The 1967 VW Homepage

Very nice and informative site! - and lovely VW!

BTW, the flasher switch and the single dash vent where introduced for the '66 model year. The sunvisor clips look the same as my '66 too...

Ahhh... went to look at the rest of the site but the bandwidths been exceeded!

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe (cars on website)

ahh... a parts book i referred to says gave different parts numbers tho they kinda looked the same to me.

1. I think that the dash vent was introed in 66 but it was white? and the 67 and on one was black, and in 68 they had 3 vents.
2. Your sunvivisor clips should look like this
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   . Altho the sunvisors for 65-67 looked the same, the shaft for the 67 ones are slightly longer to fit the later style clips.3. You might be right about the flasher switch. Will check again! Thanks for visiting, and I think the site is up and running again..

Ken

dont forget 1967 one year only generater(push on terminals),3 differant inside door lock knobs.

Hi Thanks for the info.. But could you elaborate? Didn't all 12v generators have push on terminals? And I think I've already mentioned the door lock knobs.. Did I make a mistake? TIA!

Ken

Monday, February 14 2005, @ 6:28 AM (-0800 GMT)

I've seen pics of the black knobs. My '67, which I just sold, had the original black knobs on the radio, but "after market" types on the doors. The original door knobs were rather large in diameter, about an inch I believe. Finding these original door knobs is virtually impossible in the U.S.. I tried with no success. I did manage to find an original Sapphire VI AM/FM radio but it took quite a while and cost a pretty penny.

Thanks for that. Sapphire was only available to the US market, while UK and Asia were offered Blaupunkts and Beckers. I'm rather confused, I thought

67's in the US used Sapphire V, which had chrome buttons and chrome knobs.

As for the door knobs, were the ones I have on the site orignal? I had those on my car when I bought them, and I managed to find another pair at a swap meet when I was in the US for a holiday. They have a tendency to bend over time, but I got spares!

Thanks again, and please clarify if you can..

Ken

No, it was definitely black! There's a dashboard pic here:

To be honest, I can't remember the exact details, the photo of the '67 one is too small. It does look similar, but I'll check again next time...

It was a first for '66...

VW did change the wheels partway through the '67 model year, and put a bead on the inside of the rim - meaning that you could run tubeless tyres (or something like that).

I see your '67 shares the same white/red colour combination as my '66

- and RHD! Are you in Singapore? Seems like a Singapore licence number...

There's whole bunch of pictures of my April 1966 car here:

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe (cars on website)

I thought '67 was the Sapphire V and Sapphire VII. IIRC, there was also another Sapphire VIII which had an 8-track!

Other markets were just fitted with dealer radios, so anything could have been fitted. The most common in the UK was a Grundig or Motorola, as well as the Blaupunkt if you had a few more £££ to spend!

I've never seen a Beetle with a dealer fitted Becker. These were very expensive when new, so mostly ended up in Porsche or Mercedes!

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe (cars on website)

Monday, February 14 2005, @ 10:01 AM (-0800 GMT)

Hi Ken,

I've only seen Sapphire IV and Sapphire VI "ALL TRANSISTOR," made by Bendix, here in the U.S. I suppose, like you say, the Sapphire V is here also, it has to be, but I've never seen one. Both the IV and the VI are EXACTLY as you describe below. Both have fake "chrome" buttons and knobs. Judging by what I've seen over many years, the "IV," which is AM only, was the most popular. Only a small percentage of Bugs had the "VI," which was AM/FM. The reason for that, I suspect, (other than a higher price), was that in 1966/67, there were relatively few FM radio stations here.

The window crank knobs you show on your web page "look" original, certainly more original than the smaller diameter black plastic after market types I had. I've never seen the originals. I've just been told they are "rubbery" and large diameter just like the dash knobs. I assumed they were all black. I'm surprised to see yours are/silver/black.

Jim

Many fotos - many links - many pages.

early 67's have a inside unlock knob that is round on top not flat like your jan 67 on ones in picture(like my aug.66 produced) while oct-dec. had knob had no "flutes" on bottom. 1968 went to post with nuts to hold ring terminals on generater in stead of 67 pushon spade type. also my early 67 (aug. 66) did not have spring on inside door latch as my oct

66 productin one has.

That's great to hear! My '71 1302 (bought it from 1st owner) came with a Becker Europa with cassette!

"veedub1967" wrote in news:eafQd.1927364 $ snipped-for-privacy@news.easynews.com:

Cool. What bands did the Becker tune?

Extra cool!

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe (cars and email on website)

AM & FM...

but something strange.. it had those old mercedes knobs with the chrome ring in the middle!

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Hey Jim,

Got a pic of a sapphire v here:

As for the crank knobs, I got a pair from germany but just simply too precious to put on as i believe they crack easily.. no wonder vw changed them after a year.. I'm pretty confident they're the right ones as the user manual shows them to be chrome and black..: Anyway, wolfsburg west claims to have reproed them, but they're never in stock! : Thanks for all the much valued info!

Ken

Hey Bill,

I noticed that on the other 67s in Singapore.. always thought they were for

68 and after.. can anybody confirm? My parts book claims the part number 111837187B..

So let me get this straight... the 67 generator was a spade connector like a

66, except it was 12 volt?

Thanks Ken

Hi Howard,

I've checked and triple checked... and you're right! Thanks for that!

Ken

IIRC, the '67 dynamo was the same as a '66 type, except it was 12v. The starter was another odd one, having 12v but the earlier style flywheel size. Another 1-year-only part!

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe (cars and email on website)

Wednesday, February 16 2005, @ 7:56 AM (-0800 GMT)

Hmmm.... The picture of a Sapphire V looks just like a Sapphire VI which is (I thought?) the first AM/FM in the series. In your pic the chrome horizontal "bar," is, in the Sapphire VI, a "slider." You slide it to one side for AM or the other way, maybe a 1/2 inch, for FM. I can't see the numbers on the dial too clearly on your pic, but it appears to be a single row? In that case the "V" would probably be an AM type and the "slider bar" fixed in position. On ther "VI" you can clearly see TWO rows of numbers on the dial, one for AM stations and the other for FM. I think (maybe?) the high res photo of the dashboard of my '67 shows the double number set.

Wow, thanks for posting the links to the 67 crank handles. They really look MUCH better than the aftermarket ones on my car. The black knob is twice the size and likely much easier to crank up/down.

Wolfburg West is, if I remember right, the place where I got the bumpers for my 67. They were hand fitted "jewels" that were then triple plated and polished, with the inside area being in a grey primer-like paint. Each bumper cost about $300 and came in a "leather-like" bag, kinda like what you might carry gold clubs in. :-)

Jim