Hi new guy here, glad to be aboard. I have had my '66 VW a few years just sitting and have just decided to work on it. I bought it from my brother for what he had paid $250.
When I first got it it did run, but backfired, but now the battery is dead. It has been converted to 12 volt with a '69 engine. really not in that bad of condition. The carb. is a two barrel Holly. Gotta change that.
The car had 68/69 high back bucket seats it it. I wanted to go back to the low back. So on a trip I spotted a vw in a small junk yard and stopped to look at it, it was Sunday and they were closed. It had the low back seats and looked like a 65/66 but was a '68 with different fenders.
I called the owner and made the three hundred mile round trip and walked away with the seats for forty bucks.
Now my question what did I buy. The seats are low back but much thicker than any other vw I have seen. The backrest is over five inches thick and seems to have springs inside the backrest. The seats have been upholstered with a fabric, so not origional.
I don't think these are 65/66 seats the backrest would be thinner a friend has one.
Any idea's on what I have??????????????????????
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- jmartini
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Hi grgnkat and welcome!
I'm not sure what you have but if you could attach a few pictures to the post that might help someone on the board identify them for you. Take a look a the attached picture and you can see what the 66 seat mechanism looked like - this was a change for the 1966 model year. Sorry the pictures not a very good one - I'll try to get another shot up here in the next couple of days. Great to see you on the forum and I hope we'll all get to see some pictures of your 66 too!
I'm not sure what you have but if you could attach a few pictures to the post that might help someone on the board identify them for you. Take a look a the attached picture and you can see what the 66 seat mechanism looked like - this was a change for the 1966 model year. Sorry the pictures not a very good one - I'll try to get another shot up here in the next couple of days. Great to see you on the forum and I hope we'll all get to see some pictures of your 66 too!
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- sonofherbie
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Welcome, grgnkat
Where in Virginia are you? I'm in southwest/southside (Henry Co.). Maybe we could compare notes/frustrations!