1978 Volkswagen Beetle - Classic

1600 Fuel Injection

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For sale is my 1978 Super Beetle Convertible Limited Champagne Edition II, made in Germany. Only 1100 cars where made of limited champaign edition II and imported into the US only. After the Champagne Edition the Volkswagon Factory in Wolfsburg only made one last black edition called Epilogue before it stopped production of the Super Beetle in Germany. It’s a beautiful car with a completely rebuilt 1600cc fuel injection engine that just passed Smog Check. The engine starts and runs great and has only 2000 miles on it. The car still needs some work to return it to it’s original glory, especially a new paint job and new rubber seals all around. The odometer shows 26000 miles, but it's likely it has already made a full rotation. Everything works in the car. The seats were reupholstered by the previous owner with white vinyl. The dashboard is in very good condition with no cracks. Even the little clock is still ticking. Three years ago I had the engine replaced with a completely rebuild engine based on a 1976 motor which now has around a 2000 miles on it. The new engine + installation alone was $3000. Further down you’ll find a long list of everything that was done during the rebuilt. With the new engine I put in new brakes, brake drums, wheel bearings, brake cylinders, and flexible break lines in all four wheels, as well as a new master brake cylinder, fuel pump, bushings, and ball joints. It has a set of Coker BF Goodrich Silvertown radial white wall tires that have only run a 2000+ miles and are in great condition. The tires alone coast around a $1000. The original wheels have been sand blasted and powder coated. The car has very little rust. Only a few small spots and two small holes under the rear seats in the battery compartment. The convertible roof has small tears in it but apart from that still works great. I have a new white boot for the tool it that still needs to be installed. The car has just passed Smog. I put in new spark plugs and wires, rebuilt Bosch dual vac distributor, new distributor cap, points and condenser, and new ignition coil. I checked all the fuel injectors and replaced one. I put in a new used wiring harness, throttle switch, new Cat, replaced EGR valve, new EGR filter, and resealed the EGR and exhaust system. Every part of the EGR system is working as it’s supposed to. I had the exhaust shop that put in the new cat wield a bung into the exhaust system to install a Bosch wideband oxygen sensor and Innovate LM-2 digital air/fuel ratio meter to tune the engine for stoichiometric combustion. I’ve put in a tach so I can check and tune the AFR at 1500 and 2500rpm. Please note: I will sell the car with the wideband oxygen sensor and tach, but the Innovate LM-2 is not included. Unfortunately that car got into a small accident and received damage about two years ago to it’s front left side. I had a local body shop repair and repaint it. There’s a photo from under the hood that shows signs of the repairs. It’s also the reason why just the front left fender and the hood has new paint on it. I didn’t have the time and money back then to take apart the whole car and have it completely repainted. The steering wheel is still a few degrees off but the car runs completely straight, so I guess it’s just the wheel that needs to be readjusted. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have or contact me if you want to take a look at the car. With a little work and patience this classic could be turned into a real beauty. Ideally you pick up the car in Los Angeles, Pasadena area. I have the clean title in hand. This is a true auction starting at $1, with no reserve. $500 non refundable deposit with 24 hours of end of auction to be paid via Paypal. Remaining balance to be paid within 3 days of end of auction via PayPal. PP fee is on me. Just to remind you what you see is what you get and you cannot return this car or expect a refund. I have explained everything to the best of my knowledge and offer it "as is" and "where is" without any warranty as to the condition. Here’s the list I was given from the guys I bought the rebuilt engine from. The engine came out of a 76 beetle. The engines are the same from 75-79. The engine was completely disassembled and hot tanked to remover any foreign matter. The Brothers Machine shop in Ontario, CA did the work on the block. Go online and check them out. We have used them on several engines and been to there shop and very impressed to there attention to detail. I had them line bore the block. That means that all the main bearings surfaces have been re sized and trued and this allows the crankshaft to spin freely. Another important step is to deck the block so the cylinders are parallel to the block and the crankshaft. These are very important to building a reliable engine.The crankshaft has been reground with new bearings.4 reconditioned connecting rods with new bearings(They have been re -sized and straightened.)New Mahle pistons and barrels.A reground Fuel Injection camshaft and new lifters with new bearings.2 new fuel injections cylinder heads.New timing gear.New chrome moly push-rods.New solid rocker arm shafts with swivel feet on the rocker arms.Aluminum valve covers.The engine was completely balanced to ½ gram.The cylinder heads were cc'd to determine the size of each chamber.The engine was assembled in a clean environment and torqued to manufacture specs.The fuel lines are new Goodyear fuel line that has plastic inner liner and a rubber outer to insure a better and longer lasting seal.The throttle body seals have been replaced.New clutch and throw out bearing.All new vacuum lines. Good luck with the bidding!