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On 13 Jun 2004 at 10:52, Russ Wolfe wrote: > On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 09:59, The Canadian wrote: > > I've seen and heard of VW1500 cars mentioned in the 66 and later literature > > (after the 1600 engine was in use) but I've wondered about the badging and > > model names for the economy-model single carb cars. It's been discussed > > before but I've never been quite sure - did a 1966 VW1500 have an actual > > 1500cc engine or a single carb 1600cc? This doesn't answer any questions > > but here's a 66 for auction that has a VW1500 badge on the back: > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2482003330&category=6060 > > > I wouldn't trust it. Not if they can't even put the VIN number in the > ad. And a Maaco paint job??? Sounds like a rebuilt to me. It also has > back up lights which were not stock in 1966. The car looks like it has had many parts swapped in. Look at the steering column; it's a late one with the squareish cross section. definitely not '66. The rear bumper could have also been replaced, or this might actually be a later car. Who knows? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org