info about 1600s Superbug

maggiolino · Post by **maggiolino** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:25 am

Hello ACVW,
I'm from Italy, I'm looking for information about 1600s Superbug: VIN numbers, paint codes, evolution during production years, etc...: it's a very interesting Beetle, one day I'd like buying one.
Thanks for your help!!!

OD_1 · Post by **OD_1** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:09 pm

lol, dont think the people on this forum are to EXCITED about you buying one and taking it to Italy... The 1600S is arguebly the most uniquely south african beetle of them all, and we love keepin them close by... I'm sure i read somewhere on the forum that VW SA only made about 3000... dunno how correct that is though.

Theres plenty of info on it on the forum. If u wanna find out more I guess the best thing to do is try searchin...

In SA we keep our friends close... and our beetles even CLOSER!!

JamesD · Post by **JamesD** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:22 pm

OD_1 wrote:The 1600S is arguebly the most uniquely south african beetle of them all, and we love keepin them close by...

That Would be a very difficult argument to win! The SP came out same time and is just as unique...

beetlepower · Post by **beetlepower** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:02 pm

Yes but in SA the S had many 1303 features on a swing axle pan which makes it unique. A proper dash curved windscreen and different nose etc. The SP is just a normal beetle with a few dress up parts.

Post by **IMPI** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:02 am

SP was just a clone of the Brazillian Super Fusca and as such not really that unique
Armand

Watercool · Post by **Watercool** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:37 am

Talking SP beetles, anybody found me a rear badge yet? I still would like to have one. Anybody??

JamesD · Post by **JamesD** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:20 am

Under a similar argument, the 1600S is a "chinese" knock off of the 1303, It looks the part but under the skin its not really...

Henry, I may be able to knock up a few badges soon, I'm making beetle scalextric for myself and the moulding process went very very well, see for your self...

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In the second picture the grey beetle (1st attempt) was a different resin. the middle beetle (attempt 2) has perfect detail but is a bit heavy. The other beetle (attempt 3) is light and thin walled and perfect detail. By the way, they not just resin, there is actually glass tissue in there as well so they strong as anything. (Mince, another teaser). The detail is coming from the gel coat and the strength is from 1- 2 layers of glass

Just need to make myself a vacuum chamber, so pull the bubbles from the resin.

So SP badges, light weight lotus badges and any number of other parts may soon be possible at a high level of detail...

OD_1 · Post by **OD_1** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:28 am

JamesD69 wrote:Under a similar argument, the 1600S is a "chinese" knock off of the 1303...

The 1600S is in no way a chinese knock off of the 1303... A South African knock off maybe... but a very RARE and UNIQUE south african knock off! Cos although it might appear to be like a 1303, the dashboard, windscreen and bonnet are all completely different... And the 1600s was never meant to be a super beetle nor was it meant to be a performance beetle. It was just a special edition South African beetle comemorating the 50 year anneversary of VW.

Stop hating dude... its time u RECOGNISE!

JamesD · Post by **JamesD** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:32 am

Blitzkrieg · Post by **Blitzkrieg** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:46 am

OD_1 wrote:
JamesD69 wrote:Under a similar argument, the 1600S is a "chinese" knock off of the 1303...

The 1600S is in no way a chinese knock off of the 1303... A South African knock off maybe... but a very RARE and UNIQUE south african knock off! Cos although it might appear to be like a 1303, the dashboard, windscreen and bonnet are all completely different... And the 1600s was never meant to be a super beetle nor was it meant to be a performance beetle. It was just a special edition South African beetle comemorating the 50 year anneversary of VW.

Stop hating dude... its time u RECOGNISE!

LOL! Wait....what??!

OD_1 · Post by **OD_1** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:29 am

OD_1 wrote:It was just a special edition South African beetle comemorating the 50 year anneversary of VW.

Lol, okay... i was convinced i read that somewhere but after doing the maths i realised that it is dog

...

Anyhoo... the rest of my argument still stands...

Post by **eben** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:37 am

That time of the month?

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:49 am

Kom nou kinders! Speel mooi!

beetlepower · Post by **beetlepower** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:37 am

So I own one of only 3000, still original, my dad bought it new. That's cool

Post by **eben** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:45 pm

Maggiolino, you can find some info here:
http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 48&t=15498

Aircooled VW South Africa