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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:01 am    Post subject: will 72 super beetle doors fit on a 71 vw beetle? Reply with quote

i am trying to make a volksrod and i have a rusted out 71 vw bug and a 72 super bug the super bug is in good condition but the 71 is rusted at the doors, can i take the super beetle doors and put them on the 71?

also can i take the super beetle's floor pans and put them in the 71 regular bug? thanks
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I may be wrong but I think 68+ doors will fit. So yes.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

As far as I know Every bug 68+ is the same from the door post back, I may be wrong, But i'm pretty sure you can swap them with no hassles
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes.. 68 & up all fit, But 68-70 have the smaller indent behind the door handle so if you use those years you mite wont to change both doors.. I have 69's on my 72 super.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

68+ doors fit, the only thing that changed was the arm rest in '73. If you had a '74 door and wanted it on a '70 but wanted to keep the '70 armrest, a little playing around would have to be done.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A true rod won't have armrests or inner door panels anyway??
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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68+ doors fit, the only thing that changed was the arm rest in '73. If you had a '74 door and wanted it on a '70 but wanted to keep the '70 armrest, a little playing around would have to be done.
Yes your right,, I have the 74 arm rest,, Laughing my cars A mutt! 72 super, 69 doors, 74 arm rest.. there not to hard to retro fit.. I like the 74+ arm rest!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If the super is rustfree, why dont you rebuild that car. A 70s standard that is rusted out will never be a holy grail anyway. Good doors wont help, the rest of the car is probably just as bad. And you dont take pans out of a fresh car, you buy replacements. Its 40 years since the supers debuted, its about time to accept them as true beetles and the ultimate evolution of our favorite car.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ha ha.. yea.. I guess some don't consider em ..

yea.. the doors fit just fine. The hoods on 71-72 won't fit "real" supers but the back bits are all the same.


I am curious about these floor swap things people talk about.

How the heck do you get them out in one piece worth using? Probably be doable with the body off.. but having just replaced my pans.. I can't imagine trying to get them out in good condition.

The pans are so cheap.. and so repairable... one or the other seems much easier.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

vw_hank wrote:
Yes.. 68 & up all fit, But 68-70 have the smaller indent behind the door handle so if you use those years you mite wont to change both doors.. I have 69's on my 72 super.


Exterior door handle? AFAIK the outer skins are all the same from '68 up. The inner skins changed as said before to change the arm rest (late has plastic inserts to bolt the arm rest to, early has the rest bolted to the door card which hooks on the door.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Neil Davies wrote:
vw_hank wrote:
Yes.. 68 & up all fit, But 68-70 have the smaller indent behind the door handle so if you use those years you mite wont to change both doors.. I have 69's on my 72 super.


Exterior door handle? AFAIK the outer skins are all the same from '68 up. The inner skins changed as said before to change the arm rest (late has plastic inserts to bolt the arm rest to, early has the rest bolted to the door card which hooks on the door.
that is wrong, the outer door skin is not the same.. the door has A smaller indent behind the door handle on 1968-70
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Let me get this straight ... 68+ doors will work now will door panels off a 71 standard swap with a 74sb and vise versa , or are the arm rest diferent ........I just don't get it but I'm getting there.!
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

vw_hank wrote:
Neil Davies wrote:
vw_hank wrote:
Yes.. 68 & up all fit, But 68-70 have the smaller indent behind the door handle so if you use those years you mite wont to change both doors.. I have 69's on my 72 super.


Exterior door handle? AFAIK the outer skins are all the same from '68 up. The inner skins changed as said before to change the arm rest (late has plastic inserts to bolt the arm rest to, early has the rest bolted to the door card which hooks on the door.
that is wrong, the outer door skin is not the same.. the door has A smaller indent behind the door handle on 1968-70


I stand corrected! Laughing It must be a very small difference, not like the change from '67 to '68, which is huge! After 15 years of pretty much immersing myself in everything VW, I'm still learning!
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

68IHscout wrote:
Let me get this straight ... 68+ doors will work now will door panels off a 71 standard swap with a 74sb and vise versa , or are the arm rest diferent ........I just don't get it but I'm getting there.!
68 and up are the same, most of the aftermarket ones are universal and well fit 65 & up. but the arm rest are different, thy changed in 74. I got them to work in my 72,, i just modified the mount A little..
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