What Year, please?

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What years had this interior, please?

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jjs
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I'll throw in my best guess: 56 oval.

I don't know those too well.

Jan

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Jan Andersson

................I'd guess 53 1/2 (zwitter?) through 57. Commonly known as the 'oval dash'. The batwing steering wheel is another story though. It was used for fewer year models during that oval dash era.

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Tim Rogers

Looks like the 56 out in my yard,............. That one looks much better though. LOL

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53-55 => Batwing ?(Me thinks). The bent gear lever is also a clue(but not to me...) to bad one cant see the heater knob..

J.

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P.J.Berg

Was the front-passenger heating vent always in the postion shown?

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jjs

I had a 57 when I was in high school. Did not have that shifter. My dad's 59 had it though so that's my guess.

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Dennis Wik

Whuffo' they call that a "batwing" steering wheel?

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Mike Rocket J. Squirrel Elliot

Early '55 had a straight shifter stalk and batwing steering wheel. This does not. This one also has a roller gas pedal which would be '53 to '57. My guess is late '55, 56, or '57.

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Mike64Bug

I would also say it's the dash of an oval. The gear-stick and steering wheel is also used on the first square-window. Looking at the white steering wheel and window lever and so, it is export (as the german ones where grey-ish)

Correct me if i'm wrong..

Roger

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bug '59

It seems we all agree it's an oval because the first square window ('58) had a panel left of the steering wheel, correct? (At least mine does.)

The picture is from a guy claiming he's selling '58 material. I felt it was pretty much wrong.

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jjs

.........The two large plastic arms from the hub to the outer part of the steering wheel look like a pair of bat wings(?).

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Tim Rogers

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Yes, but the speedo goes to 120 so maybe it wasn't an export to MPH Land.

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cloud8

The location of the heater output is indeed a clue, unfortunately not one that remains in my memory bank, the more I look the moore I'm confident this is not an all original car, I think the heater outlet is in the 56 and later position(feel more than free to correct me if I'm wrong!), but it has the Batwing steering wheel. It also has the curved gearlever wich you could only use on 55March and later models if memory serves me right. A friend had a 55 and a 54 neither could use the curved shifter, lacking the retainer pin to keep it in orientation. Then again the 54 and 55 varies alot in major departments like emrgency brake cables running to the front of the pan and totaly different door locking mechanism.

Yes, I know I'm on thin ice here, but atleast it is pointers.. When it comes to fabric of interiours don't believe anything in print, they often used what was at hand loooong after model changes.

For example, me being a kid my mother had a Europe T1 -63 with semaphores!! all origignal too!!!

J.

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P.J.Berg

Not necessary, there are some models overlapsing as the next year starts in aug. An other (possible) reason for 'wrong year to model' is that the car was left at the dealer for a while before selling it. Maybe not the real reason.... but a possible one

When i was restoring my beetle i had to bring the old part with me to compare for changes becaus of the model changes (you probably had the same issue) I think that is one of the fun parts of having a beetle; diversity and yet the same..

My gues is to take a look at the material and then find out if they are usefull to your '58

Luck, Roger

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bug '59

it looks like a "late model" oval, since it doesn't have the ribbed area around the inside of the doors.

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Howard Rose

Interesting. I have a '58 which I thought was built in the first or second week of the new body style. It does not have the dash shown in the picture.

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jjs

John, what is not the same with your dash? That dash is like my old 57' was but I can't remember if the windshield was larger in 58 or not.

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Dennis Wik

Don't get me wrong, the dash is certainly oval (pre '57) but it is possible, that for example, the car was sold in 1958 or later.

The changes in one model are more in the details, for example; i have plastic bushes in my front torsionbar, there are beetles from our type with metal bushes and/or bearings. If the changes worked out good they (the German) used it in later models.

Do you have any pics of your '58?? I would like to see them.

Roger

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bug '59

this may help you narrow it down John...

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