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Sun May 04, 2008 10:51 pm

i know they can exist on a car but did it come from the factory that way? :?: . was told that in the europe you could add over riders to your car just wondering if its true.

Mon May 05, 2008 2:19 am

I believe that's correct for a Euro spec!

Mon May 05, 2008 3:01 am

HI,

What year are you talking about and what kind of overrider? Just the little vertical pieces attached to the bumper which began to be offered on 10/1/52 or the towel bar USA style overriders offered beginning in April, 1955 ?
The European standard bumpers and over riders were painted and not chrome.

Dave

Mon May 05, 2008 2:45 pm

Canadian cars were set up this way as an option starting in 1954. It was an M code and referred to as "ram protection". This is a friends former car and original to VW Canada from Germany with semi's and over riders. He had a birth certificate to prove it.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=604197

Mon May 05, 2008 10:08 pm

thanks for the info , greatly appreciated.

Wed May 07, 2008 5:13 pm

Yes, your car could have overriders and semaphores.

Wed May 07, 2008 11:05 pm

kafer53 wrote: Canadian cars were set up this way as an option starting in 1954. It was an M code and referred to as "ram protection". This is a friends former car and original to VW Canada from Germany with semi's and over riders. He had a birth certificate to prove it.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=604197

I have Feb. '55 Canadian car with the same.