The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Did some more work yesterday on the bug. Yesterday I got the right door wing vent window rebuilt and put in the car. I did some cleaning in the door jam area and glove compartment. I put in the glove compartment bumpers too. Now the glove compartment door opens easily. I also cleaned up both door gl...

I've been reading a book called "Thinking Small" by Andrea Hiott. There is a lot of history of Volkswagen and the Beetle, and it help me understand what life was like back in those days and how the Beetle came to be. Good Read, highly recommend it!

Ok, first, I don't agree with what I read online about how to disassemble the wing vent wind assembles. It's saying to drill out the hinge itself. We op'd to drill out the two rivets that attach the hinge arm to the frame assembly. Your replacement rivets are then hidden. We thought if you drill the...

Tomorrow I will be rebuilding our donor door vent wing window assemblies. I have never done this before. Found some information online and wondered if it was good information. I have new rubber to put in. "Assemble the vent windows. If you have not already done so, drill out the rivet in the to...

Stripped both donor doors of there swing windows, door latch assemblies, windows, and window mechanisms. Fun Times. The first door took about an hour, but the second was a breeze. Also worked on assembling the headlight buckets, but the left fender bucket-to-fender lip was pinched in and the seal wo...

Looking good. I like overriders, but Euro style blades are also a good choice. Wolfsburg West has very good reproduction bumpers that fit almost as if they were OEM. You can get cheaper ones several other places, but you get what you pay for. Another option is to find a set of OEM bumpers and have ...

Last week the DynaMat came in and we worked last night to install it. We had spent most of last Sunday cleaning surfaces and removing old materials. DynaMat is not cheap. It was around $680 for 74 Sq Ft. That said, it is very easy to install, and is very thin so as not to get in the way of the inter...

A short background of our 66' Beetle. Dad was working at a VW dealership, were he worked for quite a while working up from detail shop to salesman, when he decided to go into in the RV market in 1978 (year edited). This Beetle, painted black at the time, was sitting in the service lot behind the dea...

Fun times! Hope you made that trip in the fall or spring time. I drove from Billings to Louisville, Ky once in a 71' El Camino without AC and roasted in the summer time heat. I lived in Billings Montana for a few years. That's where I met my wife. What color are you going to paint your Beetle? We ha...

What color are you going to paint it? Wheels are pretty sharp looking.

Here are a few from yesterday. Mostly did some cleanup perp work. Lots of dust on everything from the car sitting for 12 years. Also removed old sound deading in preparation for new materials. http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a90/Speedmster/1966%20VW%20Beetle/IMG_1468.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/a...

Was there like a screen or a mesh that went behind the horn grills on a 66'?

We got quite a few parts in last week. We are rebuilding this car to drive, but want to keep it closer to original than custom. There will be some options on the car that it did not leave the factory with. More for convenience and comfort purposes. Like rear quarter glass with pop out kits, but for ...

Here are a few photos from this past Sunday.

Hello, I have recently started work on putting a 66' Beetle back together with my dad. Project has been sitting for 12 years. This car has been in the family for almost 40 years. The ol Beetle has been through a lot, but not it is getting freshened up. Paint, body, suspension and drivetrain are all ...