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100% a 1973 Super Beetle.
Why I know it is a Super Beetle: easily recognized due to the curved windshield (a Super Beetle only feature from 1973 onward), the shape of the fenders (to contain macpherson struts, a Super Beetle feature) and the dashboard style with the "pod" over the gauges. There will also be a vent stamped into the sheet metal underneath the front bumper if you get down and look.
Why I know it is a 1973:
-has a curved windshield (1972 was the only year of Super Beetle with a flat windshield, they are curved from 73 onward
-has "elephant foot" tail lights (a 1973 onward feature)
-does not have energy absorbing bumper shocks (1974 onward feature)
Has had a repaint from the original Bahia Red (see interior shot which shows the painted parts of the doors).
The running boards are a bolt on part and very simple to replace, but their condition does not bring warm fuzzy feelings about the shape of the structural elements of the car... the macpherson struts are a common rust failure point in these cars. I would walk.
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Grant
In the stable: 1938 Buick Special model 41, 1963 Solex 2200, 1973 Vespa Primavera 125, 1974 Vespa Rally 200, 1986 VW Vanagon Syncro Westfalia, 1989 VW Doka Tristar, 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser, 2011 Pursuit 315 OS, 2022 Tesla Y
Gone but not forgotten: 1973 VW Beetle, 1989 Porsche 944, 2008 R56 Mini Cooper S
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