Danny
If you are looking at the VIN on the ownership documents it may have been assigned by the DoT for the state/province where it was first registered. If there is a VW chassis then you find the original VIN on the tunnel between the seats in front of the inspection plate. See this link for decoding the…[Read more]

Thanks to those that posted.

I think I’ll try David’s approach, it should solve my problem.

I have bought several items from Jbug and MG Magic already it seem neither had individual socket replacements.

I bought a pair of these, though I don’t have them installed yet….

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Technostalgia-6069-1962-67-Volkswagen-VW-Beetle-LED-Tail-Light-Conversion-Kit-/381223962213?_trksid=p2385738.m2548.l4275

I bought a pair of these, though I don’t have them installed yet….

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/381223962213?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true

What I did was buy some generic 1157 and 1156 sockets from Carquest/NAPA and some boots from MG Magic. Used the 1157 for brakes and driving lights and the 1156 for signal light circuit. Alternatively you could buy VW rear light fixtures but I could not find after market fixtures so would have been faced with searching wreckers yards or swap meets.…[Read more]

Here are a couple of links that might be some help, depending on the year your VW was made:

http://www.jbugs.com/product/111945263D.html

http://www.jbugs.com/product/111945263F.html

I’ve purchased MANY marts for my TDr from this company and they are reasonably priced, EXTREMELY knowledgeable, friendly and VERY fast shipping.

You can probably…[Read more]

That’s exactly the car I was going to buy before I bought The Penny Marie…The Bugatti was at a classic car dealership and it wouldn’t start. I told the owner to get it running and I’d be back to test drive and buy. The next week when I returned she was gone. someone came in on the weekend and she started right up. I later found it was a relay…[Read more]

Ok, not sure what was going on, but did get  the car started. The car is at my son’s house so I had him verify that the signals worked when the battery charger was on and the ignition key was on. In the process of him doing that, he called me and said he also noted a humming sound coming from the engine, but didn’t know what it was. I had not had…[Read more]

Try the Fan Man in Stanton Ca. He custom makes alum radiators 2 and 3 pass cross or vertical with or without cooler. Very reasonable pricing.