Highlights
- Handsome custom creation with full-length 'Ragtop' and several features from earlier cars
- Fully reconditioned engine with numerous new components
- Reupholstered tombstone-style front seats
- All new carpets installed
The Appeal
With a thriving network of specialists, enthusiasts and parts suppliers, the Volkswagen Beetle is ripe for customisation, leading to a great many unique custom creations in the marketplace, including this 1972 1300. Now a convertible 'Ragtop', effectively featuring an unusually large sunroof, this Beetle is just the thing for sunny days. Its front wings are taken from an earlier (pre-1968 MY) car, as are the slim bumpers, giving it the appearance of a much older VW - not dissimilar to the original Hebmüller cabriolets of the late 1940s.
Having undergone significant mechanical and cosmetic refurbishment since 2019, including engine reconditioning and interior refreshment, this Beetle presents exceedingly well.
The vendor says:
"A very good example of a classic 'Ragtop' Beetle. With good bodywork, a solid underside and a good running engine. A little fettling with the tune up and tidying up the paintwork a little and addressing the small bubbles, and it would be a perfect show car."
Having undergone significant mechanical and cosmetic refurbishment since 2019, including engine reconditioning and interior refreshment, this Beetle presents exceedingly well.
The vendor says:
"A very good example of a classic 'Ragtop' Beetle. With good bodywork, a solid underside and a good running engine. A little fettling with the tune up and tidying up the paintwork a little and addressing the small bubbles, and it would be a perfect show car."
History and Paperwork
- RHD UK car
- Paperwork available for engine reconditioning
- Parts invoices for bodywork/rust repairs included
- No documentation from before 2019 (when work was carried out)
- 90,574 miles indicated
- Exempt from road tax and MOT
The Condition
- Paintwork is presentable, with some age-commensurate imperfections
- Polishes up well, the vendor notes
- Slight bubbling on gutter rails, nothing major, we are told
- Solid underside reported
- Fabric roof appears in good order
- Early-type front wings and bumpers fitted
- Reupholstered seats (tombstone style in front)
- All new carpets installed
- Door cards in good condition
- All instruments and switches reportedly work properly
- Aftermarket stereo (only modification to interior)
The Mechanics
- 1.3-litre air-cooled flat-four
- Four-speed manual transmission
- Engine fully reconditioned with new components
- Runs and drives very well
- Runs well but needs a tune-up (currently believed to be running a little rich)
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