1969 Mini-Restoration

[bomberbob]

69, if I remember right there was a plastic piece in between the seat and the rail on my 72. I greased that, seats slide a lot better. I don't have those seats on the old style rails any more, I swapped in seats out of a 1990 VW Cabriolet. Lots better. Took some surgery though.
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1968 Beetle (storage)
1990 Jetta GLI megasquirted, burning E85 (currently in heavy maintenance)
2004 Jetta turbo GLI
Marion, Iowa

[dolppl]

People were looking for pictures. I found these from before I started the dismantle.

[1968BUGMAN]

Dang that's nice man.
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[dolppl]

Thanks. She shines real nice in the sunshine for sure

Next question:
I can’t find any videos or info on how to install the latch to the trunk hood. It didn’t have any screws or rivets with it. I see how it attaches. There was never anything in there before. Not sure where the release cable goes. And I can’t find any info.

Thanks.

[bomberbob]

I can post a photo when I get home, unless somebody else posts first. Thart latch goes underneath the red metal body.
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1968 Beetle (storage)
1990 Jetta GLI megasquirted, burning E85 (currently in heavy maintenance)
2004 Jetta turbo GLI
Marion, Iowa

[kpf]

(Not my photos. Found them on here in the gallery.)

The latch goes in from inside the trunk and was originally riveted.

The head of the adjustment screw that pinches the cable lines up with that extra hole in the body when the latch is in the locked position, allowing you to tighten it by sticking a screwdriver down through the hole.
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1971 Super Beetle

[dolppl]

Excellent. Very helpful. Where does the other end of the cable go?

[VW_Jimbo]

[dolppl]

This got kind of skipped over with my many questions but I would like some feedback.

I was told this was the original engine for my '69 but the more I look at it the more I am questioning that. With no letters before the number and it starting with a 5, the best i can deduce is that this is from '61. If there was an H in front of the number the 5 matches up to a '69. But it seems like the different engine number matrixes i find don't always agree.

Let me know your thoughts and if you need any more info i can get it for you.

Thanks in advance.

[johnnyvw164]

Most likely a replacement case...and it looks like someone painted portions of it with silver spray paint.
I have a 69 with the original motor...matches the number in the original owners manual. Pretty rare, it seems.

[AutoMechanic]

Looks like a nice project. I’m in the same boat with my ignition I can’t figure out how to get it out I unhooked all of the wires but it won’t come out . Yes there should be a casting piece from metal in that spot with two little screws and caps in there. If I can find some pictures I’ll post them.

[db69]

My 69 ignition for reference

[db69]

[db69]

I had a single port in my 69 for a while. It had a 30/31 brosol carb with the 009 distributor and they worked very good together. If your not interested in going original this would be a good option.

[dolppl]

All good information and I again appreciate it

Next question. My heater boxes have what appears to be a tube that came out of them or at least a connection point that was pinched off previous to me.

See pictures below. Engine is out of the car right now so easy to see. I have not seen any other heater boxes with these connection points on them, curious to understand what they were from or their purpose.

Thanks again,

[dolppl]

Next question:

It appears my front turn signals are not original so need to know how to wire them up. The right side has a gray and black/green wire going to it. The left side has a gray and black/white wire going to it. The wiring diagram shows the spade connector connecting directly to the housing. These turn signals have a black and red wire coming out of the housing. I’ll splice them together.

Thoughts?

[dolppl]

Really need to get moving on this car. Want to get it on the road ASAP.

My thinking is the gray wires come from the fuse box. And the fuse box should be on the positive side. So I am going to hook the gray wire to the black on the bulb itself.

Anybody feels that this is wrong let me know.

I have scoured the internet and have found no info.
Thanks.

[67rustavenger]

Black/Green-Black/White wires are the turn signals. The Grey wires are the parking lamps.
This as I read the diagram.
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[dolppl]

So any idea which is the turn signal and which is the parking lamp? Red or white?

The way the bulb itself looks to be wired it is that both go the red and the black go right to the bulb. The more i think about this these may not work. I feel like they will only work for one circuit.

[ryohey]

hook it up and try it. you will not hurt anything. There should be a brown ground wire going to it also.
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