fiberbug |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:35 pm |
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Im building a manx clone. I ordered repro '69 beetle tailights.
They're too big. I've attached a photo of my fiberglass tub.
The tailights are a little longer than the surface area.
I like the look of the stock beetle tailights.
I know these molds vary a lot, but can someone with a tub that looks like this tell me what year lights fit on theirs?
Appreciate any help.
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UncleBob |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:39 pm |
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69 are 'Tombstone' type.
I like the '65, '66, '67 lights, personally.
p.s. Nice Flake!! |
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fiberbug |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:54 pm |
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Thanks. Those seem fit perfectly. |
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HamburgerBrad |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:19 pm |
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UncleBob wrote: 69 are 'Tombstone' type.
I like the '65, '66, '67 lights, personally.
62-67? |
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Yellermanx |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:24 pm |
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What color is that? Me likes. Do you know what size flake?
Thanks
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takotruckin |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:52 pm |
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Yellermanx wrote: Do you know what size flake?
i think somewhere between "dime" and "nickel"
it sure is sparkly |
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fiberbug |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:25 pm |
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not sure what size the flake is.
It's a royal blue color. Steve Savage from Super Sport in Georgia made it.
He does really nice work. |
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Genom |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:32 pm |
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fiberbug wrote: He does really nice work.
Yeah, you think?
I've got a good mind to pack up my Ocelot body and trailer it down to him when the time is right.
Got any closeups of the body? That metalflake is intense. |
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Yellermanx |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:43 pm |
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fiberbug wrote: It's a royal blue color. Steve Savage from Super Sport in Georgia made it.
He does really nice work.
I'm glad to hear that it's royal blue. That is the color I want to do my buggy. Here are my experiments with Royal Blue .015 flake. I've heard their bodies are nice, however I haven't seen one in person.
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Iceboat711 |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:51 pm |
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I have the same lights but left the metal housing off and mounted them right to the body.
I just cut the body to match the opening in the metal housing. Then mounted them with the two screws. Works great. |
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Genom |
Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:01 pm |
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I have the same ('62-'67) style tail lights on my Ocelot, also mounted without the base housing. |
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plasticman1432 |
Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:29 am |
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There are '62-67 lights on mine too, and they fit the space well, although I can't take credit for putitng them there....it was built 2 years before I was born. :lol: I did add new seals and amber-topped lenses a couple of seasons ago, however.
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manxdavid |
Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:58 am |
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I used those lights too...
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EMPIImp69 |
Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:36 am |
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I am using these same aftermarket 62-67 amber/red tail lens' with the housings and chrome bezels but the screw holes won't line up. They are off slightly, I am using the original screws that came with the all red original lenses..is there any trick to getting them on? I can only get one screw in on each lens :roll: ..thx. |
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plasticman1432 |
Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:18 am |
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I had the same problem with the aftermarket lenses I put on mine; I hogged out the recesses in the lenses ever so slightly with a cylinder-shaped milling bit in my Dremel tool, and they worked fine after that. |
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EMPIImp69 |
Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:25 am |
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oh ok cool thx Plasticman |
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Zcarnut |
Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:07 pm |
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Someone already setup the tails on my project,but I think it looks pretty cool.Its just standard round tails like what you would use for a trailer and cut PCV pipe.
Oh and your paint job is drop dead gorgeous! :D
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247vws |
Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:13 am |
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That isn't a paint job.
That flake is in the gelcoat.
Steve is one of the only manufacturers out there building NEW bodies
in metalflake colors.
http://www.dunebuggybody.com/
He is the East Coast source. Out west the only one I have seen is Vegas Buggies. Berrien offers different models but only does solid color gelcoat.
http://vegasbuggies.com/
John |
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coffinator |
Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:39 pm |
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man that oriental blue is sexy.
and about the lights i like them when the base is molded into the body. it would be hard for you to do this late in the game. i would have that color matched in paint and paint the housings. i would run the blood red lens or the clear one. i like to be different. i personally would go clear. |
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