1970 was one of the best years for a beetle made after 1968
The Beetle I am going to be working on is a poor example of today’s many ‘retro’ look cars - it is a 2003. the only saving grace is that has a turbo diesel engine in it.
I do have a 1974 VW Thing - very close in many mechanical ways to your 1970 Beetle but definitely different in the body …