it is indeed a '72…forgot to mention that. i would have preferred something pre-71 but it was too good of an opportunity to pass up for my first one.
i have a '65 beetle already and used to have a '74 super beetle when i was a kid…mechanically they aren’t a whole lot different.
rocky mountain motorworks got bought out or became mid-american motorworks a few years ago… they don’t seem to have as much stuff as they used to since then. WCM and House of Ghia are still around.
i have seen the gas heaters at swap meets, scary devices. i think i’ll just get a swamp cooler.