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Production plate decoder
As more and more owners contact us asking for help to identify whether the Beetle they have is an SEB…
E.3 – Badging
VW Beetle badging explained. Standard European production VW Beetle badging 1970 -1979 explained first: In mid-1970 Beetle engine lid badging…
P-E – European Paint
Introduction Information on SEB paint colours has become one of the key resource features of SEBeetles. In this article we…
E.6 – Wheels
One of the regular features of the SEBs manufactured in Volkswagen’s European factories 1970 – 1979 was the replacement of…
E.4 – VW Beetle Model Types
VW Beetle model types explained. This was, in the 1970’s, a fairly well understood subject but with the passage of…
SA 1.0 The Special Edition Edition Beetles manufactured in Volkswagen of South Africa (Pty.) Ltd.’s Uitenhage factory 1973 – 1978
Introduction The development of local variations of the Volkswagen model theme in South Africa is, in Volkswagen worldwide production history terms,…
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Special Edition Beetles Technical Documentation by Stephen Paul Hardy. Foreword I saw my first Special Edition Beetle (SEB) 45 years…
ME 1.0 The Special Edition Edition Beetles manufactured in Volkswagen de México, S.A. de C.V.’s Puebla factory for export to Europe 1981 – 1985 (1996, 2004)
Introduction A very specific period of SEB history: Volkswagen AG took the decision that when European Beetle production ceased at…
E.5 – Literature
Literature Volkswagen Sales literature for each successive year's model ranges manufactured in Europe were, by the late 60‘s, comprehensive, informative…
E.2 – European manufacture: “inland’ and “export” markets.
European manufacture: “Inland’ and “Export” markets. As the Volkswagen organisation spread worldwide establishing main and subsidiary factories so did the…
