History
Early
1970's
some VW-customers wondered whether it would be possible for Volkswagen to manufacture a
sports-/rally-beetle. Mr. Nordhoff and Mr. Lotz never fulfilled this wish.
As a base the 1303S Beetle was used. This model is the most evolved version of this famous car. It has the panorama windscreen, big taillights, MacPherson front-suspension, disc-brakes at the front, a 1600cc engine and long-ratio gearing. The car was completely built according the wishes of the sportfans from that period. The GSR has got a striking yellow paint, but is detailed with black parts; like the front-hood and back-lid, vent-window frames, trim, bumpers, etc. However, the headlight-rings, the outside mirros and some other parts were chromed (probably because of production-technical reasons). On the inside the GSR is just as sporty. The interior consists of specially designed sportseats, a fire-extinguisher and a special steering-wheel. Furthermore the GSR was fitted with wide sport wheels (5.5Jx15xET+26). In this "outfit" the GSR's left the VW-factory in the last two weeks of 1972.
When a GSR was purchased a list of reknown VW-tuning-firms was also delivered. This way even better performance came in reach for the wanna-be-racer.
Note: A Sportsbug was available for the U.S.-market (see GSR pictures directory). It had the same striking yellow-paint, but the front-hood and the back-lid were painted yellow just like the rest of the car.
Specs
Below you find a listing of the specifications as published in December 1972.
• Specs | |
Serialnr's.: | 133 2 199 639 until 133 3 200 000 |
Typ nr.: | 135031-262637 102/559/714 |
Enginenr.: | AD ... ..., 1,6 litre, 50 Hp |
Gearboxnr.: | AT .. .12.72 |
Colournr.: | L13M Saturngelb |
Colournr.: | L41 Mattschwarz |
Extra's: | 102 / 559 /714 |
Built between: | 12-12-1972 and 02-02-1973 |
Price VW 1303S standard (1972): | DM 6.890,- |
Price VW 1303S GSR (1972): | DM 7.650,- |
• Body | |
Standard 1303 | S body |
Extra: |
front panel with vents (like US-cars) for additional oil cooler |
• Chassis | |
Standard 1303 | S chassis |
Frontwheel suspension: | Independent McPherson |
Backwheel suspension: | Independent torsion with springplates |
Brake system: | Front disc brakes, drums on the rear |
Wheels: | Sport wheels 5.5Jx15xET+26 |
Tyres: | 175/70 HR 15 |
• Interior | |
Sportseats | |
Flat door-panels (without bags) | |
Fire-extinguisher | |
VW sport steering-wheel |
|
• Options (original-VW) | Part number |
H4 Halogen replacement: | 000 052 151 |
Mist light-set: | 000 053 081 |
Seek light: | 000 053 252 A |
Read lamp: | 000 053 413 |
Double-tone horn: | 000 054 052 B |
Clock: | 000 054 181 |
Ampère-meter: | 000 054 202 |
Tacho-meter: | 000 054 404 |
Sport shifter: | 000 064 231 B |
Dirt catcher: | 000 075 008 |
Fire-extinguisher: | 000 093 203 / 000 093 204 |
Security belts: | 111 898 151 |
Strenghtened shock absorbers: | 113 412 031 E |
Strenghtened shock absorbers: | 113 513 035 |
Console: | x |
VW-radio: | choice |
• Tuning firms |
|
Autohaus Binder | |
Firma Theo Decker Essen | |
Münchner Automobil-Handel | |
Autohaus Kaufmann OHG | |
Firma Heinrich Müller | |
Autohaus Nordstadt | |
Ing. Bernd Riechert | |
Odenwälder Präzisionswerk | |
Firma Eicke Stolp | |
VEYTAL-Tuning |