The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Glad to see you came out of this OK. I'm the one that is jelous of you bolting the pan to the body and getting the doors fitted. If only my 66 was that far along. HAHAHA!

Very common problem with these carbs. The only thing I have found that helps is to check and clean the idle jet and passages. Unfortuneatly this requires dismantling the carburator and using carb cleaner and some compressed air.

Sorry to hear about the hospital stay. Good thing is you were able to get out. I have not had much time to invest in my 66 either but my excuse is a good one not bad like yours. I recently accuired a 67 deluxe bus that I have been spending a little time with to get it street worthy. All the big stuf...

Welcome we are glad to have another 66 fan.

Changed my mind. Going to keep it orig.

I found one on ebay last week. It had been blasted and painted and is beautiful. Got it for 25.00 plus shipping.

Not very hard . The worst part is getting the bushing in the hole

Sounds like it is coming together. Cant wait for more pics. Getting back to a rhd conversion clutch and accel. tubes remain in the same place. The pedal assy. goes from the right side and connects into the clutch and accel. from the left.You are right it will take some work but I think it will be wo...

I did mine and it came back as Oct. 65 but when I pulled the Insulation from the tunnel It had a white paint stamp that read 10/10/65 go figure!

I was told by an old VW Dealership mechanic that when an engine was replaced the new engine did not come with any numbers on them. They would have stamps that they would use to stamp the old number into the new case. Sometimes these numbers would not get stamped or maybe stamped wrong. Its possible ...

At this stage of the game I am considering a Right Hand Drive conversion. The body is off and has been blasted. There is a good bit of rust in the firewall and right heater channel so while I'm there I figure a RHD would be a cool way to go.

If you are looking to do it yourself you can cut out a piece of thick posterboard about 8 to 10 in width and long enough to surround the inner part of the wheel then tape the ends toghether and use this as a seperator between the two sections of wheel and go to painting. I would paint the black firs...

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The pics of your pan inside thr garage looks very farmiliar. Mine is in almost the same configuration. Looks great! My body however is not fairing so well. It still has a long way to go.

I would love to have a 1300 but at this stage of the game i am too deep into the car to swap now. But if i could ask what you are wanting to get for it.