1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Base 1.6l on 2040-cars
Chatham, Virginia, United States
Body Type:Coupe
Vehicle Title:Clear
Engine:4 cylinder
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller
Number of Cylinders: 4
Make: Volkswagen
Model: Beetle - Classic
Trim: black vinyl trim
Drive Type: manual transmission
Mileage: 96,300
Disability Equipped: No
Exterior Color: Yellow
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Interior Color: Black
Bought the Bug about 7 years ago from the original owner (as he told me.) Began restoring it in 2012 and with the unexpected death of my wife have decided to sell it. The following is the list of new or restored parts to the '74 VW: door panels front and back; carpet- front, back and trunk; headliner; rear speaker tray; sunvisors; window door cranks; rear view mirror; complete rubber kit; "T"-bar bumpers- front and rear; headlights and rings; taillights; turn signal assemblies; driver side exterior mirror; aluminum running boards; complete wiring kit- front to back; starter; wipers and arms; generator; front windshield;door components; muffler; carburetor; chrome air filter; electric fuel pump; spark plugs and wires; tires; complete paint inside and exterior.
The restoration did not include engine nor suspension work nor has the transmission been restored or service in 7 years of ownership. The Beetle is not a daily driver and does have issues some of which are evident in the pictures. This is the known list: 1) the dash has one crack; (2) both front seats rock due to missing shims that were lost in the carpet removal and have not been found.
(3) During the restoration of the interior the back seat suffered a split in the seat back as the picture shows; (4) at speed (55mph) the car drifts; (5) during braking the brakes feel spongy; (6) rubber gasket at passenger door has a small crimp in it not a cut and will need gluing.
The VW is complete except for the missing seat shims (which were never located online, either) and runs as noted and shifts into each gear without clunking. The car does not need to be trailered but has not been driven extensively in 7 years or during the restoration. The car comes with an owner's manual and an 8-track tape player which I have never played and do not know if it functions.
The listed restoration is less than 6 months old.
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Editors' Choice: Top Five 2013 Geneva Motor Show Debuts
Fri, 08 Mar 2013We've returned from a very busy week in Switzerland, and in going back over all of our 75 stories from the Geneva Motor Show, our editors have gathered up their personal favorite debuts from the European expo.
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The ore is mined by the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army), and exported to Pennsylvania, where it is refined. The refined ore is then sent over to Austria, where a company called Plansee turns it into a finished product. Now, it's important to note that we aren't talking about the world's supply of tungsten here. In 2012, Plansee's American refinery purchased 93.2 metric tons of tungsten, valued at $1.8 million. That's peanuts, with the entire Colombian tungsten mining industry producing just one percent of the world's supplies.
That doesn't make indirectly supporting FARC any more acceptable, though. BMW, VW and Ferrari are all committed to not accepting mineral supplies from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is also in the grips of a guerrilla insurrection funded, in part, by illegal mining. The same commitment would figure to extend to Colombian mining, but as BMW points out, it's difficult for a multi-national manufacturer to know where every item in its supply chain comes from. A company spokesperson says as much, telling Bloomberg, "These few grams out of the billions of tons of raw materials passing through the BMW supply chain are of no practical relevance."
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VW kept making the van in Brazil with the original air-cooled 1.2-liter boxer four until 2005, after which the original design was updated with a 1.4-liter water-cooled engine. Today, however, it ultimately falls prey to safety regulations that mandate that all vehicles - no matter how old their design - need to have airbags and ABS, forcing Volkswagen do Brasil to cease production of the Microbus after a 56-year production run. But the latest word is that the Kombi (as it's presently known) could get a stay of execution - or at least a resurrection in short order.
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