The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

You can tell if the back was lowered as the tires will not be vertical. As Barron said, the torsion could have been set a couple of splines off and the bottom of the tire will be sitting further out that the top making the car look like it is squatting in the back. For the front, they could have pu...

Congratulations for wanting to raise you VW to stock height. The rear end was probably lowered by adjusting the springplate down one or more notches at the outside of the torsion bars. This is not hard to reverse. The front end may take more work, because normally the front ends are heavily modifie...

Hello to all, I am new to the site and VW's, but posted an intro in that area of the forum. Anyway I am looking for some advice (please)... When my wife and I purchased her 66, it has been lowered and the thing will literally beat you to death when you drive it. I want to raise it back up to it's no...

darzoom wrote:Welcome......Quick Tips:

Check the oil often.....
Check the belt when you check the oil.....
Adjust the valves with each oil change or 3000 miles.....

Have Fun!

Thanks for the advice darzoom!

Kevin

Hello to all, New member here from SW. Missouri (Joplin area). My wife and I are new VW Beetle owners. She has wanted one for awhile and a couple of months ago we found a solid 1966, 1300. I will post some photos when I learn a little more about the site. What I know about VW's, you could put throw ...