Official "what year is my decklid" thread

[six7vdub]

Nice, thank you for the guidance...it'll be a long process to get it back to where I want it...but it's still in my garage after all these years. I literally just did a semi-resto (all new wiring, all new rubber, all new interior, new motor, refreshed brakes and much more) in the hopes of driving it...I have a daily, so this is my "fun" car, but i've been driving it to work 5 days a week (250 miles per week), because I WANT TO DRIVE IT. It wasn't on the road 2 weeks and i'm sitting at a red light, minding my own business when a DoorDash driver rear ends me; he tells me he was checking his app, signing on to take somebody's order and wasn't paying attention to the fact that the light was red.

[67rustavenger]

[six7vdub]

Long story short, no pics, but last night I was driving my 67' and got rear ended by a DoorDash driver.

Last night...

Just got to work, so naturally I jump on the internet.

Where should I start looking for a 67 rear apron, 67 fenders, and a 67 decklid? Should I look for a 67 convert decklid?

Car was built in 1982 (by my Dad) and I took over ownership in 2004. The only stock parts left on this thing were the original 67 sedan decklid and 2 doors, so I don't need to source original parts, but rather, my first priority is to choose from a quality vendor, or, at the very least, choose QUALITY parts.

The first day I had a drivers license I drove it to school with my younger brother in the passenger seat, took my wife on one of our first dates (crashed it with her in it, but lucky for me, my Dad fixed that, and my girlfriend eventually said yes, still married 19 years later.) It's a Cal look style done in my Dad's taste, which can best be described as "early 80's.) The decklid had a standoff kit, which was part of it's signature look (and annoyance when passerby's flag me down to tell me I left the trunk open) but i'm not stuck on getting the original style decklid. I'm fairly certain a 67' convertible style decklid (doesn't need to be an original) would work well.

So again, which vendors/websites should I start looking at? I'm not looking for a bargain, i'm looking for quality. This car means something to me, and my family and i'm only hoping I can do a good enough job in finding the right parts to start. (located in Nevada, USA, so i'd rather not source from individuals around the world.)

[Dubmatix]

[AlteWagen]

I thought they were on decklids with the thermostat controlled cold air flap behind the license plate.
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[House]

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[talljordan]

Ribbed:

Not ribbed:

Seller of the ribbed claims its 74 onwards, but secondary confirmation of that would be nice. Mine was taken off a '72, but my 72 was rear ended at some point so it might not be stock.
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[heimlich]

[talljordan]

Reviving this because there is still one piece missing from all of this.

At some point the deck lid light covers (the "awning"), changed from being smooth, to having ribs. The ribbed ones are also made of plastic. My hunch is this is either a 1973 or 1975 change, but I cant confirm.

Does anyone know what year this changeover happened? Or if it was country specific?
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[Bruce]

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[78BusGA]

With that all matt/satin dark paint, Must be an old KDF decklid!
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[Jayreydee]

What year is this deck lid. 😅
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[78BusGA]

Oh yea I understand that. The amount of airflow would be restricted I know, tough it would just depend on the Volume of air being sucked into the compartment from vacuum.

I have been searching for other alternatives to the age old unappealing vent cover, and I think I have found a fun alternative that should, if the angles work out well, prevent water and debris from as easily entering the engine compartment.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175069706064

Might give a sort of fun, Porsche look as well.
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My '74 Super 1303 thread - https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=764902&start=60

My '78 Kombi Bus thread - https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=769385&highlight=

'72 Superbeetle (retired), '78 Bus Kombi 2.0FI, '74 1303 Superbeetle

[finster]

an option is to fit a weather guard https://www2.cip1.com/acc-c10-3145/

pretty certain that rain trays were not fitted as not enough clearance.

the engine and carb need those vents - trust the vw engineers, if they were not necessary they wouldn't be there.
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[78BusGA]

I have a '74 Super, with the big plastic air cleaner box.i am wanting to reduce the amount of weather and detritus that get to my engine.

Did those years have a rain tray available for that style of deck lid?

For the Dual Port engine, if I went with a vent-less deck lid, would that really be an issue for reduced cooling air only from the under-window vents?

Would a '67 decklid clear the stock '74 and later bumper when opening?

Thanks!
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My '74 Super 1303 thread - https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=764902&start=60

My '78 Kombi Bus thread - https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=769385&highlight=

'72 Superbeetle (retired), '78 Bus Kombi 2.0FI, '74 1303 Superbeetle

[bnam]

In COTC (87 edition, page 728) JTG says that 68 1200s continued to use 67 decklids. along with 58-63 license plate lamp. But reference pics I've seen as well as the parts book don't support that at all. Just and error from Garwood?
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[Ceckert64]

So I took measurements and I can post pictures but on the 64, there may be 3 different styles so my bug was rusty, and the bottom of the decklid was rusted out. It had the wide style license plate light. I found another 64 only decklid at a swap meet for $20 and was solid, score! So time goes by, and I got had taken the lights off and I go to put the old light on the new lid, it doesn’t fit! I was puzzled, both decklids had the original holes, light casting #s matched, but the new one was a few mm narrower than the old, around 5mm, enough where I’d have to redrill the holes. The new one in the new lid fits fine same for old and old. So I’m not sure why it’s like that but interesting that there was a slight difference and I don’t think it was just bent...
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[Bigjacksauto]

Thought this might help for a quick basic reference guide. But of course the OUTSTANDING info prior to this is in greater detail.
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[cbdubs]

Here is my 58 Australian deck lid for info.