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| rwilner |
 Oct 1 2010, 06:42 AM
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The wife likes the old-school beetle, so i've been thinking about surprising her with one for her birthday in January. Browsing the classifieds it seems like you can get a good driver for pretty short money.
Does anyone own one of these? Which years are the good ones? What to look for when checking one out? We're not going to do anything crazy with it -- she'll just drive it for fun on weekends, or as a DD during the nicer months. I did some searching on thesamba but didn't immediately find this type of information, so I thought i'd ask around here before digging more. Thanks! Rich |
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rwilner OT: Super Beetles Oct 1 2010, 06:42 AM
Vacca Rabite Great little cars.
You have to watch out for ru... Oct 1 2010, 06:48 AM
Cap'n Krusty
Great little cars.
You have to watch out for r... Oct 1 2010, 10:48 AM Vacca Rabite
Great little cars.
You have to watch out for ... Oct 1 2010, 02:25 PM jaxdream I drove a 72 Super for years :driving: , loved it... Oct 1 2010, 06:53 AM Mark Henry Supers have a more expensive front end to repair, ... Oct 1 2010, 07:21 AM Krieger I had a 72 with the shimmy and no $ to fix in... Oct 1 2010, 08:05 AM patssle Can't speak for your location, but here in Tex... Oct 1 2010, 08:06 AM DanT I owned a brand new '71 super Beetle (flat win... Oct 1 2010, 08:37 AM Root_Werks We had a 74' and loved it. It was pretty much... Oct 1 2010, 08:43 AM HAM Inc I drove a 75 for 10 years and absolutely loved it... Oct 1 2010, 09:02 AM zambezi The front end shimmy on the supers is almost alway... Oct 1 2010, 09:06 AM rwilner I'm thinking a 73 at least, although i'd l... Oct 1 2010, 09:10 AM aircooledtechguy Replace the front idler arm bushing with a solid b... Oct 1 2010, 09:10 AM underthetire I almost rolled one back in high school. That was ... Oct 1 2010, 09:13 AM kerensky I bought a '72 super convertible for the wife,... Oct 1 2010, 09:24 AM RobW Were convertible SBs made? Oct 1 2010, 10:41 AM rwilner
Were convertible SBs made?
Indeed there were... Oct 1 2010, 10:43 AM sixerdon Make your plans for NEXT weekend.
http://www.lar... Oct 1 2010, 11:03 AM RobW
Make your plans for NEXT weekend.
http://www.la... Oct 1 2010, 11:31 AM einic
[quote name='sixerdon' post='1378054' date='Oct 1... Oct 1 2010, 12:00 PM rwilner
Make your plans for NEXT weekend.
http://www.la... Oct 1 2010, 12:48 PM sixerdon
[quote name='sixerdon' post='1378054' date='Oct 1... Oct 1 2010, 02:18 PM bmtrnavsky I had a 72 Super, and it was AWESOME! Plan on ... Oct 1 2010, 11:26 AM Cupomeat I've owned and worked on both incarnations of ... Oct 1 2010, 12:14 PM dr914@autoatlanta.com I really do not think that a lady would like such ... Oct 1 2010, 12:59 PM Cupomeat
I really do not think that a lady would like such... Oct 1 2010, 02:35 PM dr914@autoatlanta.com I was just commenting about the constant maintenan... Oct 2 2010, 09:13 AM Root_Werks
Although I love them and have recently contracted... Oct 1 2010, 04:29 PM JTarver But this one just might be the ticket. If you get... Oct 1 2010, 02:25 PM Cupomeat
But this one just might be the ticket. If you ge... Oct 1 2010, 03:12 PM SirAndy Which years are the good ones?
'74 1303 S
htt... Oct 1 2010, 04:36 PM URY914 My dad had a '73 in '73. :D Oct 1 2010, 04:48 PM Jake Raby I've got the perfect super fo you.. Zero rust,... Oct 1 2010, 06:21 PM charliew I had a 72 sb since 83, I got it to fix up for me ... Oct 1 2010, 10:22 PM r_towle They are around...we have 4 here.
I am building a ... Oct 1 2010, 10:36 PM dr914@autoatlanta.com Don't get me wrong.... I LOVE the beetles. I... Oct 2 2010, 09:16 AM Jeffs9146 I had a 67 bug that I put a 67 912 1.8 motor with ... Oct 1 2010, 11:13 PM Meillac I have a '72 SB (1302) and a '67. Though m... Oct 2 2010, 02:47 AM HAM Inc The super with its MacStrut front and IRS rear has... Oct 2 2010, 09:02 AM Mark Henry I guess from the doctors point of view no one in t... Oct 2 2010, 09:57 AM dr914@autoatlanta.com Why so negative? Did you read what I wrote??
The... Oct 2 2010, 11:11 AM speed metal army Had a 73.Bulletproof motor!Drove it when I was... Oct 2 2010, 10:58 AM kwales I love the Superbeetles. Curved windshield, large... Oct 2 2010, 11:11 AM paws4862 My Wife and I have a 72 SB, she drive it 55 mi. a ... Oct 3 2010, 09:51 PM Joe Sharp As usual I totally disagree with the source from a... Oct 4 2010, 08:22 AM rwilner
As usual I totally disagree with the source from ... Oct 4 2010, 08:33 AM  |
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