The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Back in the day of the rusty Beetle, they used to sell weld-in repair kits for the front axle beams. Ball joint Beetles typically rusted out on the shock towers between the two front alxle tubes, and this kit fixed the problem without having to tear out the front end. I still have one of these kits ...

Pira, more people have replaced their ignition switches for no good reason, losing their original key... This is a very common problem that has been afflicting VWs from time immemorial. You need to install a hard start relay . There's resistence in the electrical system that's causing a power drain ...

I understand the problem, and I cut a notch in the bottom inside lip of the pedal cover to make them fit properly. Honestly, most modern pedal replacements are crap. Especially the Taiwanese type that are plastic instead of rubber, and they are universally too small. I've had luck hunting down genui...

The '66 1300 engine shared the same bottom end (crank and cam) with the later 1500 and 1600 engines, but the top end had smaller pistons, cylinders and valves. You can determine if your engine started out as a 1300 by checking the letter code on the serial number, but there's no way to determine if ...

Same for me. I was searching for 1300 engine information on Google.

... and a quick explanation of my screen name, Blue Baron. it doesn't apply to my current '66 per se. It originated during the CB radio craze back in the '70s, when I owned a blue '66 bus, it was my "handle." I reactivated it again last year for my screen name at The Samba.

Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Greg in Florida and I own a L360 seeblau '66 Deluxe Seadan. I've been a VW enthusiast my whole life, and my first Beetle was a customized '66 that I kept for about a month in 1978 before selling it to buy a much nicer '65. I didn't own a '66 again until four years a...