I'm begining to feel a little overwhelmed by all of this. From what I gathered so far I own a 1973 Beetle on a 1970 Chasiss,.. or at least that is what I get so far . I think I got hosed since I paid $4,000 but I can't blalme the guy I got it from,.. he just never took the time to learn about his Beetle. The paperwork said 1970 so that is what he went by. On the bright side he told me that he paid $5000 for it 6 years ago so I did a little better than he did
As far as the body goes it is in great shape,... all the fenders and the metel is solid and strong. The frame is rust free. There is no sagging of the doors and the floor boards are great.
Mechanicly the only thing I've seen so far that needs any work is the brakes,.. the cylinders are froozen up on a few of them and my Mechanic says he can replace them all as well as give it a full tune up for about $300. For any of you "Vintage" race fans my mechanic is Tom Smalley,.. the son of Lester Smalley who was instrumental in starting the road race here in Watkins Glen. He does repairs on all the new cars but his heart still belongs to the "Good Old Days" of the road race. His shop was the place where Tech inspections were done in the 50's and is about to be put on the nationsal registry of historic places. One room of his shop is a museum dedicated to road racing in Watkins Glen.
SO I guess my next step is to finsih me research and do the repairs mentioned. I'm not going to take it back and demand my money since I still like the car and see the potential. A works in progress is what it will become and maye in a few years I will have it all done. From the looks of things I don't have much to do. Maybe I can get NY to change the year to a 73 since it's closer to that than the 70 they have it listed as. I'm not beaten Yet!!!!!!! Confused but not beaten!
Ken