1967 VW Bug: Special and 1-year only features...

1967 VW Bug Special and 1-year only features

1500 cc engine, 53hp. (1968 1600 cc went up to 57hp). Dual-spout air cleaner. "Volkswagen" added to rear deck. Squared-off looking rear hood. Rear bumper over-riders re-designed to clear new deck lid. Changed from 6 to 12 volt system in middle of year. Generator increased from 180 to 360 watts with change from 6 to 12 volts. Voltage regulator now mounted under rear seat instead of on generator. Wider swing axles provide wider track in rear. Clutch disk increased in size from 180 to 200 mm.

130 tooth (200mm) flywheel replaces 109 tooth (180mm) flywheel. Dual master cylinder brake system. Outside door handle has round push button. Recessed inside plastic door handles. Two-speed windshield wipers. Headlamp switch has "parking lights only" setting. Back-up lights. Single unit headlights. Locking buttons on doors. Driver armrest added. Door pocket only on drivers side. Slimmer outside chrome trim pieces. Left outside mirror becomes standard equipment. Z-Bar added to rear suspension in an attempt to improve handling. 12 Volt sticker inside left door frame in silver/red. First year Transistor radios. Last year for "plumber's bumpers." Last year for low back seats. Last year of the "classic Bugs." :-(

The Bug is now sold but I've added 1000+ links to Air-Cooled Volkswagen web sites for your fun. The link button is 1/2 way down the page.

Jim

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a couple of your items are not one year only specific to the 67 and most don't agree with your last part about "last year of the "classic bugs"...most purists classify it as the first year after teh classic beetles...i am not one of these purists...

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Joey Tribiani

The Euro spec 67 had the early body while the US spec had upright headlights and late bodystyle

Jan

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Jan Andersson

yes...we should indeed point out when stating things specific to the US spec bugs..thanks Jan..

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Joey Tribiani

Ahhh.. this was "1500" for Euro spec! Or 1300 on the 1300, or nothing at all on the 1200.

The round button handles where introduced in March 1966... but the '67 style has a different locking mechanism to the '66 handles.

My '66 has this (as well as every other VW I know of). Maybe it's a Euro spec thing.

My '66 has this.

First for '66 (driver's side)

Other interesting things on the Euro cars is that the 1500 model had

4-bolt disc brakes. The 1200 and 1300 models had the 5-bolt drums. We also got sloping headlights, thin bumpers with no rails and no backup lights. Hazard flashers were not standard either.

It always seem strange that the US spec cars never got the disc brakes in 1967! After all, the reason most of these changes were done was to satisfy the US safety legislation. Weird!

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe
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Howard Rose

Monday, February 14 2005, @ 6:17 AM (-0800 GMT)

Hi Howard,

Thank you for your additions! I would expect the euro models to have variances. I kinda suspect, but am not certain, that UK models probably had the steering wheel on the "wrong" side too? My error for not mentioning the list was based on 67's shipped to the U.S. and Canada :-)

In regard items on the list that did appear on a few others, that is why I mentioned in the Subject: line "Special and 1-year only features"... Perhaps I should have used the word "differences" rather than "special." Oh well.. May I be "tarred and feathered" and driven out of town in an old eusty Suburu!

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That's ok! I just thought it would be interesting to show the numerous differences between the markets. You know, over here I know a couple of people who have converted their '67s to "US specification" just to be different. They kept the RHD though!

My car does indeed have the steering wheel on the "wrong" side :-P

-- Howard Rose

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Thinks, I wonder which side the stagecoach driver sits - can't help feeling the USA simply lost its way between then and now, as to which side the driver sits.

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Dave Hall

Monday, February 14 2005, @ 10:18 AM (-0800 GMT)

Hey Dave,

The stagecoach driver sat on the left, and that is because the horses on the right side were always the ones with "weak bowels" and you really did NOT want to sit just behind three horses running at full tilt that had weak bowels. Kinda like sittin' on the ground behind an elephant who just ate several large pizza's!

This is most likely WHY we, way out here in the "colonies," drive on the left. I think thats why the Germans do too, but in their case I think it has something to do with sauerkraut induced bowel movement.

Jim

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Jim

You should try driving a LHD car in London Traffic! :(

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Malc

Funny, E-bay photos of USA stage coaches (eg items 6140045560, 6153293224 and

6139075269) all show right-hand drive, as do some other pics I found - I'm sure from the old cowboy films the driver sits on the right and the guy riding shotgun is on the left.

I think that bit about weak bowels was just BS. ;-)

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Dave Hall

I gotta back up Dave on this. My memory is of the stagecoach driver being on the right. Wasn't that where the brake was, too? I never thought about this before, but that means that when we claimed "Shotgun!" we had it somewhat backwards.

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Jim Adney

Thanks Jim. Yes, outside brake lever like some early UK cars. It's curious that the continental custom took over later - I blame the French, who after the revolution attacked people driving on the left of the road as they were obviously aristocracy. They also wanted the 0 degrees meridien through Paris, but unfortunately the British charts were much better and everyone used them for navigation, so it was a 'fait accomplis'. That was when as a sop they made an international agreement to use the metric system, widely ignored later by most civilised countries! ;-)

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Jim wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

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Pity the poor guy riding shotgun :-\

Here is another explanation for driving right. The rest of the article is pretty interesting. No sources however.

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In the past, almost everybody travelled on the left side of the road because that was the most sensible option for feudal, violent societies. Since most people are right-handed, swordsmen preferred to keep to the left in order to have their right arm nearer to an opponent and their scabbard further from him. Moreover, it reduced the chance of the scabbard (worn on the left) hitting other people.

Furthermore, a right-handed person finds it easier to mount a horse from the left side of the horse, and it would be very difficult to do otherwise if wearing a sword (which would be worn on the left). It is safer to mount and dismount towards the side of the road, rather than in the middle of traffic, so if one mounts on the left, then the horse should be ridden on the left side of the road.

In the late 1700s, however, teamsters in France and the United States began hauling farm products in big wagons pulled by several pairs of horses. These wagons had no driver's seat; instead the driver sat on the left rear horse, so he could keep his right arm free to lash the team. Since he was sitting on the left, he naturally wanted everybody to pass on the left so he could look down and make sure he kept clear of the oncoming wagon?s wheels. Therefore he kept to the right side of the road.

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All interesting stuff! Out of interest, a third of the world's population drive on the left, and two-thirds drive on the right. More than I thought!

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe
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Howard Rose

Wednesday, February 16 2005, @ 7:44 AM (-0800 GMT)

Gill,

Your "treatise" below on "hiwaymen" and there "ilk" is really interesting. I had never thought of horse mounted swordmen riding on the left side of the road so that they could meet oncoming villianous types with their swords at the ready in their right hands. Very good point! Very good indeed! Quite clever those Englishmen!

In regards the stagecoach driver sitting on the right side of the seat, and the guy riding shotgun on the left, I'm going to have to find an old copy of the movie "Stagecoach" with John Wayne in it and see whats up. Was Andy Devine in that movie?

The fact that most people are right-handed, and mount their horse on the left side, kinda gives credence to the idea that the right side was not a good place to be, lest you "step in it." Doesn't THAT make sense?

Jim

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showsbrake on the right, to be operated with the right foot.

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Tom's VR6

Hmm, so it was the French drivers who needed to whip horses that made the USA drivers change from the right-hand driving seat to the left hand horse's back. No comment. ;-)

Maybe we shouild be posting this in alt.stagecoach or something.

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