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Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter
Beginning through 67 got kingpin front end. 68 and newer were ball joint.
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Actually 66 was the first year of the ball joint in bugs, you might have been thinking buses they were king in 67 & ball in 68. 1968 was actually the first year of the IRS but only in the autosticks, all the rest were swing axle until VW making them all IRS in 69. There are kits out now to convert the older swing axle pans to an IRS and it's actually pretty simple and straight forward. I've converted a 58 and a 61 pan to IRS back in the day before the kits were available. Oh the VW's I wish I still had...but I digress
Very nice bug you have. I was going to put in a couple of the over 100 air cooled VW's I've owned but I don't wanna hijack your thread...lol