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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:06 am    Post subject: Is this a super? Reply with quote

I only have photos to go from, the current owner does not know. It's a 1971 model, she says....

Spare tire lays flat in supers... well, I can't tell if it's laying flat under the carpeting... or if it's simply not there in the photo --
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Windsheild is likely curved - though my research says they didn't start with the curved windshield until 73 ... I can't 100% tell from this photo, though it looks curved...maybe?
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Look for struts... well, you saw the photo of the trunk. I've got this that is the best view of the front wheel well.. I can't identify springs.. but I can't NOT identify springs either.
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Dual-port or different engine? She claims it might be different than stock engine... but still, does this lend an clues?
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I'm sure someone is going to yell at me for not getting it right instantly, but I'm new... Can anyone tell me?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Trunk doesn't look like my super. I don't see the strut mounts up top....

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

She's a standard.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also looks like a std. beetle as you almost can see the lower torsion housing in the stand away photo. You want a Super?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Definitely a standard. No strut towers in the trunk = standard.


I like the color though... for no particular reason. Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This thread explains the differences
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=189893
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Is this a super? Reply with quote

lowcrawler wrote:

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It's a standard; a Super would have a row of vent slots on the front apron (below the bumper), and would be visible in your photo above. And I can see part of the front beam in the above photo.

A Super with a curved windshield does NOT have the type of dash shown in your photos, and those Supers are 1973-on.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great! Thanks all.


(yes, if I have a post-67 beetle, I'd rather it be a super)
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice car for a standard. like to colour,
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lowcrawler wrote:
Great! Thanks all.


(yes, if I have a post-67 beetle, I'd rather it be a super)


Why? I admit I like my supers, but I wouldn't pass up a nice one like that.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dual port engine.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is A very nice 100% 1971 standard!!!!!!!!!!! with A 1972 and newer motor
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just saw this and thought... damn, I really like that car. Just buy it. If you don't someone else will.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those of you saying you like it -- how much would you offer. Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lowcrawler wrote:
Those of you saying you like it -- how much would you offer. Wink


Don't know for sure. Depends where you are. Back east prices are higher. Out west they're a little lower.

If it runs well, drives well, and has little to no rust I'd offer maybe 2k and see what happens.

Not a huge fan of the yellow engine tin, but that can be changed easily.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

2k? Wow. I need to move!

I'm in MN ... This goes for 4k. Most 2k cars are pre-restoration around here.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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2k? Wow. I need to move!

I'm in MN ... This goes for 4k. Most 2k cars are pre-restoration around here.


Thanks. Now I have something else to show my friend that thinks 2k is too much for an old bug. Laughing

Assuming it looks as good underneath as it does up top and runs as good as it looks, I wouldn't mind paying closer to 4k for it up in the rust belt.

Down here though clean body cars are pretty easy to come by. Its just the rubber bits that go to hell.

There's a nice 71 near me with new rubber and rust free going for 2k. If I had cash I'd buy it up in a heartbeat. Only issues are turn signals don't work, and it doesn't idle when cold until you drive it around the block. Big whoop, right?
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lowcrawler wrote:
2k? Wow. I need to move!

I'm in MN ... This goes for 4k. Most 2k cars are pre-restoration around here.


Its worth the 4k she is asking.... Did you get a list of everything she did to this car? I am willing to bet she has 6k in receipts. I inquired about the car about two weeks ago and only heard back about it this morning. I already purchased a 1969 from California last week, or I would have driven up today to buy this one (only about 3 hours).

Growing up in Florida, these cars were readily available pretty much everywhere.....Not so much up here in the North.

Good luck either way, I don't think a single inch of that car was untouched based on her pictures and description. would be a nice summer driver, no doubt.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

vw_hank wrote:
That is A very nice 100% 1971 standard!!!!!!!!!!! with A 1972 and newer motor


72 or newer Question
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