Looks a good un owned a 1303s back in the early 80's not the most sought after but probably the nicest beetle to drive
I've had loads of 1303's. Always liked them. Most of them needed loads of welding though. This looks like a good un.
The weber progressive was already on the engine when I bought the Beetle. Once it's well adjusted, it's working well. But until a satisfying working result is achieved, it takes time and patience! The settings are very sensitive and not easy to be done with the positions of the setting screws. To put it very bluntly, I am not completely satisfied with this carburetor. In order to finance my new project, I certainly need to sell the Beetle otherwise I would change the carburetor.
Nice looking 03. Looks good with the marathon wheels. Mine was a right rotter so was cut up for scrap.
Oh very nice !! Love the colour a nice paint finish. At this point I show an embarressing photo of me and my mates (circa 1987?) 1303S ( super fast and went around corners on rails! ) wide arches and whale tale spoiler! (I'm on the left with my cool BHS jumper and my first car 1200 Beetle!! phut phut phut phut pop!)
haha yes fortunately! I dont have ankle huggers anymore nor my BHS jumper , nor white socks! I even managed to cut my hair short no quiffs! Although its got a bit grey now.... Just noticed are they 'Marathon Beetle' wheels on yours?
They were also used in the US on the Baja champion SE, and were available in a different offset for use on the type3 too. This is what my 1303 looked like.
They are also the heaviest steel wheels available for the beetle for some reason. I think theres a firm in the US planning on making alloy versions of them though.
They were probably worried about wheel breakages - those gaps are larger than the stock ones! Pretty sure there are some alloys already similar to those anyway (why bother?)
