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Cbr1981 Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2015 Posts: 9 Location: Canada
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:43 am Post subject: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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just wondering if anyone knows if they are the same as beetle ghia etc. |
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Petfisheric Samba Member
Joined: November 27, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: Knoxville, TN
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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They are the same. All the front steering and brake part are type one. The rear is type 3 if the transaxle came with the car from Brazil. A few of them were sold without tranaxle and motor in the US to get the kit car qualifications. |
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Cbr1981 Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2015 Posts: 9 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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Ok thank you for info. So type one means a specific year of beetles? |
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Cbr1981 Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2015 Posts: 9 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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my car is from brazil to canada
not sure if it was full kit or not I think the canada cars came here complete.
I did research on type 1 so loks like beetle parts
i went to cip1 and looks like
2 front options. so i guess option 4 is for me since I have disc brakes from factory.
https://www.cip1.ca/searchresults.asp?cat=1094 |
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Petfisheric Samba Member
Joined: November 27, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: Knoxville, TN
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:04 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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Thats the one I would get.
Being you r in Canada I would say that your car was shipped complete, so the rear will be type 3 if it is still original. |
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Cbr1981 Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2015 Posts: 9 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:18 am Post subject: Re: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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Thanks for info ps can you tell me how you know this info . Is there some book out there I can read up on? Or is it from your own car learning ? |
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Petfisheric Samba Member
Joined: November 27, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: Knoxville, TN
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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Well, both. I have a 84 GTC. You can get a lot of info on Pumagte.com and the VW PUMA PAGE http://wj2d.100megsdns.com/home.html.
Your car is built on a VW Brazila platform which was the same pan configuration as a Karman Ghia. The Brazila was a Brazil market only by VW.
You need to post a picture or two of you car.
Here is my current thread on The Samba, http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=615260 |
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Cbr1981 Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2015 Posts: 9 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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oh yes very nice
I did try to join forums but never got my password conformation after months of trying
here is my car
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1462564.jpg |
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Petfisheric Samba Member
Joined: November 27, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: Knoxville, TN
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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Very nice. Mine is also yellow with tan convertible top. |
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Cbr1981 Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2015 Posts: 9 Location: Canada
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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saw your link and Like it alot.
is there a site to search our vin numbers to decode etc? |
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Petfisheric Samba Member
Joined: November 27, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: Knoxville, TN
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:46 am Post subject: Re: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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You may find something in one of the Brazilian sites. In the US VINs were issued by individual states and don't conform to normal VIN setup. Always a fun trip to the DMV. |
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Petfisheric Samba Member
Joined: November 27, 2014 Posts: 121 Location: Knoxville, TN
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:54 am Post subject: Re: Looking for brake flex lines for my 1981 puma any ideas? |
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Cbr1981 wrote: |
oh yes very nice
I did try to join forums but never got my password conformation after months of trying
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The owner of the PUMAGTE site sold his car and was looking for someone to take over the site so he probably isn't monitoting it real close. Brandon is the administer http://www.pumagte.com/phpbb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3
You might send him an email about joining the site. That's what I ended up doing. |
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