[Wanted: Parts] parts for 66 beetle

[bugman]

Hi guys and girls, looking for a few parts for my 66 Beetle

4 to 5 stud adaptors
4 stud steel wheels
front bonnet (long bonnet)
Sloper wing driver side front (for sloping headlights)
handbrake boot
wire cover for under bonnet
ignition with key (dash mounted)
master cylinder (single circuit)
seat covers for front and back or complete seats.
engine


If you have any of the parts give me a shout.

Thanks.

 

[trev]

out of interest, why the 4-stud wheel conversion bugman?

 

[bugman]

Hi trev, was going to try put 5 stud wheels on the beetle, i prefer the look of them. But if I don't get any i'll settle for a set of standard 4 stud wheels.

 

[trev]

does it not have 5-stud hubs on it as it stands? As a '66, it should...

 

[bugman]

It's got none on it at the moment. no hubs etc. It's on stands at the moment.

 

[trev]

ah. You're sure to turn up something in a 4-stud flavour soon enough. 5-stud might be harder to find but not impossible. Best of luck with the hunt

 

[bugman]

Cheers man!

 

[neller]

Has it a beam front ,, if so I've a set of new disks and spindles

 

[Dirty1]

If it's got no hubs then why not fit 5stud drums instead of 4stud an forget about the adapters?

 

[bugman]

Hi guys, it has a front beam. I don't really have much beetle knowledge to be honest; you would have to forgive me lol! can you put all five drums to 5 stud easily? Wouldn't adaptors be cheaper? Thanks.

 

[Dirty1]

I'm 99% sure it's possible, if you google 4 lug to wide 5 drum swap you'll find it. AFAIK you need to fit different bearing to suit the drums, I think they use type3 drums too as they're wider.
Adapters will do fine depending on your wheel choice an whether you want to run hubcaps. The trouble is you will see the 4 studs an adapter through the centre of a wide five steel. Also you are increasing your track but the thickness of the adapter so if you're running wider rims you may have clearance issues.
by the way, I'm not looking for adapters anymore, I wanted 2 to fit 9j wide 5 steels to my 4lug car for Dubshed but ended up chopping my 4stud steels an adding 4inches in.

 

[kvinyl]

Post up a picture of your front beam. Most likely its a king and link arrangement for the front suspension which would be factory correct for a '66. This would also carry a wide 5 stud pattern (rather than post '67 4-stud). Also post a photo of your rear wheels. Are they 4 or 5?

 

[trev]

Post up a picture of your front beam. Most likely its a king and link arrangement for the front suspension which would be factory correct for a '66. This would also carry a wide 5 stud pattern (rather than post '67 4-stud). Also post a photo of your rear wheels. Are they 4 or 5?

I know it's early and you haven't had your coffee yet but you meant to say that a '65-'67 car would have the cross-over parts in the front beam: i.e. balljoint trailing arms and wide-5 drums. Which would make it fierce easy to fit 4-stud drums and/or spindles if they're different (unlikely though).

bugman, you said you have no hubs. Is there any backing plates/spindles/trailing arms etc? Take a couple of photos of what you have and stick them up here

 

[kvinyl]

Yeah, that's what I meant Trev:blush: