[anjan_c2007]

Originally Posted by manishalive

Check this out, this beetle has been restored by our Indorjit da.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/1400501-post230.html

Thanks Manish -had a good view of the link you have provided.

[71Convertible]

Originally Posted by inderpalgill

this is a 1302 or 1302S but never 74 as 74 was 1303S with curved windshield and disc brakes,another thing no super beetle ( 1302,1302s 1303s) came with 1300 engine they had 1600 as standard engine,cant scan and upload books but can give plenty of references on this,cheers Folks

@inderpalgill -- your info is incorrect.

(a) The supers were offered with a 1300DP AND 1600 DP. And in Italy there was also a 1303A ('73 on) which was 1200cc to fit within the tax laws. In the US - only the 1600 size was offered so perhaps the source of your confusion. Elsewhere the "S" indicated the larger engine size.

(b) The 1303 series supers started in Aug '72 ('73 model year)

[karlosdeville]

This chop top Bug was spotted in Bombay at a garage being restored.

[deutscheafrikar]

[quote=karlosdeville;1651075]This chop top Bug was spotted in Bombay at a garage being restored.[quote]
Karlos,
This isn't orginal right?
Who owns the two cabriolets in mumbai? One was lying for ages in a garage just near my place. Anup had got it there. It was still there, till much after he left and shifted to versova.

[the mole]

[quote=deutscheafrikar;1651125][quote=karlosdeville;1651075]This chop top Bug was spotted in Bombay at a garage being restored.

Karlos,
This isn't orginal right?
Who owns the two cabriolets in mumbai? One was lying for ages in a garage just near my place. Anup had got it there. It was still there, till much after he left and shifted to versova.

Mr Sameer Kadam owns one- I think it is pre 60's
Mr Shivanand Shetty owns one- Its a mid 70's
There is another one- Karl can tell us more

[IndrojitSircar]

Originally Posted by anjan_c2007

A well restored and maintained VW Beetle sighted by me just the other evening at Gariahat area in Kolkata.Kolkatans may be able to tell us more about this car! Am sorry for the picture quality

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This car was restoed by my father and i have uploaded pics in this thread earlier and there are pics in another thread.This car belongs to the same person who's fiat 500 is under restoration.The link to the pics on this this thread is - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/post-1950/42766-volkswagens-india-16.html#post1400501
The pics than have been uploaded of this car has been taken in our residence.

[S.B.Jatti]

[quote=IndrojitSircar;1651378]This car was restoed by my father.

A very well restored VW Beetle.

[IndrojitSircar]

[quote=S.B.Jatti;1651402]

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

This car was restoed by my father.

A very well restored VW Beetle.

thank you sir.If you go through this thread- http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vintag...pu-sircar.html


you'll see some more interesting stuff.

[the mole]

[quote=IndrojitSircar;1651405]

Originally Posted by S.B.Jatti

thank you sir.If you go through this thread- http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/vintag...pu-sircar.html


you'll see some more interesting stuff.

Very intresting car indeed, very good job. Love the Pharmacy pink too

[deutscheafrikar]

Originally Posted by the mole

Mr Sameer Kadam owns one- I think it is pre 60's
Mr Shivanand Shetty owns one- Its a mid 70's
There is another one- Karl can tell us more

Hmmm.. just looked at your garage. I wish I knew this a few years ago. I sold of two 180 D engines with a gearbox, having bought them in 1990 to fit into a petrol jeep.

[IndrojitSircar]

[quote=the mole;1651837]

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

Very intresting car indeed, very good job. Love the Pharmacy pink too

Thankx amol.The green one also looks really good and is a brilliant runner.

[the mole]

Originally Posted by deutscheafrikar

Hmmm.. just looked at your garage. I wish I knew this a few years ago. I sold of two 180 D engines with a gearbox, having bought them in 1990 to fit into a petrol jeep.

How unfortunate! I would have loved to have picked them from you.I ovehauled my engine this year. Besides that I do have a spare head for my car. Still looking for a new crankshaft though.

[deutscheafrikar]

Originally Posted by the mole

How unfortunate! I would have loved to have picked them from you.I ovehauled my engine this year. Besides that I do have a spare head for my car. Still looking for a new crankshaft though.

Yes very unfortunate. I had bought them from a Parsi friend Yezdi Shroff who lived at Tardeo. One to use and one as spare. He was emigratiing to Australia then. I kept them for so many years but had to finally get rid of both to make space in my garage. I kept the oil filter as a souvenir. It was the first time I came across one like that. What a great idea. If only my motorcyles had one like those.

[IndrojitSircar]

Hi guys

i spotted a beetle about two hours ago in noida.Here are the pics of the car.Sorry for thepics qualiy.I took it from a phone.The car was un restored and was in a pretty bad shape.Lots of parts were not original on the car.The seems to be have done up once before but a really pathetic job.

[anjan_c2007]

Originally Posted by IndrojitSircar

This car was restoed by my father and i have uploaded pics in this thread earlier and there are pics in another thread.This car belongs to the same person who's fiat 500 is under restoration.The link to the pics on this this thread is - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/post-1950/42766-volkswagens-india-16.html#post1400501
The pics than have been uploaded of this car has been taken in our residence.

Indrojit, the car was parked in Gariahat a few days ago and its looks were revealing that some eminent restorer has done the work. And I thought of posting the images as soon as I landed at home here in Nagpur, to get the mystery resolved.
Thanks for the revelation.I saw the better images in your thread under reference.