You are giving me chest pains dude! 66 Goat for a Beetle?! Oh, the sins of our youths....
One of these damn days, I will stumble upon a 67 Goat and cha-ching, there goes another large chunk of change; just beautiful cars.
For some reason-I recall the gas lines later in the 70's, just before Ronnie, mind may be slipping; no telling.
Bought a 67 around 1990 for$400. Dropped a 455 and 5 speed super T-10 in it. It was a ditch magnet. It would go sideways in a heartbeat. 3.90 posi helped with that. I miss those days