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Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:13 pm

The wingnut is correct. That type of air cleaner can be clearly seen in the April 1953 Tom McCahill roadtest of the '53 Volkswagen in Mechannix Illustrated magazine.

Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:16 am

Thanks !

Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:43 pm

Here is my 52.

Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:14 pm

Bärj wrote: Here is my 52.

Any info on that green color? Here is my old '52 standard with that lime green paint with blue paint on top.

Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:38 pm

I say you can make Lime Green the next thing!!!

Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:46 pm

Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:22 pm

Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:03 am

Any info on that green color? Here is my old '52 standard with that lime green paint with blue paint on top.[/quote]

It got repainted of a norwegian, and wen he got it back he diddent like the green color so he started to paint it blue but half way he stopt and there i am now 15 yers later or somthing=)

Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:43 am

Hello SAMBA!

Newbie to the board here, but a long time lurker. Long-time VW enthusiast. My daily driver for 8 years was a 1776 '56 oval...it'd been cross-country 3 times and survived 2 blizzards, a hurricane, and earthquake only to be totaled in a head-on collision...gas heaters were a great idea until something like this happens!! I've been out of the scene for awhile doing the hot rod thing, 1927 Ford roadster and now a 1929 Ford truck. The VW 'bug'...no pun intended...well maybe...has been nagging me again. I've got a March of '53 standard zwitter sitting in storage just wanting to get out. Pretty rare car, from what i understand :wink: It's in pretty rough shape, but luckily has all of the 'trim' stuff...correct steering wheel, door handles & window cranks, etc for a canada standard from what i can gather.

Thanks to all of the guru's on the forum who share their wealth of knowledge here...it has helped me out alot and is the best gathering of vw minds i have found!

chad

Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:52 pm

Works in progress for my split

Some friends

Some muscles

Yeahh sounds good :)

Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:20 pm

Beautiful!!! Keep up the good work!!!

Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:23 pm

highwayzero wrote: Hello SAMBA!

Newbie to the board here, but a long time lurker. Long-time VW enthusiast. My daily driver for 8 years was a 1776 '56 oval...it'd been cross-country 3 times and survived 2 blizzards, a hurricane, and earthquake only to be totaled in a head-on collision...gas heaters were a great idea until something like this happens!! I've been out of the scene for awhile doing the hot rod thing, 1927 Ford roadster and now a 1929 Ford truck. The VW 'bug'...no pun intended...well maybe...has been nagging me again. I've got a March of '53 standard zwitter sitting in storage just wanting to get out. Pretty rare car, from what i understand :wink: It's in pretty rough shape, but luckily has all of the 'trim' stuff...correct steering wheel, door handles & window cranks, etc for a canada standard from what i can gather.

Thanks to all of the guru's on the forum who share their wealth of knowledge here...it has helped me out alot and is the best gathering of vw minds i have found!

chad

Welcome to the Samba Highwayzero, Looks like a good project you have there! Good luck with the resto you cant find a better source for parts and knowledge then the Samba.

Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:52 am

Just a picture taken at tthe 'VW Bug Show' in Belgium last weekend I wanted to share with you all...
My buddy Martijn his '50 and my '60 ragtop.

Cheers, Niels

Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:42 pm

How important is it to have matching numbers from body to your pan for early model splits?

Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:51 pm

it's like having a car made of parts..

it depends of what you're looking for a split: daily driver? show car? mild resto? just don't care as long as it's a split? etc...

a valuable car has both the pan and the body as matching numbers. the engine is more difficult to have as matching, and wolfsburg museum sometimes does not have in it's database the engine number to refer to. but you can search in the chassis number section on thesamba and find if the engine is the same month as your car's pan and body to see if it's the matching # one.

later edit: a very early split is valuable whether it's a pan or a body... i'm sure a 45 body is valuable even on a later split chassis.

Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:16 pm

Hi I recently aquired my Dads 1951 VW type 1. Its not stock, the engine and tranny are from a 1967, 12vlt and I believe the taillights are from a 1952. I grew up driving Bugs and its great to be drving one again.

Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:38 am

LoraK wrote: Hi I recently aquired my Dads 1951 VW type 1. Its not stock, the engine and tranny are from a 1967, 12vlt and I believe the taillights are from a 1952. I grew up driving Bugs and its great to be drving one again.

Welcome to The Samba. Please post some more pics of it. Looks clean. How long has it been in the family?

Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:35 pm

My Dad bought in the mid-late 80's from a guy from Mass. He had the floors replaced and got some missing interior items (dimple shift knob, ashtrays etc) It hasn't been driven in several years, just garaged.
I have been driving everyday and I LOVE it!! We are going to have a new paint job, she has a couple of dents and small spots that need to be repaired and get a nice interior, the seats and door panels are good but not carpeting. I keep reading about VW birth certificates, how do you get one? I would love to see what color she was originally.
They are going to sell his 1953 split too, it has had body off restoration and is not modified like mine.

Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:32 pm

Another split on the roads in New England! Looks great (as do the fowl.....;-))

Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:21 pm

Thanks! My chickens and turkeys (TG dinners) are free range during the day and very curious about the new car, well anything different.