The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

What is the engine number stamped in the case?

Alex.

60's standards are rare where ever you are in the world, the fact it's RHD is a bonus. The Aussie CKD stuff is unusual and perhaps here in Europe is not as desirable as a Wolfsburg built bug, but at the end of the day, you have a rare car on your hands there bud!

Alex.

Aussie bugs had the small windows, solid wheels and king & link pin beam up to 67 then went to euro and us spec in 68! The missed out on the euro/us 65 and 66 models with bigger windows, slotted wheels etc.

Nice find dude!

Alex

European 66's definately did not have an 'S' on any badging.

Alex.

Lookin' good!

Alex.

Aircooledbenny wrote:hey dude, where did you get those trays that fold over the seats? I know where to get the ones that go over the window but the seat ones look rad.

Ebay again These ones are made by Brexton, as are the door mounted ones

Alex.

Welcome!

Alex.

That's amazing. Only in the UK do you see that kind of dedication toward bringing back a rusty old car. Bravo.

Thanks

Alex.

Repro ones are available in a bright red colour from StatusVW here in tge UK, they do other colurs too. The one on mine is an original Sinko wirbulator/bug deflector and the clear colour is a little harder to get hold of. They did make them in red but to be honest it's more a Orange colour. There ar...

Lookin' great!

Alex.

Im in sixth form and i dont even have a job :lol: Im gunnaa have to seriously work hard to get this sorta stuff! Are you going to do eastbourne extream - Bus stop thingy? Ive been to the past 3 brighton breeze's and I cant not stare at your bug. I need to fit my albert mirrors... they look cool 8) ...

repros are like £250 ... wings are cheaper than that! :shock: Original wings aren't ;-) and these will probably only go straight onto original wngs, so by the time you've messed about chopping repro wings and skirts about, you could have had fenderskirts made to fit the shape of the wings perfectly...

Would you ever sell your fender skirts? 8) Not 100% interested but it would be nice to know I'm affraid I have no plans to sell them at the moment, there is a guy that trades at the shows who imports VW's and parts from Australia and he sells these steel repo's, Although I sourced mine through a fr...

Welcome!

Good luck with the engine

Alex

Sounds great!

Alex