Brought home a nice 1966 Convertible Driver

[67Vw2387]

I Picked up a clean 66 vert last week , my first Beetle Vert ! Finally got a chance to take it out for a decent drive as we left for vacation the day after I brought it home .
Car runs and drives great , I am very happy with it .
It was restored 8 years ago , has some touch ups and areas of future repair showing but it drives great and still presents nicely .
If anyone sees anything worth mentioning ( other than the ^ visors ) please let me know as I am new to the Beetle Verts.
Thank you
j

[lovethatconvertible]

Very Nice, Nothing better that driving down the road with the top down.
Also I think your missing the Karmann Badge on your right front quarter panel.
The below pic is of VertJohn's '65, but you get the idea.

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[Cusser]

Very nice.
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[diablosandwich]

Great looking 66! I'm (Java) green with envy!
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[67Vw2387]

thank you guys
badge area must have been filled in ( great feedback )
has an H motor in it , with the tranny ratios it has nice torque , easy to drive .
Not very long winded like my 71 Ghia I've been driving
I'll get an engine pic this weekend , needs a few things & detail .
been trying to figure out the color , think it might have been an OG Java Green car ....Diablo , your 66 coupe is sweet , love Java Green Bugs !

[zwitter53]

Great car ! You must be happy with it.

I just got my first Convertible, a 1965, so I guess I´m in the same situation as you

regards

Tomas
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[heimlich]

Hello pretty!
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[67Vw2387]

Thanks,
I just backed it out of the garage and the 71 red Ghia ragtop ( not vert ) next to it ....I have almost double into the Ghia and this 66 Bug makes the Ghia look BLAH...real BLAH !!!
Think it may be time to thin out the Ghia herd ....Ghia frenzy might be over

[67ctbug]

That's nice!!!
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[heimlich]

Beetles are/were cheap. That's what always made them nice. My first car was a Beetle. Those days might be over for modern families.
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[67Vw2387]

Thanks CT ....
Nice day to cruise the two

[heimlich]

How does that work? You drive one 500 feet, walk back to the other, drive it 1000 feet and repeat?
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[67Vw2387]

Ya something like that or just drive one around , come home and grab a different car and REPEAT THAT ...a time or two , then repeat that ...a time or two and so on and so on ...it's complicated .....

[heimlich]

I'm glad we understand each other. My wife says, "You can't drive more than 1". I beg to differ.
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[Abscate]

Is that a Wolfsburg crest on the hood? On a 1966?

Is that a 'vert thing?
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[67Vw2387]

Haha...shhhhhhh , I bought another beetle today ....my significant other is very frugal but understanding of my VW addiction these last 3 years ...
It's easy to drive them all , it's a pain in the ass moving them and the m/c's in and out and back in the garages .

[67ctbug]

[67Vw2387]

[67Vw2387]

So the heater boxes are still on the car , but there are no hoses coming off the fan shroud holes to the boxes .
Also for whatever reason the connectors on the exhaust to where you would attach the shroud hoses are no longer on the exhaust ....making it pretty difficult to attach hoses .
I have not driven the car very far , for fear of running it too hot .
Also have been reading all the posts on J tubes / freeze plugs / caps etc
I've read heater boxes not connected to the fan shroud are holding a lot of heat for the heads .
Oil temps seem ok at 190 but I'm worried about the head temp.
What are my options ?
Replace the exhaust ?
Add J tubes ?
right now I have capped the fan shroud and plugged the engine tin holes .

[Cusser]