The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Hi, and thank you for the response. As it happens, my car has the full headliner, and full chrome trim, 1300 badge and all... The mystery continues.

Hi, and thanks for the response. Those seem like very likely explanations. I will look at the wheeels---didn't know they had date stamps. Glad to hear from someone else who had an imported-to-Canada 66 Beetle. And thanks for the link to the Samba page, I will check it out.

Anyone ever hear of a 66 Beetle with rounded hubcaps and solid (not slotted) wheels? We all know that one of the ways you instantly tell a 66 from earlier Beetles is the flat hubcaps/slotted wheels. When I bought my 66, 40 years ago, it had rounded hubcaps and solid wheels and still has them. I didn...

Hi John, thanks for the note. Sorry about your first Beetle. My car was stolen in 1991 and I was shattered---sure he was gone for good, but fortunately the guys who stole him ran him into a pole and abandoned him on the street, and the police called me. the damage was bad, but reparable and at least...

Hi all. I've had my 1966 Beetle for almost 40 years. I bought him in 1974, when I was a 19 year old college sophomore looking for reliable transportation. I think I found it. Best $700 I ever spent. My little car and I have been through a lot together,and he's in better shape today than he was then....