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Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:23 pm

I've got a coworker that said when he was in Germany in the early 70's he had a '59 Beetle with factory front disc brakes.
I called bullshit, but want to ask around to see if there was a "special" German model that may have had disc?

Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:41 pm

Nope, Beetles were not available with disc brakes until '67.

Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:29 am

What model Beetle came with disc brakes in '67? I don't know of any that were imported into the US that had disc. Just curious.

Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:07 am

no beetles were impoted in 1967 with disc brakes.. wasnt the T3 the first to have them?

Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:20 am

Euro 1500 models had them, and those you see here in the US were either grey-market cars or those someone bought under tourist delivery.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:39 am

Bobby M. wrote: I've got a coworker that said when he was in Germany in the early 70's he had a '59 Beetle with factory front disc brakes.
He's full of sh!t. Very few cars in the 50s had disc brakes. Even PORSCHES didn't have them until the early 60s.

Tue Nov 04, 2008 5:21 am

Bobby M. wrote: I've got a coworker that said when he was in Germany in the early 70's he had a '59 Beetle with factory front disc brakes.
I called bullshit, but want to ask around to see if there was a "special" German model that may have had disc?

Alot of folks who "had a VW" have no idea what year it was. You friend probably had a "69."

-jeffrey

Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:09 pm

He finally, gave in and said "Maybe it was the '69 Beetle I had a few years later".....

Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:29 pm

Bobby M. wrote: He finally, gave in and said "Maybe it was the '69 Beetle I had a few years later".....

:lol: I get dumb stuff like that all the time, its always a 70's bug with the oval window with a porsche engine.