99% original bug that was in great condition and couldn't pas on it.

Anyway my plan now is to detail it really well, work on the engine a little, and replace a few worn items and give it to my father. Its goign to be tough though cause I'm really liking this car.

Here are a few pics.

goldNSX · 30 April 2009

30-35 years ago my dad had such a beetle, same color, 1200 ccm engine. I don't miss it. Just buy a Nissan Cherry Coupe 1.3 in gold and you have his car after the bug. :wink:

sca037 · 30 April 2009

We have a '68 Beetle that has been in storage since 1993 (it's a restoration project for another day), that always put a smile on our faces when driving it :biggrin:

Peace out,
Brian
(hey, we have a red 944 too!)

docjohn · 30 April 2009

Lol ,I learned to drive a stick in that car circa 1976:smile:

mickeylex · 30 April 2009

I learned to drive a stick in my wife's (then girlfriend) '73. After we sold the '73, got a '69 w/ a factory sunroof and white interior. Put Porsche chromies on it. That was a fun car.

You'll enjoy the Beetle. Sometimes its just fun to drive around slow. :smile:

0ctan3 · 30 April 2009

I had a '72 super beetle in high school, with the 3-speed Autostick transmission, it was pretty wacky.

yours looks to be in great shape!

coolnsx · 30 April 2009

I have a '72 Super Beetle with less the 50K on the clock. Original paint and interior!!

Dhalsim · 30 April 2009

coolnsx said:
I have a '72 Super Beetle with less the 50K on the clock. Original paint and interior!!

wow.

That must be nice. Lets see some pics.

Cairo94507 · 1 May 2009

OMG! I had a '71 Shantung (sp?) Yellow VW Super Beetle just like that back in 1974. It was a great car. Good luck.

myguitar · 1 May 2009

Holy crap man, that thing is nice! I've never seen one so clean. Not since the 80's anyway. Congrats!

Mirroredshades · 7 May 2009

I've thought about getting one of those just for fun. Hmmm...... I wonder if any are for sale around here.

NSX 3.0 · 7 May 2009

Cool...my very first car was a 76.

queenlives · 7 May 2009

we had an early 70's vw camper back in the day. loved it, took it everywhere.

NSXrunner · 7 May 2009

queenlives said:
we had an early 70's vw camper back in the day. loved it, took it everywhere.

Damn that brings back memories with me as well. If I had the room (and the know how). I'd get me a 70's VW Van and restore it. It would be an awesome cruiser, granted very slow, but still very cool IMO.

Nice super beetle btw!!

:smile:

jmp · 7 May 2009

That looks like a beauty. As a kid, I used to fix these things up and sell them. Are you sure it is a superbeetle? I had thought one difference between a regular beetle and a Super is that regular beetle's have perflectly flat windshields and super's have curved. Yours appears to be flat. I may be wrong.

Inspect under your battery tray (if you haven't already) under the rear seat, passenger side. That is where these cars start rusting as battery acid leaks, pours onto the floorpan and rust begins. I would add a plastic battery box to limit or avoid this problem

Other then that have fun with it.

Dhalsim · 7 May 2009

jmp said:
That looks like a beauty. As a kid, I used to fix these things up and sell them. Are you sure it is a superbeetle? I had thought one difference between a regular beetle and a Super is that regular beetle's have perflectly flat windshields and super's have curved. Yours appears to be flat. I may be wrong.

Inspect under your battery tray (if you haven't already) under the rear seat, passenger side. That is where these cars start rusting as battery acid leaks, pours onto the floorpan and rust begins. I would add a plastic battery box to limit or avoid this problem

Other then that have fun with it.

Yes this is a 1302 Superbeetle with the flat windshield. I believe in 72 and onward they made the curved windshield supers. Although I didnt include the pic the spare lays horizontal in the trunk as all Supers do instead of vertical like in the standard beetle.

jmp · 13 May 2009

Have fun with it. Nice!

SurfsUP · 14 May 2009

Man, Congrats on such a nice find!
My first beetle was also a 71 Super Beetle and I didn't even have a driver's license yet. I was in High school and my dad got it from his friend for my 16 B-day.

Currently I own a 64 Beetle that I got from my friend. It's no where near original now, I wished it was but I got it cheap. It's been repainted and the engine is from my friend's 73 VW Fast back, 1600 cc. Interior has to be finished.
Here's mine.

Gofastguy · 14 May 2009

Coolness. I had a 71 SB for about a year or so. I was cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Great car, though..Later traded it for a Keyboard (Hohner clavinet, actually!) ...Wish I still had either!!!

-Robert

Dhalsim · 14 May 2009

SurfsUP said:
Man, Congrats on such a nice find!
My first beetle was also a 71 Super Beetle and I didn't even have a driver's license yet. I was in High school and my dad got it from his friend for my 16 B-day.

Currently I own a 64 Beetle that I got from my friend. It's no where near original now, I wished it was but I got it cheap. It's been repainted and the engine is from my friend's 73 VW Fast back, 1600 cc. Interior has to be finished.
Here's mine.

Thats a nice looking bug.

gdae · 15 May 2009

OP, I had that very car in orange.:biggrin:
What sticks out in my mind is so-so brakes, so-so acceleration, wind wing A/C, my hair standing on end when the back end broke loose, and, overall, a lot of fun.
I commuted 100 mi/day to college. It's a great car for drafting behind big rigs.

Texas91Brent · 15 May 2009

SurfsUP said:
Man, Congrats on such a nice find!
My first beetle was also a 71 Super Beetle and I didn't even have a driver's license yet. I was in High school and my dad got it from his friend for my 16 B-day.

Currently I own a 64 Beetle that I got from my friend. It's no where near original now, I wished it was but I got it cheap. It's been repainted and the engine is from my friend's 73 VW Fast back, 1600 cc. Interior has to be finished.
Here's mine.

Looks like fun...My buddy loaned me his super beetle in High school..Bright Orange...:biggrin:

Jett · 27 May 2009

I had a '72 super beetle in high school, with the 3-speed Autostick transmission, it was pretty wacky.

My friend had a bone-white Beetle in the 80's that had the autostick. I drove it a few times. It was strange since you couldn't keep your hand on the shifter - you had to reach, shift, then remove your hand. It also seemed like it took forever to shift once: reach, grip the shifter, wait for the sensor to sense your hand there, wait for the vacuum-operated clutch to disengage, shift, remove hand, wait for the next gear to engage. By the time the process was complete (yawn), it was time to start all over again. If it had taken any longer, the car could not have moved forward - by the time the shifting process would finish, the car would slow down so much as to need to be downshifted again.

I worked with a guy once who was an ex-biker. He said that when they needed a VW (very popular with bikers) engine, they would go to the VW dealership at night with a wire cutter and the correct-sized ratchet. If I remember correctly, he said that four bolts held the engine in place. Cut the wires, remove four bolts (not rusted in with a new VW) to drop the engine, lift the rear of the car off the engine, load it onto a pickup truck, and split. Gone in sixty seconds!

I bought a 71 Super Beetle

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