easiest place to find is under rear seat on tunnel to check vin + http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/chassisdating.php
By the VIN go to http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/chassisdating.php
“looking to see if the 72 VW I own is a Beetle or Super Beetle? VIN # 1122369336”
1963
Model year 1976. The third # in the vin # is the year, the first # is the model (ie) #1 is the beetle or type 1
decode vin 1973 Volkswagen beetle
You're missing a few digits, but the car was made sometime between August 1969 and July 1970 and is the 1970 model year.
my 1969 larson trihull has its vin on the inside of the transom on the drivers side.
1965 to 1979 is the same.
The VIN for my 1968 VW Beetle is located under the hood, behind the spare tire, on an attached metal plate. and under the rear seat dead center the hump.
If your vin number is between (110 2000 001 - 110 3096 945) it is a 1970
Vin Campbell died on 1969-11-16.
I am not certain about decoding the VIN number of our superbeetles.....but my VIN number is 1342095288! Our cars were born pretty close together. Edit: 113 beginning numbers with a 10 digit code indicates a 1973 Type 1 Beetle.