What you have found are correct. According to chasis
number 111.... you have superbeetle. Just check the
shock, the spare tyre position, check also the engine
if the fuel pipes to the cylinders are special.

--- ckdkgkjk <palace@...> wrote:

> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
> I was hoping that some of you more informed folks
> could help us out.
> My wife and I recently purchased a 71' Beetle, the
> first three vin
> numbers are " 111 ", however, from information that
> I am gathering now,
> it seems as though it may be a SuperBeetle.
> What options/differences are there between the
> two? I read: shocks on
> a Beetle - struts on a SuperBeetle; spare tire up on
> it's end for a
> Beetle - spare tire flat horizontally for a
> SuperBeetle.
> I have also read that there are vertical openings
> in the front lower
> valance below the front bumper on a SuperBeetle, and
> that a SuperBeetle
> has two sets of 5 Vertical Openings on the rear
> engine cover. Finally,
> that a regular Beetle did not have a rear defrost.
> Is any of this acurate? What are your findings?
> Help? Thank You.
>
>
>
>


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