If it runs, buy it.
If it at least turns over, buy it.
The type 4 engine will fit in a beetle. It needs an up-right cooling kit and a few other modifications. I'm not sure of the specifics of the type 4 installation.
You could make your money back parting it out.
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I love my money pit, uhm, err, I mean my car.
1969 beetle in the works... 2.0 type 4 DTM...
2004 Suzuki GSX-R 1000
crashed
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