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VW_Jimbo 
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 Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:30 pm Post subject: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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Looking through Craigslist and I spotted what I believe is a "Sun Bug". Am I seeing this right? $2500.00 seems cheap.
https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/d/fullerton-75-vw-super-bug/7288016518.html
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Shane Tuttle
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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| Don't know for sure if the Sun Bug package continued in '75 or not. But I have a '74 Sun Bug. Same sunroof and color as that one has. What I see missing is the 4 spoke sport wheels. The ones on it aren't the correct ones. |
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VW_Jimbo
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| Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:09 pm Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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| Don't know for sure if the Sun Bug package continued in '75 or not. But I have a '74 Sun Bug. Same sunroof and color as that one has. What I see missing is the 4 spoke sport wheels. The ones on it aren't the correct ones. |
I have no idea either. I also see a silver colored ring at the horn button. I think these steering wheels were part of some package, just don’t know.
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vamram
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:17 am Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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Pretty sure the Sun Bug was a '74-only model. Weren't the '75 hard top Supers all Le Grandes?
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empi3
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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Looks like a repaint to simulate a Sun Bug. Last picture shows the hood was yellow at one time.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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| From what I see, it bears the unique SE steering wheel and rosewood dash (in addition to the sun roof), which are strong indicators that it is a '75 La Grande (painted Harvest Gold, carried over from the popularity of the '74 Sun Bugs), although those things could have been changed out over the years. I see that the under hood is yellow, so that has probably been swapped. The best way to know for sure is check the VIN. |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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| Other than checking the VIN, probably the easiest way to determine if it is a Sun Bug is to open the sunroof. If it has the wind deflector, it is a Sun Bug. |
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nbvolks
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 8:50 am Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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That's a La Grande Bug.
It has FI and has the rear apron bulge.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:33 am Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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| creative native wrote: |
| From what I see, it bears the unique SE steering wheel and rosewood dash (in addition to the sun roof), which are strong indicators that it is a '75 La Grande (painted Harvest Gold, carried over from the popularity of the '74 Sun Bugs), although those things could have been changed out over the years. I see that the under hood is yellow, so that has probably been swapped. The best way to know for sure is check the VIN. |
The one correct answer so far...
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 6:50 am Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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| That is definitely a 1975 La Grande Bug. Fuel Injection. Super Beetle. Hellas Metallic Gold code is on the left front strut tower in the trunk. |
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 8:05 am Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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| VW_Jimbo wrote: |
| Looking through Craigslist and I spotted what I believe is a "Sun Bug". Am I seeing this right? |
Doesn't matter..
I just bought it!!!
Hehehe j/k Jimbo!!
Go fer it, but l/o for that nasty death foam... 
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 8:16 am Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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| Chinaclipper wrote: |
| VW_Jimbo wrote: |
| Looking through Craigslist and I spotted what I believe is a "Sun Bug". Am I seeing this right? |
Doesn't matter..
I just bought it!!!
Hehehe j/k Jimbo!!
Go fer it, but l/o for that nasty death foam... |
Too funny! Not my kind of Bug. Too much government control.
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: Is this a Sun Bug? |
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Please post many pics! 75 would be the best year for Supers (well, hardtops...), with all the goodies like rack and pinion steering and FI. Sunroof? Anytime!
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