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- From: tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen)
- Subject: Re: Name that Beetle!
- Organization: Waterloo Engineering Software
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:50:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.055043.3907@wes.on.ca>
- References: <1993Jan26.130012.6535@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- pmr@daneel.rdt.monash.edu.au (Paul Richardson) writes:
- > I'm interested in a better Beetle. I want McPherson strut front end for
- > increased boot space, disc brakes in front, 4-bolt hubs so I can get decent
- > wheels and tires, independant rear-end and preferably a flat windscreen
- > (I don't like the look of the curvy one - it bulges.). 1500cc or larger
- > engine is essential - was an 1800 available in the Beetle? How about fuel
- > injection/electronic ignition?
-
- You want a '71-'72 1302S (that's a Super Beetle for you Americans, but it
- also has the disc brakes that Paul covets). It meets all the criteria,
- except for the fuel injection.
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- If you want fuel injection, you'll either have to give up McPherson struts
- and disc brakes (a late model 1300S), or accept a curved windshield (a
- 1303S). Oh, and no 1800s to be found anywhere -- not stock ones, that is.
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