74 super tranny into 71 mexi?

[wizcleland]

Hey all,
can pick up a 74 super beetle tranny cheap. Would it fit into a 71 mexican beetle? Swing arm (link and king front end), like a pre 67 american or canadian?
Will the axles and tubes etc swap over? any bolting in issues?

Thanks guys!
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something so self assuring drving home and having people give you the thumbs up sign. yeah, may be the car but the car was my decision too.

[Bruce]

It will only fit if you convert your Mex Beetle to IRS.
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[SgtSamy]

I highly suggest you to find another swing axle tranny. The conversion from IRS to swing axle is way too much work for what its worth.
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At the moment owner of:
1968 Mex Beetle

[wizcleland]

after hunting some more i found if the irs tranny has bolted covers both sides (and it does) you can basically swap out (or maybe sourch new) the diff etc parts (if ok) from the old swing into it, set it up and carry on as a swing. Will probably let the tranny shop do it. Might be a pain but the IRS tranny is a fresh rebuild, never in and dirt cheap. Worth futzting with over the winter. considering my reverse has now become not much more than a noise maker. More than likely due to it being totally empty when i bought the car, who knows how long t was driven like that....
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something so self assuring drving home and having people give you the thumbs up sign. yeah, may be the car but the car was my decision too.

[Bruce]