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banana split Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:12 pm

Just as a side note, the price list I posted above showing red, blue etc was from 1958. Unfortunately there are no photos in that particlar catalog.
Jason

banana split Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:37 am

Here we go with the photos. Both of these nets are basically identical with exception of the clips. Check it out...




53 0val Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:51 am

:? I still don't see the reason for those clips. Maybe they were changed when the headliner material changed. :?: Regardless Jason, you have something special there.

53 0val Fri Nov 10, 2006 10:06 am

Breakthrough.............. I went out and checked my rear cargo net and there they are.................the spring clips, but the flat ones are attached to them. You are just missing the flat clips. My rear net is oval era blue grey as is my front net but the front net doesn't have the spring clips. What I think you have is a replacement net made post '52 and incorporating the up-graded clips. The rear net is under so much tension that the spring clips were used to take the stress off the elastic that could be cut by the flat clip's sharp edges. Perhaps VW decided to use that idea with all their replacement nets as well. Here is a picture Glenn took a few years ago and if you look carefully you can see the double clip being used.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=34375

Peter_Plade Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:25 am

I just got 2 nos rear nets. 1 brown and one grey/blueish
They both have the newer style of clips, but they work great aswell.





53 0val Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:44 am

Those may be original to the era, but they are not VW issue. The originals had flat clips. The VW part number for the original oval grey/blue rear net was:
11 040 503
Deckennetz
mitte/graublau
clips...111017243

They came is a brown box with VW logo tape wrapped around it.


Peter_Plade Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:48 am

It's the same clips as on Jasons red net

53 0val Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:53 am

Peter_Plade wrote: It's the same clips as on Jasons red net

Those nets (Jason's) were "post" oval era. What's nice about yours..........The color is correct for an oval. The brown should be used in a split. VW only issued those two colors prior to 1958.

Peter_Plade Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:03 am

53 0val wrote: Peter_Plade wrote: It's the same clips as on Jasons red net

Those nets (Jason's) were "post" oval era. What's nice about yours..........The color is correct for an oval. The brown should be used in a split. VW only issued those two colors prior to 1958.

Okay. They came with a little accessory flyerr showing diffrent accessories for oval and split, but I canīt find a date on it.
The ad says there were 9 diffrent colors available.



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