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Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:42 pm

Here's mine ts not done yet I'm going to change the engine out I'm not shure what in going to put in type4 of subaru .

Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:58 pm

eFxx wrote: Juanito_C wrote:

Seriously, SERIOUSLY tasty.

Thanks :P

Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:59 pm

new driving lights :twisted:

Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:09 am

kakarottt wrote:

Any idea what these bugs are? Years/models? Man...that blue one is gorgeous. Love the interior, too.

Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:53 pm

silver is a 73+ super

blue one is a 72- super im guessing because of flat window and the watermark ;)

Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:26 pm

The blue one is not a super beetle, and it is most likely a 68-70 because there is no cresent vent behind the rear windows

Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:14 pm

vugbug68 wrote: The blue one is not a super beetle, and it is most likely a 68-70 because there is no cresent vent behind the rear windows The crest is there, just not rolling eyebrows!

Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:04 pm

vugbug68 wrote: The blue one is not a super beetle, and it is most likely a 68-70 because there is no cresent vent behind the rear windows

72-73 European 1200 :wink:

They didn't have the flow through ventilation system

Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:34 pm

TjdTaylor wrote: silver is a 73+ super

blue one is a 72- super im guessing because of flat window and the watermark ;)

I messed up. I meant the gray one was the super ](*,) ](*,) Im so retarded :roll:

Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:35 pm

its hard to tell from the angle if it has the indent or not, couldn't it be a euro 68-70? is that the only way to tell?

Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:42 pm

I can see the indent?
But I was more going off the big 72 onwards back window
There's also a rear shot of the same car floating around the interwebz, trust me its a 72 or 73 1200 unless a whole heap of other stuffs been changed too. :wink:

Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:41 am

Sorry Joel, but Vugbug86 is the winner.

It's a dutch car, and if you zoom in, you can read the dutch licenseplate: AH-94-00
The dutch DMV (called RDW) has a website on which you can check a license plate.

Follow this link, and fill in "AH9400" in the yellow box: Link to RDW site , and then click on the "Historie" (=History) tab.

It shows that the car is from 18th of february 1969 (date in european format: 18-02-1969). See the date behind "Datum eerste toelating", which is the build date.

The "AH" in the license plate also tells us that this car was imported later into the Netherlands.
Over here, you can apply for an oldtimer licenseplate when importing, if your car is old enough. The new dutch license plates are yellow, but most people don't like that on an old car, so you can request an oldtimer licenseplate, which is dark blue.
For these cases they use special ranges, of which the "AH" range is one of them.

The RDW website also confirms this car was imported into the Netherlands, the last date is the date it was first registered in the Netherlands.
The middle date is the date the car last changed owner.
This tells us the guy who imported it (on 18th of september 2001), still owns it! These last two dates are the same.
He now owns it for 11 years.

OK, I'll stop the boring dutch license plate regulations lesson now... :lol:

Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:15 pm

it also might be a 1200 body on a different pan and he has it registered according to the pan, I'd hope the car has IRS :wink:

Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:20 pm

I'd say you're right cos here is a rear shot of the same car and it definitely has the big 72 onwards back window and blank crescent vents
I can also see from this side it has the non cable open fuel door so it's 73 1200 (well body anyway)

Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:18 pm

WAIT!!!! There is a cable open fuel door? Is my 74 super spossed to have it, cause i dont :-s

Thu Jun 07, 2012 7:32 pm

Only on 69-72.
That little cable must have really broken the bank cos they dropped it again in 73 and offered a locking cap as an option instead :lol:

Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:10 am

Gerrelt wrote:

I want some of those hood hinges!

Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:40 pm

JDGas wrote: Gerrelt wrote:

I want some of those hood hinges!

I wanna know what that color is from!

Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:08 pm

Joel wrote: Only on 69-72.
That little cable must have really broken the bank cos they dropped it again in 73 and offered a locking cap as an option instead :lol:

*phew* though i was missing something ;)

Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:09 pm

The blue bug is a 1200 from 1973, and is put on a irs pan from 1969 in the year 2001. I own this car since 1993!
Unfortunately the car has been damaged in my garage and the front has to be repainted, didn't have the time and the motivation yet, but gone get started again soon.....