"During the 1950s, the car was modified progressively: the obvious visual changes mostly concerned the windows.[14] In March 1953, the small oval two piece rear window was replaced by a slightly larger single piece oval rear window"
From Wikki - and I suspect its probably right in this case! So yours is an up to '53 model, B! Do a search "VW Beetle history" and the first site includes a section on how to ID your beetle!
Personally I couldn't stand the things, btw, a mate of mine hade an L reg 1301 same time as I had my Mini, give me the Mini any day!
After my little jaunt abroad its a lot better now, B, the previous one was good from the outset so I always wondered about people posting that modern diesels needed 10/15k before loosening up, but now I can see what they mean - its a lot smoother and responsive that it was....
Originally posted by torrycoo: FYI The early Beetle used a fish based glue for the carpet and trims so the car stunk of fish when wet luvely
Was it a stickleback?
Sorry ....
_________________________ "Forward", he cried, from the rear, and the front rank died. And the General sat, and the lines on the map moved from side to side.
