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Offline bill naylor

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mexican made bug

« on: May 06, 2016, 09:34:37 AM »
 I have purchased a Mexican Bug in a barn in lower Michigan. My research on the vehicle tells me it is one of only 138 of it's type which were imported into the U.S. by a now defunct company named Bug Motors. I am interested in finding it's worth.  My vehicle is one of the vehicles mentioned in : NTSA-98-3812 ; notice 1. Vehicle has been legaly titled and lisenced. I would appreciate any input on this subject

Offline volksnick

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Re: mexican made bug

« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2016, 04:20:04 PM »
I don't know much about the mexican made bugs. We had one club member who  had a 98 mexican bug a few years ago. I know of a friend on Facebook who has a mexican bug. You might do well to search around on thesamba.com because it has a larger geographical area and more likely to have people knowledgable in the more unique vehicles like yours.

What condition is your bug in? Are you gonna post some photos for us?!?!

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Re: mexican made bug

« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2016, 09:24:44 PM »
What year does the title show?  One of the most common ways to get the later Mexican Beetles into the US was to pull an old bug out of a junk yard and "restore" it by stripping it down to the center tunnel and replacing everything else with parts from a brand new Mexican Beetle.  The VIN stamped in the center tunnel would be the one on the title.  There were a lot of companies doing this in the late 90s.

The one that Nick mentioned was titled as a 1998 Beetle.  I don't remember the whole story on how it got here and ended up with a legal TN title, but when Hamilton County started requiring emissions testing, he ended up having to sell it.  It couldn't pass emissions because it had no OBDII port.  I think it passed the "sniffer" test, but they wouldn't let it pass because they couldn't plug it in.  If it had been titled as a 1960s or 70s Beetle, it would have been exempt from emissions testing.  That doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but you are dealing with the government here, so . . .

Offline bill naylor

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Re: mexican made bug

« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2016, 09:06:53 PM »
my vw has a mdot vin# on door jam plus bug motors nameplate under back seat on tunnel with same vin.. Motor is definitely a TDI also. Odometer shows 9900 original miles, mint condition

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« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2016, 08:52:12 PM »
TDI?

Offline bill naylor

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Re: mexican made bug

« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2016, 08:53:11 PM »
I have been posting on several forums . I misspoke , is not a TDI. Engine code is ACD. I will be listing it for sale soon with pictures

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