The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Well it's been 7 long months of traveling and such and I finally got around to pulling her out of the garage this weekend. Bought a 6v battery and checked all the gas lines and such.....low and behold after two tries she fired right up!!!! I was so stoked it wasn't even funny, so we decided to take ...

Thanks guys for all of the info it's greatly appreciated. I guess I'll eventually get this figured out. Now my next problem is finding out if the engine actually is 1300. I've seen where it's posted there should be an F preceding the number on the generator stand. I have numbers on my stand but can'...

you know i realized that after sending it off that you were in the U.K. but thanks for the info anyway, sorry about the mix up

Thanks to all of you guys for all of your help on this issue and the compliments on the find. I'm actually leaving on Monday and will be in Amberg Germany for six weeks. I'm hoping that in my time off from not working I will get a chance to maybe find some things for my car. Alex I see you yourself ...

SeeBlauKafer: Thanks for the info I really do appreciate it. I did find that the stamping under the washer bottle did ready "Rubin L456" I did also find that the tail lights were the amber tail lights, the push button on the door handles are rectangle not round. However, my ignition is in ...

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A few more pics yet, sorry for the delay had to go do some paperwork on this baby

Another shot at adding pics

Sorry, couldn't figure out how to get pics up on here so i'm placing them in the pictures section

Well.....picked the baby up this morning without incident. Took a boat load of pics for viewing check 'em out and let me know what you think. Now we are a little unsure if this isn't possibly a German manufactured 66, instead of being made in the states.

Thanks John, much appreciated, i haven't been this excited about something in years. I am ready to go full on with this project, and I'm glad to see there is a site out there dedicated to just what I was looking for. Will post pics a.s.a.p. hopefully Saturday after I pick it up. Thanks for the welco...

Hello forum, and '66 beetle enthusiasts, my name is Jeremy and I am located in the south eastern part of PA. Just purchased my first '66 beetle over the weekend which I am due to pick up this Saturday the 8th of September. This purchase has been years in the making after many hours or searching and ...