Oh yeah I like Rockauto really well. I placed a big order with JBugs recently for a bunch of more parts but Rockauto is where I’ll be using for the parts that are important and they have a faster shipping time. And haha on the fuel filter.
If I recall correctly the 1970 did not have vents in the body behind the rear windows...these were introduced in 1971....
That's true, but no worries about this being a 70', as it's a Super Beetle, which came out in 71'.
According to the original owner and the second owner it hasn’t been but I don’t know. The vin matches a standard beetle but I agree it appears to have been redone at some point. And I looked on the chassis for the number it matches as well. I guess we will call it the mystery beetle. According to everyone I have talked too they used to not put vin numbers on titles so you could have a title and a car and the car was yours if it was the same make and model so there is a possibility it got switched at some point in that time period.
Ha ha ha! The groceries on the passenger seat thing! Now I remember what you guys are talking about!
The vin belongs to a German beetle it says on the plate it’s a German one. However the number is for a standard but this ones a super so it’s a mystery lol and all the numbers on it match the chassis number and both vin plates.
The vin tells me it’s German. I don’t think in the 70s they made them anywhere but Germany but I could be wrong. The vin however is for a standard beetle and not a super so that’s a mystery I’m trying to figure out on some others if anyone else has this mystery but it appears I’m alone lol.
I bought a 73 super Beatle brand new. It had big dash curved Windshield .
Yes I have determined after talking to the second owner who sold it to the person I bought it from it had the body swapped from a 1971 model so it is a 1973 chassis with a 1971 body and fenders and interior. He didn’t tell me that till I asked about how come it didn’t match a 1973 one.
A lack of details on the exact history is not always available on a car that is nearing its 50th birthday.
Well it has majority of the service records from all 4 previous owners. So that’s the good part. Just that wasn’t noted and my teacher who I got it from didn’t know either.
