1975 Basic Bug 110

[19VDuB68]

[HFOAIE]

[alexands]

wow, another miami blue 110! I have one I just got the body off of to do the pans.

yours is beautiful!

[19VDuB68]

My 110 has been converted to carburetor. What exhaust is recommended? Can I get something like the single muffler it has on it but a little more grunt?

[vwfreek61]

[chicagovw]

@vwfreak, what are your plans for the car? Are you going to do a period correct restoration?

[vwfreek61]

I just picked up this 1975 Model 110 Bug. It has 89,000 original miles. I bought it from the second owner, who had it since 1980. It's been off the road for about 30 years, and the last time he had it running was about 5 years ago. It's got some rust, but not bad for a Wisconsin car. The seat covers are pretty rough too. The front was hit once and repaired, so it's missing the black front bumper and has chrome hood latch and headlight rings. Other than that, it looks like it has most of the 110 specific parts.

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Kenneth
1964 Bug with Saxomat
1976 VW/Harley Trike Autostick
1987 Vanagon Westy w/Subaru EJ25 and reversed 4EAT

[CaptainHaddock]

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[CaptainHaddock]

This one has a carbureted 1600 in it, does anyone know what the Canadian 110 came standard with in ‘75.


It’s the cleanest most rust free beetle I’ve ever owned am quite excited to find it. The fellow I bought it from has done a nice job on it.
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[CaptainHaddock]

I recently purchased this ‘75 110, it is rust free and relatively complete. The rear fenders/taillights have been changed somewhere along the line, the seats are recovered, and the rims are probably not original, or painted and missing the black caps. But the rest seems pretty correct.

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[Prosdn]

I have a 18,000 mile red 1975 110 , the gentleman upgraded wheels when bought , it has original German tires on it . He did change headliner to a full one , I have 3 door panels missing one rear one and seats need redone they stored stuff on them , sewfine has houndstooth but not exact size . Has anyone ever found matching interior. Most of the car is original paint . Any help would be appreciated was there very many sold.

[HFOAIE]

I've been noticing that there are a lot of people who don't know all the things I take for granted. Here's a big one. In 1971, when the Super Beetle got extra deluxe trim, and the regular beetle got sub-deluxe trim, sub-deluxe included no passenger foot rest, felt carpet on the firewall and inner fenders and tunnel, no insulation on the floor, and rubber floormats. It's the exact same setup that the Basic 110 has. . . . . . . . . . No wait; what I say is completely true for '73 and later because '73 was the advent of the new seat frames, but I'm unsure of how sub-deluxe looked in '71 and '72.

[Billyp7999]

How come I can’t find the trim piece for my oem radio? I have looked everywhere.

[cjsuner]

Might just be best to get a new instrument panel instead.
But if you aren't going to use those VDO gauges, i'd be interested in some of them for sure!
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71' Super Convertible (Orange)
74 Super Beetle (Red)

[mrmdls]

Thanks for the info guy's! I missed your posts when you first replied. I'll be having some more fun searching for correct pieces for this car.

My dash is going to be a challenge to bring back to stock. It's fitted with a set of VDO gauges and has a BMW radio installed. I don't have a picture that shows my full dash. I'll be grabbing some pics in the next couple of weeks now that the weather is warming up. Here's a pics of my partial dash.

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75 model 110 (Basic Bug) - Project Daily Driver

[19super73]

[HFOAIE]

I blew up the mirror, and I can see those are numbers from 0 to 100. Thermometer, alright.

Considering all the other (incorrect) chrome in the picture, I wouldn't even expect those turn signals to be original. And I've never seen that gray on any chrome or black. I'm guessing they really are plastic, with all the original chrome worn off. The black plastic around the mirror makes it aftermarket anyway.

Starting in '71, only Super Beetles had chrome on the running boards.

PO has obviously replaced the headlight rims and the steering wheel.

As you missed in this post, the dash pad is one year one model only. If you have holes for ventilation knobs under the radio, you're screwed. As far as the speedo and grills, 1975 began an EGR light on the speedo, and the horizontal strip between the vertical grills was wider. In the dictionary post that leads to this post, there's a partial picture of the important features of the dash pad.

Seatbelt interlock was only tried in '74.

[mrmdls]

That would make perfect sense, something to look at when it's warmer! Never know what people will put on for decor.
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75 model 110 (Basic Bug) - Project Daily Driver

[glutamodo]

I wonder if that is some stick on thermometer actually.
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