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brese73
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 Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 8:40 am Post subject: 68/69 beetle transaxle differences |
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| any significant differences between swing transaxles from these 2 years? |
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airschooled
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2017 8:47 am Post subject: Re: 68/69 beetle transaxle differences |
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| brese73 wrote: |
| any significant differences between swing transaxles from these 2 years? |
Quite a bit, yes. The '69+ standard bugs came from the factory with "IRS" transaxles, so they're not the swing axle type. Some factories (Brazil or Australia maybe?) might have offered a swing-axle transaxle after 1968, but the USA-delivered German bugs did not.
If you have a swing-axle gearbox date-stamped "69" then it could be a factory replacement part, in which case it should be workable in an earlier car.
Good luck,
Robbie
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Joel
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 5:12 am Post subject: Re: 68/69 beetle transaxle differences |
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| asiab3 wrote: |
| Some factories (Brazil or Australia maybe?) might have offered a swing-axle transaxle after 1968, but the USA-delivered German bugs did not. |
North America was the only place to get standard bugs with IRS to shut Ralph Nader up, they stayed swing axle everywhere else right till the end in 2003
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airschooled
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 9:46 am Post subject: Re: 68/69 beetle transaxle differences |
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| Joel wrote: |
| asiab3 wrote: |
| Some factories (Brazil or Australia maybe?) might have offered a swing-axle transaxle after 1968, but the USA-delivered German bugs did not. |
North America was the only place to get standard bugs with IRS to shut Ralph Nader up, they stayed swing axle everywhere else right till the end in 2003 |
Sweet, thanks for the info. I figured the OP had a North America car, with his listed location.
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neil68
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| Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:13 am Post subject: Re: 68/69 beetle transaxle differences |
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Canada had both IRS and swingaxle Beetles right up into the mid-70's and some of these have migrated to the USA. We called them "standard" Beetles. My brother's 71 was a long swingaxle with 1600 cc.
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