Help me build the baddest 67 Vert out there please!

[Jos.Hall]

Because that car is a FULL on custom, I doubt you or anyone after you will ever attempt to go back to stock with it. That car has earlier or euro fenders, a chop top, custom seats, shaved chrome, and then to go EV on top of that. You'll be gutting all the original wiring just to wire up the EV system.

That being said, I don't think it's worth the hassle of chasing down $5k worth of '67 parts just to park them on your shelf.

That's just me though who has a limited budget.
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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

[harrymarlin]

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[Jos.Hall]

I wouldn’t worry what the other guys think. If you go full custom, nobody is going to say a word about your non original fenders or bumpers. Ps SB12s we’re only used the first two months or so of ‘67 production so 80% to of them never came with them anyways.

If you’re looking to collect ‘67 only parts I can understand that. I’ve got 4-sapphire VI radios, about 15 seat belts, 3 sets of SB12s, and plenty more ‘67 only parts. I don’t collect em necessarily for my own car but rather just buy them when I come across them and add them to the collection. Honestly I have more of these ‘67 parts than I’ll probably ever need but we’ll see

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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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[Achtung360]

These are some of the other cars I've had. All my cars I've loved. I had a Corrado SLC turned into a show car in the past and that was my M3 too.


Lets take this thread in a different direction with focus. One helping build the baddest 67 we can imagine.

[Achtung360]

I've been looking at these seats before I bought the car. The seats are Bmw E30 RECARO SR.

Does anyone know if I can stuff these seats into that 67 beetle? I think it would be wild to have seats with the M badge on them "all German Engineering" and reminds me of my other love. I'm a big fan of M Cars.

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[Rome]

Those 320i sport seats- they will probably fit; at least the front ones... 30 yrs ago I fitted stock E30 (the following generation 3 Series) seats into my '72 Beetle. They were brand new seats taken out of a heavily front & rear damaged car, and had the seat rails attached to the underside of the seats. Those rails were wonderful- flat and straight, so that all I had to do to fasten the seat rails onto the Beetle floors was to drill 4 holes for the M10 fastening bolts per seat. Large fender washers on the underside of the floor pans.

The seats in your photo don't look like they have any rails... Also don't see the linkage at the outboard side of the seat bottom for height adjustment. Where is the release lever for the backrest to flip forward so that you/passenger can get into the back seat?

Consider getting the factory sport seats for an E30 325is Coupe or Convertible. They will not have such radical side supports, but will have the backrest release levers on the outer side of the backrests just like Beetles had as of the '68 model year. Such seats are now over 30 yrs old so that they will likely need to be recovered because all those years of getting in and out of the seats tend to rub the leather off the outer side bolsters. I have such seats in my Ghia and they are wonderful as to comfort and looks. They also bolt to the floor with their flat tracks/rail and 4 bolts per seat.

No idea if that back seat will work in your '67; likely the rr seat will be slightly too wide for your '67.

[Achtung360]

Hi everyone, my car is at the mechanics shop and stuck until I figure out what rims and tires to put on the car... I don't want to "cut" any beams.

I like deep dish rims. I understand 67 have a different front beam that don't have as much room for wider rims and tires as earlier cars.

These say "sold out" but I can still get them.

I would like to put 7x15 on the back to get the widest tire I can.

The mechanic recommended the thinnest rim I can for the front "for better handling and when I lower the car less risk of the tires rubbing." Which would be 4.5x15. I don't like the look of 4.5 rims it doesn't safe with the amount of power I want put in this car. More rubber on the road sounds better.

There is a 6x15 rim that I do like. Can anyone chime in with experience on a 67 beetle rims so I can get these ordered?

Thank You

[pondoras box]

To put the 7 inch on the rear you will need to run 61 through 66 short axles and Tubes on the transaxle. Anything wider than 5 inches on front you will need narrowed beam and that's without running dropped spindles or disc brakes, they each add about .75 inches per side.

If you plan on the custom look it's a pay to play situation, on one hand parts are easier to find than stock 67 but you will be going down the rabbit hole of what four things do I need to do to make the wheels / tires / brakes etc... fit my car.

It's fun but can be frustrating at times.
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1961 23 Window (Bobo)
1965 11 Window (Zelda)
1965 13 Window (Lucas)
1957 Oval ragtop
1988 Cabriolet VR6 conversion
Plus a lot of other rusty junk

[iowegian]

Save yourself a lot of effort:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2490336

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[Busstom]

There is a guide, it's called the Custom Wheel/Tire forum in the General Technical Forums. There's also the Pictures of tire, wheel, and suspension thread for FAQ's. And probably other bits of information right here in TS. That's what everybody uses, along with trial and error and help from other enthusiasts.

But it sounds like you want a blueprint, something where somebody's already done the research and application work to the point where you can check boxes on a whole list of parameters for wheel track, wheel size, width, offset, backspace, spindle brand, '67-specific rear axles/track, tire diameter/width, and a plethora of other factors in play, so that you can be assured that you get exactly what you're envisioning on the first try and without risk of of hitting any hurdles, doing anything wrong or ending up with some result that you're not completely satisfied with. Impossible.

You need to do like everybody else does; study, read, bolt parts on and try things, and keep asking questions. Spend some money on a used beat-up single wheel of the offset and diameter/width that you want and bolt it on, see what you get. Work with a wheel you already have, then do some interpolation on the backspace/offset and width and figure out what other wheels with specified offsets will give you.

Cutting your beam and turning it, or narrowing it, doesn't, per se, "mess up" your turning radius, unless you narrow it 6 inches or more, then you'll probably have wide tires rubbing. Discs with a 5-130 pattern? Those will widen your tracks even more, so if you're already wide with your '67 rear end, think about that.

Building a custom VW is all about "road blocks," and you should expect some, especially when your goal is a car in a photo that nobody around here has ever built before.

[Brian Anthony]

There are a lot of custom things you can do to a '67 convertible that can be changed back to original if needed by future owners. Below are a few pictures of my wife's convertible.

This is when it was running stock rims and tires.

Here it is with wider rims and tires. It has front disk brakes with lowered spindles and a 2" narrowed beam.

A couple of interior shots, notice the A/C. It also has heated seats.

Parade seats mounted for grandkids.

Fuel injected 1967cc engine with an Okrasa look.

Welcome to unique world of 1967 VW Bugs.
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