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 posted on July 29th, 2010 at 01:19 PM |
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how to identify 65/66 beetle as 1200/1300/deluxe?
As per the title,
I'm trying to figure out what type of beetle I have.
Its a 66 built late 65 to mid 66 based on VIN.
RTA just have it listed as 'beetle', but they said that engine was listed between 1200 and 1300 cc. (They won't give me specifics cause it's
unregistered due to privacy act blah blah)
Are there any ways to identify what it originally was? Ie did 1200 have badge on decklid?
Thanks
Rob
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| posted on July 29th, 2010 at 01:37 PM |
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posted by rob53
As per the title,
I'm trying to figure out what type of beetle I have.
Its a 66 built late 65 to mid 66 based on VIN.
RTA just have it listed as 'beetle', but they said that engine was listed between 1200 and 1300 cc. (They won't give me specifics cause it's
unregistered due to privacy act blah blah)
Are there any ways to identify what it originally was? Ie did 1200 have badge on decklid?
Thanks
Rob
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only the 1300 had the engine size badge...
the 1200 may have had a "deluxe" badge..?
its most likely a 1300... most were then..
cheers
LEE
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| posted on July 29th, 2010 at 07:16 PM |
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1200s had no decklid script, 1300s had a 1300 script and deluxe if it was.
Standards just had 1300.
Also if the car and tinware has not been repainted, 1200s had the Use genuine parts blah blah sticker on the fanshroud, 1300s had it inside the
glovebox lid
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| posted on July 29th, 2010 at 07:50 PM |
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My 66 Deluxe VIN starts with 196 then remaining numbers.
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| posted on July 29th, 2010 at 08:40 PM |
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Yes Joel is right, the 1965-and-earlier Deluxe 1200s did not have any numbers, script or lettering on the engine lid at all. The 1200 Deluxe was
discontinued in March 1966.
The 1966 Aussie Deluxe went up to 1300, and initially just had '1300' on the engine lid. The 'Deluxe' script was added in late 1966 and continued
through 1967.
As we've mentioned in other posts, look at the back of the speedo, under the chrome front blinker covers, and on all five wheel centes, for date
stamps. If original, these give a better indication of when the car was made than do lists of chassis numbers on US websites like samba. The Americans
freak out when they see Aussie chassis numbers beginning 196, 197 and 198 - which they don't understand.
The Australian factory was allocated chassis number 'blocks' so that a sequence was not used in another factory. In Melbourne it was possible for
chassis pans to be stamped, then sit in storage for months before being used, especially in 1966-67 when sales were winding down. Apart from giving
the year model, the chassis number is really only a general guide to when DURING that year it was made.
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| posted on July 30th, 2010 at 10:13 AM |
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Unfortunately the car is not in very original condition now, but it does have the use genuine parts sticker inside the glovebox lid. But there is no
badge on the decklid. I'll sand down the paint to see if there is any bog filling any badge holes and if the decklid is likely to be original.
The wheels are all wide 5 studs which have 65 stamped on them.
Did these beetle's ever have wide 5 studs?
The spare is a smaller size (width) which seems standard.
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| posted on August 2nd, 2010 at 08:57 AM |
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No, VW never fitted wide wheels as standard. Your spare is the standard size (15 x 4" from memory). Australian VWs had these wheels fitted until the
early months of 1968 when the new 12V '68 model replaced the Aussie Deluxe.
Just open your engine lid and look at the underside - you'll soon see if it once had holes for badges there.
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