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- Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:57 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Cleaning and preserving fender bead
- Replies: 16
- Views: 24315
Re: He has way more patience than me...
I would've just bought brand new black, and zapped it with the correct paint style combo in an aerosol can. Carquest had the L87 for me. Kyle So ...Itskyle, how did the rattle-can fender bead paint work out? How is it holding up to the weather ....is it cracking? What do you mean by 'correct paint ...
- Sat Jun 29, 2019 6:59 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Wheel paint
- Replies: 0
- Views: 135359
Wheel paint
Can anyone suggest a 'rattle can' near match for the L-289 Blue White paint on the '66 wheels? And, is the center black a 'gloss black' or is it semi-gloss?
- Mon May 20, 2019 10:56 pm
- Forum: My 1966 VW Beetle
- Topic: My second 1966 Bug.....48 years later!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11041
Birth Certificate
There's this note on the currrent (very soon to be discontinued) VW Birth Certificate website: Bye, certificate generator! Dear Customers, After more than 25 years, the AutoMuseum Volkswagen will discontinue vehicle identity certificate service on May 21, 2019 at 0:00 am. The good news: As of June 1...
- Sun May 05, 2019 4:35 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Replacing upper door hinge mounts/panel
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6271
As far as I have been able to determine, no one makes / supplies the upper door hinges for a pre-68 beetle. Some suppliers ( Cip1.co and Wolfsberg West) supply the hinge screw plates for early beetles, and the complete hinges for 68 and new beetles. Not sure if those parts can be modified to work wi...
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:00 pm
- Forum: New Member Introductions
- Topic: Miss Retta & Daisy Dub
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13795
Looks like you have your work cut out for you!! Congrats on taking on the challenge! I'm working on a 66 as well, but I note that your's is more like the pre-65 Beetles sold in North America. Did they ever 'upgrade' to the post-1965 body style down under (larger rear quarter windows, rear window, sl...
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 10:19 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: door handles, continued
- Replies: 8
- Views: 18407
I have recently had four 1966 beetles in my possession (and still have 2)..but none of them had round-button door handles. However, it is my understanding that the inner mechanism of the round-button handle itself, and the door mechanism that it inter-faces with, are the same for both types of handl...
- Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:04 pm
- Forum: My 1966 VW Beetle
- Topic: My 1966 Beetle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16531
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:35 am
- Forum: My 1966 VW Beetle
- Topic: My 1966 Beetle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16531
The engine number and the chassis number will not be 'the same'. According to the extensive database on www.thesamba.com, the chassis number is from Aug 1965, and the engine number is from March, 1966. This could mean that the engine was replaced under warranty (just a guess) ...or perhaps a previou...
- Sat Dec 15, 2018 8:58 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Heater Concerns
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18055
You can buy the thermostat parts from Cip1.com and other parts suppliers ..some of the parts you might have get from a used parts supplier. Here's some helpful links: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlooE4EdRqc www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2235253 www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?...
- Sat Dec 15, 2018 7:08 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Heater Concerns
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18055
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:31 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Weird rear right wheel arch
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18229
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:35 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Behind rear seat carpet colour?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11816
- Fri Oct 12, 2018 12:00 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Sunvisors ...which goes where
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8818
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:05 pm
- Forum: 1966 Technical or Mechanical Forum
- Topic: Sunvisors ...which goes where
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8818
Sunvisors ...which goes where
With the asymmetrical sunvisors on the 66 bug (as well as the 65 and 67 models) which one goes on the driver's side ...they slanty shaped one, or the more fuller shaped one? My guess was that the slanty shaped one went on the driver's side, because that's how it was on my project bug. But, I notice ...
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:42 pm
- Forum: My 1966 VW Beetle
- Topic: Brazilian or German
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12192