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by hardlifebug
Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:55 pm
Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
Topic: Wheel Alignment
Replies: 6
Views: 19943

Wheel Alignment

My bug has had torsion bar adjusters welded in to lower the suspension and now I'm trying to put it back to standard. Several problems have come to light: 1) one wheel has positive camber and the other side has negative camber. Both about 1.5 degrees. Does anyone know what it's supposed to be? I hav...
by hardlifebug
Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:55 am
Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
Topic: Wheel Alignment specs
Replies: 0
Views: 13064

Wheel Alignment specs

does anyone have the wheel alignment specs (front and rear) for our beetles. Also if anyone has found any other specs to be better for road handling I'd like to hear. Ta!!
by hardlifebug
Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:18 pm
Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
Topic: VIN number mystery
Replies: 3
Views: 4571

Thanks John, I've briefly looked at the New Members introduction section and seen a guy in Sydney (name Zorba) who has a VIN starting with 196 which was used in RH drive (Australian ) cars so it looks like I'm at least 50% legit for a 66 beetle hooray! It also seems that 114 was used. So maybe I've ...
by hardlifebug
Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:01 am
Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
Topic: VIN number mystery
Replies: 3
Views: 4571

VIN number mystery

HI guys newbie from the Gold Coast, Queensland,OZ. I just acquired my first Beetle which I thought at first sight was a '66 since it has a "1300" emblem on the back. On further examination (thanks to this excellent site), I've got a mystery as no numbers match those published. Number on tr...