The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Blue Baron wrote:You have a '66 body on a '63 chassis.

It happens.

Hey Blue Baron,
Thanks for the information. At least I know what year the chasis is now.

My son recently picked up a 1966 Bug, which is in reasonably good condition except for a few items. The seats were not original, and not even the right size. Someone welded on the rails of some ratty seats to the VW floor rails. Seats were falling apart, welds breaking, unsafe - time to tear them o...

If you don't have an original key you have to send Gabriel one of your parts right? I just spoke with Gabriel about my locks. My ignition and doors uses two different keys. I'd like to make it into one single key to match the ignition. So, I will be shipping him my two door handles along with the i...

If you don't have an original key you have to send Gabriel one of your parts right? I just spoke with Gabriel about my locks. My ignition and doors uses two different keys. I'd like to make it into one single key to match the ignition. So, I will be shipping him my two door handles along with the i...

NICE!!

Another pic.

Here's the Bug when I first got it towed to my home.

My Vin starts with a 116 but the fourth number is totally off, What's up with that? I'm not quite sure of what you mean by "totally off." Shoot me an email with your chassis number, and I'll try to decipher it. Hi, the VIN on the chasis of my supposedly '66 reads 5193918 and the VIN under...

Hello all, I'm brand new to the site. Just picked up a '66 bug last weekend and very excited about fixing it up. I bought the bug so I can fix it with my 16yr son. My first car was a '72 bug and my father and I fixed it up and it taught me so much that I wanted to do the same with my son as well. Th...