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pupjoint
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last thursday collected these keys from the previous owner's daughter in Singapore. met her for the first time. found out my car was converted from 6v to 12v in March 2011. it has been running 6v all along. damn. they finally gave up keeping the car in 6v in 2011. i was like 
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pupjoint
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managed to get some seat covers made , will be keeping the original door panels.
seat covers cant be saved though.
seat covers are what i can get locally, colour is close to Indian Red. patterns and heated pleats are based on the seats in my car now.
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pupjoint
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| found out the car was built in June 1967, registered in Malaysia September 1967. |
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pupjoint
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Great find! A couple of suggestions:
1) Keep those faded taillight lenses! Find colored bulbs so they shine the correct colors, but the original faded lens look is priceless.
2) Get rid of that hokey H4 headlight bulb under the trunk lid. Those bulbs get very hot, and can explode if you touch them with oily fingers and then turn them on. Explosions over the gas tank are not a good idea. |
thanks!! i was just thinking of putting on the NOS Hella tail light lenses...LOL.
yea will get rid of the bulb and tidy up the wiring. i suspect the bulb was fitted as a voltage drop, something that was done very commonly here those days. even my 66 had it.
hence the wiper motor could be a replacement 6V, as the 12V single speed was hard to get. will check it out when i get some time.
now needing some help to repair or buy new striker plates for the car. both striker plates rubber missing.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=483998 |
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KTPhil 
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Great find! A couple of suggestions:
1) Keep those faded taillight lenses! Find colored bulbs so they shine the correct colors, but the original faded lens look is priceless.
2) Get rid of that hokey H4 headlight bulb under the trunk lid. Those bulbs get very hot, and can explode if you touch them with oily fingers and then turn them on. Explosions over the gas tank are not a good idea. |
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pupjoint
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thanks. more pics
i dont know what mat is this
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mykidsbug
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| sweet bug dude! |
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pupjoint
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this is one of the engine pics i managed to find. most pics i find are H 1500. this car belongs to a friend of mine in Singapore, Kenneath. engine is a stock F series 1300, original with the car. car is an original SIngapore car. also Euro 67 Deluxe 1300, wide 5 with American bumpers , Savannah Beige.
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pupjoint
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| the rubber mat in RHD form , i am not aware of anyone producing it currently. WW has, but it is in LHD format. |
The Bulkhead mat is available in several colours from Newton Commercial in the UK, I bought a complete original material style RHD set for a reasonable price.
The Floor mat has long since been unavailable here new but good originals turn up occasionally |
thanks, will try to look.
when i tried removing the existing front rubber mat, as expected they just break. |
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pupjoint
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks, no she didnt say what year it was repainted. |
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Ga bug
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the red stuff on the back of speedo is tamper
proofing from the factory.You dont see that very much.
Nice find |
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kanniff
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Did she tell you what year it was re-painted and why?
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| the rubber mat in RHD form , i am not aware of anyone producing it currently. WW has, but it is in LHD format. |
The Bulkhead mat is available in several colours from Newton Commercial in the UK, I bought a complete original material style RHD set for a reasonable price.
The Floor mat has long since been unavailable here new but good originals turn up occasionally
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pupjoint
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pupjoint
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i am so so glad the wiring has not been tempered much at all. could see some mods, but not as bas as some and most importantly not painted over, something very common with painters or car owners those days in this country.
that's it. i will not paint this part of the car. LOL
now, this red thing , paint? is this from the factory? i know the speedo works good.
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pupjoint
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:36 am Post subject: |
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more pics
this locking hood lock i read is known as the vert hood lock in the US, but they are fitted to all 67 and 68 RHD Bugs in some parts of Asia. at that time all these cars to my understanding were still completely imported from germany.
this is rare in this country, could be common overseas. this is the first car i have seen fitted with this.
i dont have a key for it, but i have an NOS piece in my stash. i knew it would come in handy 1 day... 
missing parts
rusty tool kit
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pupjoint
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| A very nice find with nice patina & history, congratulations! The former owner must have liked the Beetle as she kept it for so long. Is it hard to get spare parts where you lived as you told that you won't be able to get a new floor mat instead of the broken one? |
thanks. the car was purchased by the owner's late husband from a Brit expat in a town called Taiping in Malaysia. those days Taiping was known as the Jesselton town. it is also the wettest town in the country, hence the discovery of this car is weird.
yes it is hard to get parts here, most have to be mail ordered. we can get basic stuff, even that supply has been hard at times.
the rubber mat in RHD form , i am not aware of anyone producing it currently. WW has, but it is in LHD format. |
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kaeferkind
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| A very nice find with nice patina & history, congratulations! The former owner must have liked the Beetle as she kept it for so long. Is it hard to get spare parts where you lived as you told that you won't be able to get a new floor mat instead of the broken one? |
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justcruzin
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pupjoint
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| Cool car..You have a locking convertible trunk and glove box lock for some reason the previous owner must have been concerned about theft. |
thanks. the locking convertible trunk is actually quite common here for 1967 and 1968 Bugs.
over here in this part of Asia, we get EUro models with American bumpers.
for this 67, it is actually one of the last models and the key is the same as the american 67 and later bugs.
earlier 67s here hae the single profile keys.
the locking glovebox is a mystery to me. this is the first car i have seen to be equipped with it.
the other thing missing is a trip speedo. i have seen a few local 67s equipped with trip speedos. |
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