Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years

hopkin · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 5:44 am Post subject:

Here's the Google Maps co-ordinates of where the pictures of my car were taken in Germany:

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Tomper+Str.+172,+...10673,349m

Meanwhile back in Mexico:

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1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

Gerrelt · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:06 am Post subject:

There is a good chance your beetle visited the international VW beetle meeting in Budel, The Netherlands: http://www.beautifulbudel.nl/index.php/en/
It's about 60 km from Mönchengladbach.

But, it was probably there before the digital camera age, so finding pictures of it on the internet will be difficult..
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Gerrelt · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 1:11 pm Post subject:

I found another difference between the 1996 floorpan and the 1972 floorpan. The throttle cable is somehow routed differently, and now the throttle cable is a few cm's to long.
Does anybody know what length off the 1996 throttle cable is? I will probably remove the current throttle cable and measure it, so don't go into too much trouble.. Smile

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hopkin · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 1:54 pm Post subject:

I see two lengths of cables and 3 part numbers in the parts list guide.

It looks like 68-73 is 2627mm ...

111721555E
accelerator cable / F 118 477 237>> 113 2763 261
2627MM /
111721555J
accelerator cable / F 113 2763 252>> 1B-2-999 000
2650MM /
1B0721555
accelerator cable / F 1B-3-000 001>>
2650MM /
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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

hopkin · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 3:38 pm Post subject:

hopkin · Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:44 am Post subject:

I scored this Beetles UK flyer, it arrived today in the mail.

It shows an open air version I haven't seen before. This version looks like it has a better seal at the front.

If anyone has one of these conversions, please post some photos.

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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

Gerrelt · Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:53 pm Post subject:

They even converted them to right hand drive, I bet they weren't cheap.
The ragtop looks like good quality, it even has a wind spoiler.
And the engine has a V-belt tensioner, if you look a the small pictures at the bottom.
Also one of the small pictures shows the disk brakes, but it looks like the disk is on the wrong side of the wheel.. Smile

As we are talking about different versions of open-air beetles:

I recently found this advert in the Beetle - Split window part of the Samba forum:

(source)

It was made by a swiss company called "Tuscher" that converted split window beetles to "cabrio-limousine" beetles.
An example:

They say there are only five left of these.

There was also a Dutch company called "Coenen" that did them:

It could be none of these conversions survived. I've never seen one.

It's funny that they only did this giant ragtop at the start and at the end of the production of the VW beetle.
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hopkin · Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:14 pm Post subject:

GArBa · Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 3:03 pm Post subject:

even tough the picture angle makes it look bigger, I think that sunroof on the beetlesUK "open air" is actually the same britax unit that was popular through the eighties as an aftermarket option on 1200L mexi beetles.
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'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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Bruce · Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:58 pm Post subject:

GArBa · Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:32 am Post subject:

hopkin · Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 1:38 pm Post subject:

I posted this on another thread, but I'll add it here as well. I went to a show in Syracuse, NY last week and won first place in my class:

It was a great event, weather was perfect, more pictures from the show here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7783334
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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

Gerrelt · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 4:26 am Post subject:

Congratulations! Well deserved.

I've finished my exhaust, I've welded in a O2 sensor bung in a standard exhaust.
I think this O2 sensor position is only useable if you have a removable rear apron.

I am almost ready to start the engine again, it hasn't run in a long time.

The rear fenders are fiberglass ones, I've bought these second hand. They are standard width, which is difficult to find second hand.
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hopkin · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 5:59 am Post subject:

Gerrelt:

Looking good, I was wondering about your oxygen sensor when I saw that you were using an older muffler.

The fiberglass fenders look in good shape (and match).

(My neighbor has a '69 convertible and it took us a while to determine why something just wasn't right. The two rear fenders are very close, but don't quite match. The tire sticks out a little more on one side and the lights are slightly off. Not enough to notice unless you look for a few minutes.)

Are you still doing the roof this fall, I haven't forgotten about my (now 25 page) report that documents the roof. It's on hold until the fall, I'd rather be driving than writing. If so please take some pictures.

I do have to say, from your picture, the roof looks in better shape than mine.
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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

Gerrelt · Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 1:03 pm Post subject:

Yeah I might do the roof this fall. Allthough I don't want to do it when it's too cold. For the fabric it's better when it's a little warmer, I guess 15 degrees celsius or more.
Our current roof is not good. There is a stitched 30 cm cut in it, and some small cuts where the roof-bows end. And there is a small cut in the rear window.

This evening we (I say "we", but I mean our 11 year old daughter Laughing

), started the engine for the first time after not running for one and a half years.
Of course, we made a video of it:

Link

It ran pretty smooth, right away. I am pretty happy with it! Cool

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hopkin · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 12:33 pm Post subject:

We've been having some warm weather this past week, in the 90s.

I took the second picture below today to contrast one I took in Jan; 103 degree difference. Note that I had the heat set to 90F in the first picture, and the AC set to 60F (lowest it will go) in the second. Oddly the compass reading is different ('SE' vs. 'S').
-13F (-25C):

90F (32C):

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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

GArBa · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:41 am Post subject:

I finally had time to install the OE style hanbrake lever handle (311 711 327A) my wife bought me some time ago. I was not sure I liked the look over my previous home made attempt, but it is growing on me.

the flash makes it look blue-ish but under normal lighting it is as black as the rest of the lever.

installing it was a matter of minutes, also took the opportunity to swap the passenger's door loking knob as last week I had busted it with my elbow while cleaning the windows... Embarassed

luckily VW classic parts had them in stock.

it was likely already cracked from being overtightened so it was not my fault... well not entirely.
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cars:
'97 type 1 1600i
~~'14 type AA Seat Mii~~ (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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moped:
'82 Benelli Magnum 3v

hopkin · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 4:29 pm Post subject:

I like that brake handle, looks good.
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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

hopkin · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 6:32 pm Post subject:

I had a chance to visit Scotland with my car today, it was a short visit as the town has only 2 stop signs.

Took a picture of my car, still with the UK plate on the front, beside the Scotland sign:

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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)

hopkin · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2015 5:56 am Post subject:

I picked up this little piece of shrapnel the other day. It was jabbed just enough in the sidewall to ruin the tire. Fortunately no blow out at speed, just a flat tire when I came out to get in the car.

There was scrapping on the inside of the wheel well. I heard it when I was driving, but had (fortunately) only a couple km to my stop.

For now, I've got the 19 year old original factory tires back on the car:

Sadly, (

) the show season is finished here, so I'm not really driving the car much until the spring.

I was able to track down an exact replacement tire in the US and I picked it up yesterday.
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1971 Super Beetle (past)
1971 Super Beetle (past)
1974 SunBug (past)
1972 914 (past)
1991 Honda Civic (Original Owner)
1996 'Open Air' Mexican Beetle (current)
2015 Golf (current)
2017 Dune Edition (daughter's car)


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