The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

This 'beach car' was unearthed in the South of France and restored to it's former glory. This kind of coachbuilt conversion was popular on cars of the era in the Southern Mediteranean, hundreds of Fiats, Renaults etc were converted but harldy any VW's, this car was converted from an Oval by one of t...

Here are my pics from the 1st European Bug-In held in a small town called Chimay on the French/Belgian border. It's marketed as a premier VW show, but centered on nostalgia/gasser VW drag racing, with heavy Cal-Look influence in the Concours etc. Me and my buddies from restowagenuk.com headed over i...

Thanks! 8) The radio is definately a Blaupunkt, though what model I am not sure!!! My car came with a radio from the factory/dealership but it was long gone when I bought the car.. I sourced this radio on German ebay, it's a fully restored 1966 Blaupunkt something or another with the correct VW tuni...

The chair trays are OG 1960's Brexton trays, as are the door trays, all found on ebay


Alex.

Alex - That is a beautiful car - and so much work went into it - most people would probably have just given up and let it go to the salvage yard - thankfully there are people like you out there that believe in bringing some of these cars back to their original glory - she's a great looking car - co...

Thanks John. The car was my second car, although I now have a modern daily driver as I drive over 20000 miles a year for work, I sold a perfectly good modern car to buy the '66 and never looked back :lol: and it was my daily for 5 years. It's pampered a bit now and see's weekends usage mainly, 40000...

Hi all! I have had my '66 1300 since 1995. It's my first and only Vdub and has gone through alot of work over the past years to get it to how it looks today. Having searched for the months it was the only pre '67 Bug I could find locally, generally Original, 6 Volt etc, the poor old girl had had a f...

hi there just found this site and signed straight up!!

I'm Alex, i'm 32 and have had my Ruby Red '66 1300 for 12 years.

Now restored and how I always wanted the car I won't be selling it anytime soon!! Give me a few hours and I'll get some pics and history up... nice site!

Alex.