Help me build the baddest 67 Vert out there please!

[Achtung360]

On other thing I finally my DMV appointment was yesterday. There were no walk-ins here so bit of wait.

So I get my Antique light blue plate that looks sweet with a space and the plate reads 888.

This is going sound silly. How should I mount plate on the car? I don't want to drill holes in that decklid is there any other good options? I searched Amazon for screw less plate holders and didn't come up with much. JBugs has what looks like to be the OEM version where you need to put screws in the metal.

I take it someone painted or filled my screw holes over...

[harrymarlin]

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There is a plate holder that slips under the outside two studs on the housing for the license plate light that doesn’t require any additional holes. You should be able to find one in the classifieds, or simply make one if you have a way of bending sheet metal.

[Big Bill]

A lot of good 67 info flowing in this thread. I swore over the years to never own a 67 as the "one year only" things would drive me crazy...so I now own a 67 Sedan. At my age this will be my last VW, its being built how I want it not how people think it should be, honestly having a great time doing it this way. Love all of the 67 tidbits keep them coming .

[67conv]

[Achtung360]

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Take some time, and go through all 40+ pages of the 67 thread. Make a shopping list, decide what you want to spend, and an order of importance. I personally have never known someone to come out on top by buying an entire car for parts to use on one specific vehicle, so I would search individually.

I would go for getting the top in order first. Then mechanical items on the engine/brakes if needed. The over riders are what sets the 67 bumpers apart from the 66, and earlier. The “blade” portion of a 58-67 will fit if you don’t care about the date code matching the manufacture date of the car. If you are wanting specific items hard to come by, simply place a wanted ad here in the classifieds. Wanted ads have found parts for me, sometimes from those I would never have dreamed would of had them.

[Achtung360]

[Big Bill]

[60ragtop]

there was one for the smaller light

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[Jos.Hall]

wwwwaaaaaaaiiiiitttt a minute. Where have I been all this time and I haven't even gotten into the party til page 4.

First off GREAT BUY 360. I'm jealous of how solid your car is. If it were mine, it's too far unoriginal to take back to original so dump it, bag it or do as you please with it. As opposed to setting those original parts on the shelf, just send em my way.

As for the bumper overrider question/sage. As was correctly noted, the change was vin 117171365. This was a 3rd week of september change which is hardly "Late '67" This was the second month of an 11 month production year and 80+% of cars coming off the line came with them.


Now since you've been asking multiple times about your wheel setup and situation. Your only option to get the wide wheels that you want under those fenders and under that luggage shelf is to modify the luggage shelf, Cut the axles down, and cut the tubes for the axles down. It's extremely labor/skill intensive but it can be done.

The easier route would be to just get short axles from a pre '67 and then you could fit 7" fuchs in there. The widest tire you'll be able to squeeze in there is a 215. Even the 205s are tight.

As for the front, if you want wide wheels in the front you're going to have to get a drastically narrowed beam and possibly modify the inner fender to make it work. I'm assuming with a 4 in narrowed beam you can fit 205s in the front as well without hitting the outer fenders.


AS for the "$300 Headlight rings", please note that you will only get $300 for a set of headlight rings if they are MINT and have the Hella SB12 stamp on the top of them. If they don't have the stamp on the top, they're worth about $25/pair for Hella ones or $2/pair for aftermarket ones.

Lastly, Let me know if you want to add your '67 to the '67 registry. I'd be happy to get your vert in there. If you let us know what your Vin is we can help you determine approximate build date and it'll help people know which parts are correct. Parts changed all throughout MY '67 so you could almost tell what month a car was built based off what parts it had originally.
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'67 L41 Sedan 117333192
'67 L41 Vert 157343589
'67 L19K Vert 157452166
'67 L19K Vert ??????
'67 L282 Vert 157419653
'67 L620 Sedan 117534350 (Sold)
'67 L54 Vert 15745800 (Parted out)
'52 Split based Devin

[Achtung360]

[Achtung360]

[quote="Jos.Hall"]wwwwaaaaaaaiiiiitttt a minute. Where have I been all this time and I haven't even gotten into the party til page 4.

First off GREAT BUY 360. I'm jealous of how solid your car is. If it were mine, it's too far unoriginal to take back to original so dump it, bag it or do as you please with it. As opposed to setting those original parts on the shelf, just send em my way.

As for the bumper overrider question/sage. As was correctly noted, the change was vin 117171365. This was a 3rd week of september change which is hardly "Late '67" This was the second month of an 11 month production year and 80+% of cars coming off the line came with them.


Now since you've been asking multiple times about your wheel setup and situation. Your only option to get the wide wheels that you want under those fenders and under that luggage shelf is to modify the luggage shelf, Cut the axles down, and cut the tubes for the axles down. It's extremely labor/skill intensive but it can be done.

The easier route would be to just get short axles from a pre '67 and then you could fit 7" fuchs in there. The widest tire you'll be able to squeeze in there is a 215. Even the 205s are tight.

As for the front, if you want wide wheels in the front you're going to have to get a drastically narrowed beam and possibly modify the inner fender to make it work. I'm assuming with a 4 in narrowed beam you can fit 205s in the front as well without hitting the outer fenders. /quote]

Well the truth is... This man found me out well it wasn't a secret. I don't have plants to keep the car original. I would like to collect all the OG parts though. When I was a kid I found this magazine (had it ever since) and planned to build this car. Then when I came around here all I heard about is how 67 cars are the cream of the crop so I went with that and this car fit the perfect match. Nothing inside and ready to build out.

I don't ever plan to cut any precious metal but that is the car I plan to build.
I also plan to put an ev/electric engine the car soon as they become a little more common place and and put the og engine up. You can get the weight distribution to near 50/50 with the placement of the battery packs.

[Achtung360]

[quote="60ragtop"]inside of the bumper near the middle/quote]

I found a bumper a rear bumper $300. What do you guys think?

Is this the late model I need?

Thanks

[rcooled]

[Achtung360]

Any word on the fenders guys? The same guy is selling the bumpers $100 a piece on the fenders. Do they look OG and worth it?

Thanks


Also can anyone tell me if these are OG Fuchs rims? A good deal but sadly 16 inch and also what it would cost to bring them back?

[Jos.Hall]

Originals. They should have a 911.xxx.xxx part number on them back. Most likely 911.361.020 If you can buy the set for $1200 or less you’re doing well. The caps are about 150-$200 for a set of 4 if they’re missing.

To restore them, it’s about $250 ea
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'67 L41 Sedan 117333192
'67 L41 Vert 157343589
'67 L19K Vert 157452166
'67 L19K Vert ??????
'67 L282 Vert 157419653
'67 L620 Sedan 117534350 (Sold)
'67 L54 Vert 15745800 (Parted out)
'52 Split based Devin

[Achtung360]

[Jos.Hall]

Yep, they’re real Fuchs.
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'67 L41 Sedan 117333192
'67 L41 Vert 157343589
'67 L19K Vert 157452166
'67 L19K Vert ??????
'67 L282 Vert 157419653
'67 L620 Sedan 117534350 (Sold)
'67 L54 Vert 15745800 (Parted out)
'52 Split based Devin

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