said by Wolfie00:It's a real gem of a little car, though, especially for old farts with nostalgia for the original Beetle
I had a '63 Beetle with a 1600cc/twin carbs...extractor...the original
canvas sunroof...wheel adapters with mags and big boots. Fun car.
Then when I started looking for a new one I came across an
absolutely MINT '67. This was about 1976-77. It was an old school
teacher....had 14,000 miles on it. I usually did all my own work on my
Beetles but I had a bit of trouble with the shift linkage on the '67.
I took it to a guy close to home who had a very good name in the
VW repair business.....Austrian guy. After looking at the car he
asked me if I had ever done any electrical work on it. I said yes
installed the stereo. He asked me if I had come across anything
unusual. Yes, I said...there are two missing fuse position in the
fuse box. He told me I had a "commemorative" Beetle. He pointed
out all the extra chrome and told me it was one of the 1st 1,000
12 volt Beetles. It was really a 1966 with a 12 volt system added.
Man oh man that was a sweet car. I ended up selling it to a kid at
work who eventually sold it to another kid at work.
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