The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

Good call BERHAN with the mercury switches.

If you're serious about protecting you Bug, try and get set up a pair of those small airhorns from Harbor Freight to replace your siren.

If you're really REALLY serious about protecting it get a fuel cut off.

IIRC turn signal flashers are what makes the signals and emergency lights blink. Your switch just throws power to it. I'm not sure what you're trying to do with these relays, they are just used to take a low amp/volt trigger and allow you to operate something that requires more amps/volts than the s...

I know this post is old, but if you're still trying to figure this out, let me know. My first 66 had one of these installed in it and I don;t remember it being anything big to get it running. What's the part number of the 6v-12v converter? Do you have the manul or can you post a picture of the instr...

Give it a shot. With such specific equipment pieced together I doubt you'll find anyone with a similar set up to get any feedback. Car audio is an interesting thing - I know you said you are an audio engineer, but hear me out. It's all relative. If you have nothing to begin with and install your gea...

I will definately fill up my SD card and share with everyone. I've got a lot of work to do to mine and I actually get started with some of the floor pan removal / replacement work today. The passenger rear floor is so bad my battery needs a piece of wood under it to keep it from falling out of the c...

Chris - I just saw the photos of your bug in the Welcome section and I gotta say - your car is absolutely beautiful!... I can only hope my resto turns somewhere in the same ballpark as yours.

Get all the repairs done first and save the receipts. Take photos of all the damage, even the minute stuff, and fire your mechanic. The fact that he doesn't have your back when your car was damaged means he doesn't have the best interests of your car at heart. He should have volunteered to go to co...