Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years

hopkin · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:52 pm Post subject:

No worries I only took the breather off for the picture.

Besides 24 C today, first day out in the car. It's may snow tomorrow, so I went for a drive instead of fixing anything. Roof open, windows down, tunes up!

It was a little cooler by the (Ottawa) river, but I stopped for a photo anyways Smile

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Just a couple of weeks ago:

hopkin · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 3:31 pm Post subject:

Fixed, good investment of 15 minutes. The wire wasn't worn through on my car but you can see the shiny part on the fan shroud where the wire touched.

Second pic shows plastic cover over the wire. I also wrapped a little extra electrical tape (under the plastic cover) where the wire touches the fan shroud.

Gerrelt · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:10 am Post subject:

Nice work, that looks factory.

Cool pictures too! The one in the snow is excellent.
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GArBa · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:23 am Post subject:

so yesterday I went to make a similar work on my car and was quite pleased to discover that my wire assembly, while looking exactly as hopkin's and Gerrelt's "before" pics, sits about 1cm above the fan shroud.

The assembly has a more pronounced bend (about 90° I'd say) and t's held in position (quite firmly) by the clamp on the shroud, and the only way to make it touch it would be to push hard from above.

I suspected a corrective action by the PO, but my shroud doesn't even have wear signs on it as hopkin's so I guess this was some sort of quick fix from the factory.

I left it alone for now, I'm going to keep an eye on it though.
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hopkin · Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 7:35 pm Post subject:

Well no one else is posting any photos, so I thought I'd put up another one of my favorites to contrast the depressing snow picture. I took this picture last spring.

GArBa · Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 10:19 am Post subject:

fresh oil and clean injectors... purring like a kitten!

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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

ento · Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 10:57 am Post subject:

Tell me more about these cars with the full sliding rag!?!?!?!?!?!? Is that a factory option available in Mexico or Brazil?
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Gerrelt · Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 4:27 am Post subject:

There are two versions:

1. The ones that where converted by (or commissioned by) VW Mexico. Recognizable on by the rear window. The window is not square, but the sides are angled inside. If the ragtop fabric wasn't replaced at one time, of course.

2. In Germany there was a company called Wennsauer that converted normal beetles. They used a kit that looked a lot like the first version, but the rear window was square. This kit has fragile plastic components, so they say.
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ento · Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 7:18 am Post subject:

I live literally next door to Mexico and unfortunately have never seen one. I'm going to have some of the juarez club guys if they have seen any for sale Smile

. Thanks for the info
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76 baja
76 sun bug sunroof
64,66,67,68 bug
69,70 bay
61 Ragtop bug, 61 sedan(looking for the vert)
61 RHD Ragtop Semaphore bug fakeAF
64,64 KG
74 thing
55 oval
70 ratrod
73 fastback pignose

hopkin · Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 12:51 pm Post subject:

I know of a few in the US and Canada (including mine Very Happy

), but most of them were sold in Europe.

Google 'Open Air' or 'Open Air Kafer' and you should see more pictures.
In Mexico they are called 'Toldo Electrico', see below for a flyer I found a while back.

www.1600i.de has a gallery of Mexican Beetles, lots of 'open airs' posted there.

hopkin · Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 1:42 pm Post subject:

I was bored today so I thought I would fix the crappy job I did on the vapor barrier I installed when I replaced my driver's door scrapers last year.

I had cut the plastic a little short and then had to make a big hole for the door speaker (after I took the first picture below).
Today, I cut out a new one and left a 'pocket' for the speaker with only a small hole for the wires. I also used some 3M adhesive for a better seal.

I took this picture during the scraper install last year:

After:

Pocket:

bandi · Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 8:05 pm Post subject:

Got the '83 out of the barn on Saturday, installed some H4s, a rear foglight, and tossed the awful Empi Solex knock-off carb, rebuilt a nice Solex and we're ready to rock! Apparently the gaskets in the Empi carbs dissolve in gasoline- this carb was 2 years old and the float was filled with black mung that used to be the top gasket. (Hence no low speed circuit, as it clogged all of the passages.) The previous owner said this engine had a performance cam in it, and after driving the car when it's running properly- I believe him, it's got some pep!

I also installed a more period radio than the JVC CD player it came with, a Pioneer KE-4300- from 1983.

Oh yeah... I threw a German plate on the front as well, from Stuttgart! (this car was originally sold in Germany)
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GArBa · Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 1:24 pm Post subject:

hopkin · Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 6:23 pm Post subject:

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2weel · Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 11:12 pm Post subject: Ignition parts?

Where do you guys buy ignition parts for the motors from Brazil?

I have a 9-230-081-047 distributor I want to get Points, Cap Rotor and Condenser for.

With an 047 distributor is there a cross reference number for these parts made by Bosch?

GArBa · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 1:36 am Post subject:

unfortunately until now I think most if not all of the posters in this thread own mexican beetles, which have relatively more in common with their german cousins than the brazilians. In fact, while on late mexibugs the engine block was indeed made in Brazil, most of the ancillaries were either mexican- or german-made. I recall the distributor you need is out from a VW brasilia though, they were also assembled in Mexico so maybe Antonio Trejo has what you need or can give you some help.
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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

2weel · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 3:46 pm Post subject:

hopkin · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 4:17 pm Post subject:


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