Re: Rice Bug

On 23 Jul 2003 04:33:19 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@aol.comSPAMOUT (Bill Berckman) ran around screaming and yelling:

sure as s*it, he called it a superbeetle...doesn't look like a 74 super to me... J

No kidding, thought 73 and up had curved windshields....and didja see the way that thing lists in the rear....I bet that thing is down right horrifying in anything but a straight line....talk about trailing throttle oversteer....

Sneak

Looks like it's just an engine (condition unknown) and adapter thrown into the Bug. Horrible, but certainly worth $800. :)

It's SUPER because its SUPER powered! I don't see any signs of a radiator, or hoses. There is no exhaust other than the manifold. I'll bet this conversion turned out to be too much work for some wannabe riceboy and it's unfinished, hence the lack of (or wrong)info.

In the US they did (well, from August 1972!). However, the rest of the world also had the option of the torsion bar model as well, but with smaller engine size (12-1300). It could always be an import...

-- Howard

only SUPERS had curved windshield from 73+

BUS tranny, no reduction gears....................

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Six-speed forward, six-speed reverse

Yep, all the parts I've been buying from aircooled.net is going into this.

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 15:12:29 GMT, Jay Espy , who was sitting in a corner eating his Xmas pie stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum and began to run off at the mouth like so:

Yeah, what kind of engine is that? What kind of transaxle? What's going on here? That's some high-dollar-lookin' equipment you're working with. What's the story?

-- Travis (Shaggie) '63 VW Camo Baja...

Say... there's room in there for two of those, maybe three! :)

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 02:36:21 GMT, Jay Espy ran around screaming and yelling:

not so cheap in my area of the states....not these days... Joey

Likewise here....Beetle for sale in my area....73 vert.....no brakes, seized motor, rotted framehead, bad 1/4s, etc.....an economical $1800.....

Sneaks