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| 'Beetling' magazine article November 1974 cont. Five Speed Boxes in Beetles We have received more than a few enquiries about fitting five speed boxes into Beetles. We would remind reader that the very successful Porsche Austria 1302'S' Rally cars were fitted with Porsche five speed transmissions ans Jacques Mertens in Belgium has now sent us a copy of the official FIA/CSI Homologation papers for this modification. The actual transmission used was from the 914/4, part no. 914.300.012.13 (this is a Porsche part number). In order to suit it to the VW, the following special parts were used:
The gear ratios were as follows:
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