Want to buy Original 1.7 air cleaner, Looking for correct complete air cleaner for 1.7 motor Options

[jkb081]

Looking for complete air cleaner with mounting bolt/wing nut for 73 1.7

[jrmdir]

QUOTE[I see. Thank you. My issue is the intake horn is pressing down on the flapper rod that connects both flappers, thus preventing it from proper function. So I assumed I have the incorrect air cleaner.]QUOTE

The horn should point to the side of the car. See below. You should be able to rotate the bottom of the cleaner (with the horn) when the clips are undone. The top half's orientation is fixed by the rubber connector to the throttle body.

As to the covered up numbers in the trunks, they would (should) be the same as the top number on the Karmann plate: 2639599. This means your car was built on the 3rd day of the 26th week (of 1973.) Or Wednesday, June 27th. This, and the high VIN# (27001) would put it fairly late in the '73 model run, which I believe would have ended in August or September.

The scratched out bottom number is the original paint code.

Ron

[jkb081]

QUOTE[I see. Thank you. My issue is the intake horn is pressing down on the flapper rod that connects both flappers, thus preventing it from proper function. So I assumed I have the incorrect air cleaner.]QUOTE

The horn should point to the side of the car. See below. You should be able to rotate the bottom of the cleaner (with the horn) when the clips are undone. The top half's orientation is fixed by the rubber connector to the throttle body.

As to the covered up numbers in the trunks, they would (should) be the same as the top number on the Karmann plate: 2639599. This means your car was built on the 3rd day of the 26th week (of 1973.) Or Wednesday, June 27th. This, and the high VIN# (27001) would put it fairly late in the '73 model run, which I believe would have ended in August or September.

The scratched out bottom number is the original paint code.

Ron

Wow! Thanks a lot! That is the kind of information I have been looking for. I purchased George Hussy's book, but it is useless. I had some VW books that have all this kind of infomation, however because of a recent move, I cannot find them. The horn was pointing forward to the fire wall. I had rotated to the right to line up with the indents on the mounting bracket. I could not seat it because the horn ended up right on top of the distributer. I will take it apart again tomorrow. Thanks for the great information.