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71 was the 1st year for discs brakes. Had a dual port 1600 engine. Man I wish I had it now!
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1971! Best year for the Superbeetle and Type II (lowlights rule), Standards and (aguably) Type III peaked in 1967.
vwbuswagon.blogspot.com/2014/02/low-light-bay-window.html
I had a full-length rack like that on my 1961 panel van, a guy came and leaned on me to sell the vehicle to him, so I let the rack go just to get him to go away.
This example is nicely optioned, with a spotlight for the shotgun seat, Raders and the rubber bumper inserts (center wrapped with rope).
I had a 1960 13-window with the walkthrough. When my son was born, we put a bicycle child seat in the walkthrough so his eye-level was the same as the grownups. These days I'd look for a clean Vanagon. More body width and A-arm front suspension. On the streets around here the Westphalia campers have outlasted everything else from their era.
edit: so I took a look through
www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/newads.php?type=carsSecond listing was 71 Deluxe sunroof bus in Canada for $35K.
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1984 One Owner VW Vanagon Camper Westfalia in Maryland for $10.5K
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1988 Vanagon Westfalia GL Camper — NO EXHAUST in Santa Cruz for $10K
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1975 “Automatic” All Original paint in Spokane for $15.5
So the going rate seems to be $10K unless it's really nice.
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Are you aware that the Hot VWs magazine Mileage Motor got a Beetle to 39.8 MPG? I built a similar motor for the panel van, which is gone but I still have the motor. The biggest difference is I used aftermarket big valve heads thinking it would be a truck motor. Hot VWs went with stock fuel injection heads which have smaller intakes.
In a more perfect world, it would be in some vehicle, with a 72 Volt mild hybrid altermotor replacing the starter and generator.
ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/controller-mods-build-e-assist-altermotor
The battery pack would be an Ecoflow Delta Pro turning the vehcile into a microgrid.
ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/ecoflow-delta-pro