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tasb
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Joined: April 27, 2002
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Location: Pentwater, Michigan
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 Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: A few questions about a new ‘67 Sedan purchase |
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A lot of people consider it to be THE best year for the Beetle. Old body styling, increased horse power 12 volt electricals. My first Beetle was a Java Green 67, named Put Put by the original owner. The Michigan winters did her in many years ago, still have the radio and one of the "PUT PUT" license plates.
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aa390392
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: A few questions about a new ‘67 Sedan purchase |
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Good example of a stock 67/1500 eng. Hope this helps you.
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67conv
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Location: Simi Valley, California
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:44 am Post subject: Re: A few questions about a new ‘67 Sedan purchase |
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Good example of a stock 67/1500 eng. Hope this helps you. |
That was actually my engine from the Savanna Beige '67 sedan I had - from a picture I took in 1985!  At that time, it was a completely unmolested factory original 1500 w/ around 52,000 miles. Apologies for the rather low-res quality of the film print to phone's camera upload... I've always wondered what that painted "17" number on the fan shroud was for? This was a very early August '66 production '67 engine / car.
Hoping that these photos might be of some help to the OP, again... apologies for the pre-digital age "snapshots". Note: this car had the 1966 and earlier rear bumper over-riders, as all early 67's did! Also had an accessory installed right hand mirror mounted in the trunk gap space! I added the "Porsche" plate frame 
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1957 DKW 3=6, owned /driven /risen from the dead for 20 years.
Previously owned: 72 "Baja Champion SE" Spec. Edition Super Beetle bought NEW; 79 Convertible bought NEW; 67 type 1 savanna beige; 67 2.0 911S; 73 2.4 911T; 63 356 T6 B Cabriolet; 64 356 SC sunroof coupe; 72 Type-3 Squareback; 68 + 69 Type-3 Fastbacks; 87 Vanagon GL Wasserboxer |
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lhd65bug
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Location: United Kingdom
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: A few questions about a new ‘67 Sedan purchase |
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Hi 67conv,
Sorry to hijack the thread slightly, but your pictures of your old Savannah Beige bug brought back memories of my '67 Savannah beige beetle flooding back.
I bought it as a second car in the early 1980's for my wife to drive the kids to school and immediately got me hooked and set me on the route to lifelong Volkswagen ownership.
These little cars have a way of getting under the skin ! |
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