1973 Volkswagen Beetle - Classic

Super Beetle Coupe

Unspecified

Manual

Electric

New photos and Video below --- READ entire post before asking questions For most recent interior/exterior please look at the video. This was taken most recently. The pics of the seats in the car below were taken by the original owner. The front ones have since been redone. Again, watch video for most recent changes I purchased it converted. It would come with a complete interior restoration kit. Brown carpeting with tan seats, white headliner and tan door panels. I have installed the two front seat covers and it looks great. These seats had the horrible camel hair for the seat cushions. When I redid the front seats I went to wallies and bought a memory foam mattress cover and used that as the seat cushions. I have to say they are very comfortable. One seat is currently in the car and the other is sitting in storage. The rest of the restoration still needs to be done, back seats, headliner, carpets and floorboard,and windshield, plus more. I will include a video that shows how to do the full restoration. VERY useful. I also have a new floor panel for the right side of the car. They are bolt in. The cars batteries seem to still be good. They are a few years old and sat a little while without charge but I took her for a few test spins and she holds a charge very well. The range is estimated at 10-15 miles depending on gradients (hills) and speed. The slower you go, the further you will go. I am selling because I moved and don't have a garage right now which has stalled my project. I also am a student with debt I want to pay off to reduce my bills. I have put together a few parts for adding a generator to the system to allow for longer range. I have the engine, a generator which should give out the proper voltage and amps(80-90v at 100-200amps). I also have a hitch mounted basket which was going to hold the genset. I have the flywheel at the proper size for the engine. These are almost ready to go. Simply need to bolt it up and do some of the basic wiring. I even bought the wiring for it. The only known missing parts are the belt for the connecting the generator to the engine. I was going to connect the power from the generator directly to the batteries along with some reverse flow protections and a regulator to keep the power flow wavelengths at the correct levels. The latter I haven't developed yet. The vehicle itself "needs" a new fender on the drivers rear side. It does "need" a paint job soon. I've gotten it up to 49mph according to GPS. I'd assume with 12v batteries instead of 8V, it'd get up to 55 or more. Adding lithium would be optimal for reduced weight. The cars range was around 12-15 miles. I am assuming it's because the batteries were tad weak when I got them. It's manual with no clutch. Shifts fine, but sometimes hard to find first. With the generator I believe you may get up to 55 as well even with the extra weight. That extra amount of amps would defiantly help. More detailed description: D&D Motors ES-15 A Series Motor 40HP peak, 12 HP cont. Kelly Controller - KDH07600A, 27-72V, 600A series/pm Kelly Contactor - Main contactor Compatible SW200 12VDC Coils 400 Amps Kelly DC/DC Converter HWZ Series DC/DC Converter 72V to 12V 300W Kelly accelerator Pedal Ford Inertia Swith Charging disconnect relay Kelly State of Charge Meter 9-8volt golf cart batteries - 3 in front -5 behind back seat - 1 under back seat Tire bought new in 07 with lots of tread New seals on all fixed windows. ( New front windshield provided with rubber seal, the window has a small chip so I opted to replace it) New outer tie rods Disc brake conversion front Brakes still like new New wheel bearings Custom electric heater built into duct for defrosting windshield cup holder and aftermarket center console with 2 cup holders on floor LED light bulbs in place of traditional where possible. New seat covers on front seats with memory foam padding (Very comfy) - one seat may need the seat cover adjusted a bit. Battery Charger is DeltaQ 1000w rated for 72 volts. It is programmable so it can be used with other batteries such as lithium, or gel.High quality charger compared to the ebug kits. PARTS - (most likely incomplete since I lost track of everything) Restoration Headliner Carpet kit New floor board for right side where rust is. Full length and is "bolt in" ready backseat cover (front on already) New visors new side panels some odds and ends --Generator 14.5 HP vertical Tecumseh engine Pancake high voltage high amp alternator Flywheel for engine hitch basket intended for generator Also includes some spare parts from previous owner. Please feel to ask questions. I may hold off on selling if there are no reasonable offers and just hope I can start the project again soon. The car is defiantly worth the effort. If your looking into electric vehicle conversion you need to check this out. Pics: Please give them time to load. (there are before and after shots of front seats, but not in any particular order)