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I have the freeway flyer to put in it. it will fit. it is the irs axle setup. 80 mph at 2200rpm. I think the change over on the trans was in 1968, the ones that were made in the 1st 6 months had the old style, after that the new one showed up. I can also get any part for the 68. the 73 sucked for getting door moldings, glass, etc.
Besides my '63 Ghia, I also had a new '69 VW Beetle and a new '73 Super Beetle, both custom. I remember holding off buying the Beetle until the '69 model came out in the fall of 1968, because the '68 Beetle still used the ancient swing axle rear. Maybe the Ghias used the IRS a year before the Beetles...dunno. The '69 I bought from Chick Iverson VW on the Balboa penisula of Newport Beach...chromed Porsche wheels, Semperit Super Sport radials (cutting edge back then), a megaphone extractor exhaust, etc. Loved that car until my (ex-) wife T-boned it before one year was on the clock. It killed me! Sold it and bought a Simca 1204 5-door. Not quite the same. Ha-ha.
