Sold with V5C, key, photographs of the restoration and receipts.

The 1303 was created because a US law was on its way that was supposed to regulate the minimum distance between the driver's head and the windshield.

This was too small in the VW 1302, and the USA was VW's main export market.

So, Volkswagen draftsmen redesigned the 1302, which was a mere two years old, giving it a large panoramic windshield and a new dashboard, and went one better with the enlarged rear lights.

The Super Beetles, as the 1302 and 1303 were called, finally did without an excessively long front end, which was not good for its profile.

The curved windshield and the visually shortened front end gave it a well-balanced appearance.

From 1972 to 1975, the VW 1303 was available as a saloon and cabriolet, but then only as a cabriolet until January 1980.

SLA is a matching numbers car that was delivered to Mr Anderson of London in 1973.

It has six stamps in the service book up until 27,666 miles in 1977.

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