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Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:01 am

Picked this up a few weeks ago.

Going to need pans, some RHD headlights, RHD interior rearview mirror, rear glass, taillights and I want to get a matching pear-shaped driver's side exterior rearview. Plan to get a ragtop grafted into it also.
Car is pretty solid otherwise. Was undercoated and rustproofed. There are holes where the rustproofing was sprayed into the channels and then plugged.

Anyone with links to Japanese, UK and Australian sites??

Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:04 am

Unless you are going to be driving on the right side of the road you don't want RHD headlights.

Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:33 am

drscope wrote: Unless you are going to be driving on the right side of the road you don't want RHD headlights.

^^Agree. Illegal also in most states.

Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:38 am

Dose it have the third vin plate on the engine fire well?

Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:17 pm

drscope wrote: Unless you are going to be driving on the right side of the road you don't want RHD headlights.

Good thought! Hadn't considered that, thanks.

sixty7bugin wrote: Dose it have the third vin plate on the engine fire well?

I'll check. Where is it located on the firewall?

Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:33 pm

Where were the Japanese Beetles built? Are they shipped from Germany or did the come from Australia?

Andy

Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:32 pm

i can't say where it came from but that beetle wasn't made in australia.
we kept the small pre 65 sized windows until the end of the 67 model. we also kept a lot of other older features until then.

this is the australian site with the highest traffic.

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/index.php

Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:49 pm

Thanks Henry. I would have loved a small window car, but this will do just fine! 8)

Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:23 pm

that hood is gangsta…someone put some time into that.

Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:38 pm

a buddy of mine has a japanese beetle but his is left hand drive, his is a 58 and has the japan tag on the right side engine compartment firewall.
why would his be left hand drive but have the documentation but yours is a rhd later model

Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:46 am

What makes you think this is a japanese beetle? I have a 59 japanese LHD bug and the third vin is located to the right of the fan shroud on the firewall.

Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:24 am

sixty7bugin wrote: What makes you think this is a japanese beetle? I have a 59 japanese LHD bug and the third vin is located to the right of the fan shroud on the firewall.

Well this was in the glovebox...... :wink:
It's an owners/workshop manual.

Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:43 am

davebuckholts wrote: sixty7bugin wrote: What makes you think this is a japanese beetle? I have a 59 japanese LHD bug and the third vin is located to the right of the fan shroud on the firewall.

Well this was in the glovebox...... :wink:
It's an owners/workshop manual.

nice dose it have the third vin plate? It should say yanase tokyo japan on the top.

Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:56 pm

check out my buddies japanese vw
http://www.dlkweb.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3885

Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:39 am

sixty7bugin wrote: nice dose it have the third vin plate? It should say yanase tokyo japan on the top.

Unfortunately, the third VIN plate is not present...Did ALL Japanese import models have them?
I need to send off for the birth certificate I suppose.

Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:01 pm

davebuckholts wrote: sixty7bugin wrote: nice dose it have the third vin plate? It should say yanase tokyo japan on the top.

Unfortunately, the third VIN plate is not present...Did ALL Japanese import models have them?
I need to send off for the birth certificate I suppose. as far as I know thay did but it wasn't attached very well. Just screws and only through the tar bord. Not the steel fire wall. I've seen the third vin on a couple 67's if you get the birth certificate i'd like to see it. I haven't got mine yet.

Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:44 pm

I've got some questions.

Why does the hood have the slots in them? Sounds like a weird idea if you have to drive in the rain.

What's different about right hand drive headlights? Thanks

Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:23 am

67buggybrandon wrote: I've got some questions.

Why does the hood have the slots in them? Sounds like a weird idea if you have to drive in the rain.

What's different about right hand drive headlights? Thanks

The louvers in the hood are custom. And it does let water in. Just a styling thing, sorta old school hot rod.

The RHD headlights point to the left, while LHD headlights ppoint to the right.

The tar board is not present in the engine compartment. That's too bad. :cry:
I'll send off for the birth certificate soon....

Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:52 pm

So I've started tearing into this car.....
Going to need pans and looks like a drivers side heater channel.

Ziebart didn't work...

Pan ledges are fgoing to be fine to mount the new ones on them..

Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:44 am

looking good dave. I have the glass you need just let me know. popouts too if you want.