i repair the 66 and 67 door handles. hot vws had an article about 1988 on how to replace the pin that breaks off. ----- Original Message ----- From: "marc vellat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 66 and 68 doors
> So the latches must already be compatible (meaning the > doors will stay safely shut). The other differences > are pretty much cosmetic...easy enough to drill bigger > holes for the wide trim strip clips if that hasn't > been done already. > `66 and `67 external door handles that work are few > and far between and repros aren't available - probably > why the doors were changed. Few outside of the > car-show circuit will care. > > > --- tammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is the actual shape or curvature different? I'm >> being offered a 66 bug but >> it has 68 doors. I'm not much into authenticity, but >> if the general shape or >> curvature will look bad.... >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "marc vellat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:35 PM >> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 66 and 68 doors >> >> >> > Window mechanisms/cranks, door handles (inside & >> out), >> > door panels, wing window latches, trim clip hole >> > diameter...what are you contemplating? >> > >> > --- tammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi guys, >> >> >> >> What are the differences between '66 and '68 >> beetle >> >> doors? >> >> >> >> >> >> Tammer >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> > Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! >> Small Business gives you all >> > the tools to get online. >> > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > vintagvw site list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vintagvw site list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast > with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
