Oystein wrote.... Here is a picture of mine during disassembly:

overrestored wrote:
Never mind the vent... what are the two long "doohickies" that look a bit like choke cables... under the dash towards the driver from the vent... and then... what is that sheet metal gizmo they are connected to?
and then... what is that black hole underneath the vent hole?
The two long "doohickies"/wires come up to a bracket and at the end of them will be attached a small ivory-white knob. You pull/push this knob in order to control two air-vent-flaps behind the two fresh air intakes in the front, under the headlamps. These let fresh air into long metal flex-tubes that lead the air into this square hole/box over which the "strange" chrome ait vent sits - as discussed.
The fresh air intakes in the front are covered with normal Beetle oval horn grilles. Both car no 225(mine) and 226 both have this - and judging from the chrome flap inside - I bet muchmorethan my two cents the the red for-sale #228 should have the horn grilles in the front as well.
The "metal gizmo" that these airflap control knobs are attached to is merely the bottom of the metal dashboard - I would assume your car Eric looks the same under here.
The black hole under the air flap hole is for the fueltank ZAR-pipe.
....I LOVE it..... Beeskow-details....keem 'em coming...