My 69

[El]

Finally figured out how to post pics I bought this a month ago, after a long search for what I thought was a good deal for a vintage bug in reasonable condition. It runs great (fingers crossed) and minimal surface rust under the fenders. I plan on new paint and thats all. It's now a show car but I love it! My question is, did I pay too much.... less than 3,000.00- with unknown miles- odometer was disconnected at some point during a 5 yr nap in a garage, and I have no idea, but it reads at 46,000, and I did have that fixed.

[sb001]

Yes you paid WAY, WAAAYYY too much.
That's a $400 car, but I'll take it off your hands for $500.

Joking aside, to find a bug in New England with very minimal rust, with a nicely running engine, and an interior in that condition, you got a steal. Loks like it was very well cared for. Looks like a miminal bit of work left to do to finish it off in the engine bay and up front in the trunk, but very nice as is.
Mine is a Royal red 1969 as well, and it has received lots of compliments.

Is it a matching engine #?
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1969 autostick sedan, family owned since new
1600 SP engine
Solex 30 PICT 3 carburetor
Bosch 113905205AE autostick distributor

[flat4olsen]

Nice bug! I have a -68 and I love it.
But please consider removing that fuel filter out of the engine compartment. A fuel filter on the pressure side of the pump and just above the distributor is like asking for a engine fire.....
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[Cusser]

[El]

That makes me feel better! Thank you!
I do not know really where to find the engine number, but I will look around if you point me in the right direction? and where would the fuel filter be relocated to ?

[El]

[Cusser]

[El]

Zundfolge 1-4-3-2 is the firing order.

A fuel filter unsupported like yours can pull brass outlet tubes from the carb or fuel pump, or can break or leak, fire danger.

The outlet tube near the oil fill cap should connect to the air filter.[/quote]

Ut oh.. so my number is AE which if I read on JBugs right, is a 71? Is this a bad thing?
Thank you for the info on the fuel filter. I will get it to a mechanic next week. Its hot enough around here without having a bug fire!

[sb001]

[El]

What are the rest of the numbers on the block?[/quote]

AE 475958
next to that there is a black metal piece that has
vw 113.129.70---cant see the rest.
And one part says made in brazil.

[El]

[Cusser]

[Danwvw]

[Mos6502]

I think you got a good deal.

But as others have noted, hook up all the air hoses, and the breather hose on the engine.

One thing I see, and I'm curious about is in the pic of the back side of the dash. Right in the very middle of the pic, there's a hose coming out of the bottom of the fresh air intake - but it's routed to the side rather than to the drain in the center of the trunk. Find out where that hose goes - you do not want it dumping water into some part of the car where it can't drain away!

edit: did a quick google search to find a pic

That hose from the bottom center of the fresh air intake is supposed to go right down the middle of the trunk and to a drain hole, as seen in this photo. It lets water drain out of the ventilation system when it rains. Who knows where it's dumping water on your car the way it is currently set up.

[El]

Amazing information! I was told the hoses in the engine were not needed since it won't be driven in the winter. That didn't make sense to me, because of the points you all made. I am ready to get all of this on a list for the mechanic to fix. The front compartment hose in the middle mentioned, the part stuck into the air vent, I will see where it leads to. Thanks for so much info! I will try to educate myself a little more before I ask too many annoying questions

[El]

edit: did a quick google search to find a pic

That hose from the bottom center of the fresh air intake is supposed to go right down the middle of the trunk and to a drain hole, as seen in this photo. It lets water drain out of the ventilation system when it rains. Who knows where it's dumping water on your car the way it is currently set up.[/quote]

OHHH ok! I found that plastic L shaped part in the glove box and didn't know what it was for. I stuck that hose in the air vent cuz it fit.. Thanks you!!!!

[Eric&Barb]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=211521&highlight=heater+vent

and

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=434051&highlight=heater+tutorial
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[Tim Donahoe]

Get the fresh-air hoses from the engine fan to the two two-inch pipes sticking up out of the rear breast plate. There are also rubber gaskets that attach on those lower pipes.


The engine fan’s air is supposed to blow down those pipes to, not only supply heat in winter, but also to help cool parts of the engine—heat exchangers to heads.

Also, get a stock air filter. The small empty pipe that sticks up from your oil filler is a blow-by pipe. Oil and blow-by comes out of there. A rubber hose connects at the oil filler and is run to another small pipe to the air cleaner.

I think you got a great deal. Look below at my engine to see where the various hoses mentioned above are located.

Tim

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[docdanracy]

1970 engine compartment should look pretty similar to yours.

https://youtu.be/KoEY8K26KAM
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1970 Sunroof Bug Yukon Yellow (L19K)
Custom 6.5x15” 914 Sport Wheels wrapped in 185x65x15 Contis
Empi shifter, full compliment of gauges, 1679 with mild cam, stock induction

SOLD: 1974 Marina Blue Standard Beetle undergoing restoration/preservation
1679 with Kadrons and header/QP
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[El]

Thanks so much for the advise, and pictures of what the engine should look like! I have some parts to order, and hoping I can install some of them myself.