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GArBa Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 2105 Location: Milano, Italy
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 5:28 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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I'm pretty sure everything in that pic is just how it came from the factory.
the sticker's words are spanish (it reads "chasis" and "motor", in italian it would have been "telaio" and "motore"), and the unpainted appears to have been masked with tape before the application of the final red color.
there is also no requirement for the VIN to be in an unpainted area in Italy. _________________ 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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hopkin Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2012 Posts: 2480 Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:25 am Post subject: Re: Mexican/Brazilian Beetles all years - Post your pics |
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Another year, another picture. Note the tree growth in front of my neighbour's house
Mar 22, 2012:
Mar 22, 2013:
Mar 22, 2014:
Mar 22, 2015:
Mar 22, 2016:
Mar 22, 2017:
Mar 22, 2018:
_________________ 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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Gerrelt Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2004 Posts: 682 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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Cool pictures Paul! _________________ homepage
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Sotobaggins Samba Member
Joined: February 23, 2016 Posts: 264 Location: Orlando, FL United States
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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Loved the photo's Mr Hopkins, what happened to the Vocho Logo and nice twist with the smoked lenses... _________________ 2001 Ultima Clasico Edicion Mexibeetle
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hopkin Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2012 Posts: 2480 Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 7:18 pm Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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Sotobaggins wrote: |
Loved the photo's Mr Hopkins, what happened to the Vocho Logo and nice twist with the smoked lenses... |
Thanks!
The oldest photo is at the top, with the smoked lens and no 'Vocho'
The car originally had the smoked lens' when I bought it, the left lens was cracked around the bottom two screws and was kind of just sitting there.
One of the first things I did to the car was to replace them with original Hella lens, replace the side mirrors with original black mirrors and replace (and move) the rear fog light with a Hella light. (It's supposed to be nearest the center of the road, right side when the car was in the UK, left side in Canada). _________________ 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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GArBa Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 2105 Location: Milano, Italy
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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:57 pm Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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went back to the OE dash switches I had refurbished since the febi-bilstein hazard switch had developed a rather annoying rattle I could not correct.
as it was in the beginning:
replacement switches before:
and now:
_________________ 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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GArBa Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 2105 Location: Milano, Italy
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:46 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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just to chronicle my typical madness when working on this car... my horn has aways been weak and it seemed to respond a bit randomly. went down to take a look, and sure enough the whole horn itself was covered in smears of undercoating while the negative contact showed clear signs of corrosion...
bought a new horn from hoffmann speedster, came with a socket (but it would also have accepted the bug's female terminals inside... if only I would have been able to undo the nut retaining it to the arm and turn it about 180°. wires didn't reach, so I bought a plug from china, made an adapter cable and hey presto...
looks good, sounds good... everyone happy, right?
well, no... captain OCD was just about to strike again. alone at home after my wife and son got asleep I spent hours with kitchen degreaser to clean up the undercoating and test the horn with an old 6V battery which was more than happy to give its soul for the endavour.
and then...
all this and I still have my original horn. However, it is now working perfectly and has a couple of shiny black plastic dust caps on its bolts... And I have a spare horn and a good story to tell! _________________ 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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hopkin Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2012 Posts: 2480 Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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Good job, the horn on my car is mounted a bit higher than yours:
_________________ 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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antonb Samba Member
Joined: December 08, 2016 Posts: 239 Location: Moscow/Russia
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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It is not right position.
And where protective caps there?
_________________ VW Käfer (Vocho), First registration date in Deutschland: 14/09/1984, Engine 1200.
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GArBa Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 2105 Location: Milano, Italy
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:05 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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hi anton, yes, the stock horn position is the same as mine or yours, with the dish center rouughly in line with the fender lip.
however it is common to find the horn moved upwards as in hopkin's car, many owners did this to protect it from impacts.
late mexican bugs did not have the rubber boots on the contacts, just the white plastic sleeves like mine and they get brittle with time if exposed to the elements, mine is a low mileage car and it's driven only in good weather so I still have them on.
btw, your horn wiring looks odd, it's all brown wire and it seems it's grounded directly on the mounting bolt? _________________ 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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antonb Samba Member
Joined: December 08, 2016 Posts: 239 Location: Moscow/Russia
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 4:02 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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GArBa wrote: |
hi anton, yes, the stock horn position is the same as mine or yours, with the dish center rouughly in line with the fender lip.
however it is common to find the horn moved upwards as in hopkin's car, many owners did this to protect it from impacts.
late mexican bugs did not have the rubber boots on the contacts, just the white plastic sleeves like mine and they get brittle with time if exposed to the elements, mine is a low mileage car and it's driven only in good weather so I still have them on.
btw, your horn wiring looks odd, it's all brown wire and it seems it's grounded directly on the mounting bolt? |
Ciao there!
It is an additional wire of weight if to look at the electrical scheme it is specified (yes, I haven't found a brown wire and used white). It is very important that paint on fastening of a horn from him has been cleaned off to metal, I long suffered with the fact that the ground didn't work for me.
_________________ VW Käfer (Vocho), First registration date in Deutschland: 14/09/1984, Engine 1200.
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GArBa Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 2105 Location: Milano, Italy
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:13 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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sorry but looking at your schemes I still have troubles in understanding your setup. both drawings show the switched side being ground as in my car, however on your car it seems the ground from the horn is going directly to the mounting bolt. _________________ 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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antonb Samba Member
Joined: December 08, 2016 Posts: 239 Location: Moscow/Russia
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:21 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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GArBa wrote: |
sorry but looking at your schemes I still have troubles in understanding your setup. both drawings show the switched side being ground as in my car, however on your car it seems the ground from the horn is going directly to the mounting bolt. |
I have bad circuit with big layer of paint on body mount as i think later, but in really I have not brown wire from ignition switch , without this short wire link my horn doesnt worked. Now I used only one (white wire / in stock b/w color wire) fuse box. _________________ VW Käfer (Vocho), First registration date in Deutschland: 14/09/1984, Engine 1200.
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hopkin Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2012 Posts: 2480 Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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GArBa wrote: |
hi anton, yes, the stock horn position is the same as mine or yours, with the dish center rouughly in line with the fender lip.
however it is common to find the horn moved upwards as in hopkin's car, many owners did this to protect it from impacts.
late mexican bugs did not have the rubber boots on the contacts, just the white plastic sleeves like mine and they get brittle with time if exposed to the elements, mine is a low mileage car and it's driven only in good weather so I still have them on.
btw, your horn wiring looks odd, it's all brown wire and it seems it's grounded directly on the mounting bolt? |
It looks like I don't even have the white clip on my horn. When I get home I'll have to have a closer look, maybe order one of the boots like Anton's car. I guess the traffic is much different in Ottawa, as I think I've only used the horn once or twice in 6 years, so I don't really know how it works, or even if it still works . _________________ 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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Dave Rail Samba Member
Joined: August 22, 2017 Posts: 6 Location: Bournemouth
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:29 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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GArBa wrote: |
went back to the OE dash switches I had refurbished since the febi-bilstein hazard switch had developed a rather annoying rattle I could not correct.
as it was in the beginning:
replacement switches before:
and now:
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I have the same problem with rattling on my headlight switch! It's so noisy...Is there any more modern versions available? I'd love a billet aluminium switch set in my bug. |
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GArBa Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 2105 Location: Milano, Italy
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:11 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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AFAIK the only aftermarket replacement for the OE mexi switches are those febi-bilstein units, the OEM hazard switch is still available, the headlight switch is a unit that was used on early Mk2 golfs and is NLA new, so you have to go NOS or used. _________________ 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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Willard001 Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2016 Posts: 28 Location: England
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 1:05 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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Hi everyone, I am still on the hunt for a mexican beetle, and came across this 1990 model, but I don't recognise the lime green plastic ball fitted on the left side of the engine compartment. The engine is a 1600 and the car was built in 1990. Can anyone help please? |
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hopkin Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2012 Posts: 2480 Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:59 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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Willard001 wrote: |
Hi everyone, I am still on the hunt for a mexican beetle, and came across this 1990 model, but I don't recognise the lime green plastic ball fitted on the left side of the engine compartment. The engine is a 1600 and the car was built in 1990. Can anyone help please? |
Don't see too many model year 1990 Beetles. It a vacuum reservoir (#2):
A closer look at one:
AFAIK it does not fit on the ACD engines. _________________ 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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Willard001 Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2016 Posts: 28 Location: England
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:18 am Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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Ah! Thank you. I am going to view the car next week and doing some due diligence. So is the reservoir part of the vacuum advance ignition I wonder? |
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GArBa Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2014 Posts: 2105 Location: Milano, Italy
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: Official Mexican / Brazilian Beetles - All years |
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I think it's part of the altitude adjustment system, no idea how it works though. _________________ 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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