ghia tow hooks

What years did some ghias have the tow hook at the rear bumper?
George

>What years did some ghias have the tow hook at the rear bumper?
>George
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If my memory serves me correctly, they stsrted putting tow hooks on in
71 on Beetles.................Therefore, I will bet the same is for
KGs............................I'm betting and using memory here, so
There may be flaws in my ................Ok,......My memory mostly.




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> What years did some ghias have the tow hook at the rear bumper?
> George

My 73 has one, my 71 does not

Tracy




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>My 73 has one, my 71 does not
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>Tracy

Like I said, this is mostly betting and memory.

I feel like It's possible to have gotten a '71 thet was shy that
feature very easily.................the tow hook being part of the
bumper Bracket and all..............Lemme do some
research,.............I'm still pretty sure they were part of the "new
features" on the '71's

But you may be right about the KG.

................Ok, I'm back from research , at home, I didn't have
much luck on the web for KG's.

The info I have is out of a Chiltons manual, last print year was 73,
copyright 71.............

In the model Identification sectionit says, under TYP 1 Identification

71 - SUPER BEETLE introduced; flow through ventilation; increased
luggage space; towing eyes front and rear; Super beetle 3" longer.
Normal Beetle continued.

...............Doesn;t seem to be vehicle specific, but leans toward
Super Beetle only. I have had several 71's and all but one had the
front and rear tow hooks. They were all Beetle and Super beetle. The
one with no front tow hook might have had it when I bought the car,
but a crushed the front bumper and pulled it and the bracket off, and
do not remember whether it had the hook on front or not.

......................more research revealed that everey time I found a
parts supplier that had bumper brackets for a 71 KG they specified
that the right rear had no tow hook...........indicating the left rear
did have one.

Good luck folks. I just can't nail it down any better than that from
my computer and manuals..............I spent quite a while online
searching for this stuff too.




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72, 73 and 74 for sure I have all three and they have the tow hooks/
tie down on the rear brackers

Curtis Cardwell

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