TheSamba.com :: View topic - Split Standard vs Delux Differences ????????

Sun May 25, 2008 12:30 am

Anyone have a good link or list of all the differences between a Standard vs Delux bug in 1952.

Images Are good.

Thx

Tue May 27, 2008 4:41 am

I was going to post pics, look in my gallery of my 51.

IF it is a Pod Dash split- NON Zwitter then the following applies-

Standards have-
1. Cable Brakes
2. Only center headliner- no liner near side or rear windows
3. Generally- no chrome molding. Canadian stardards had molding
4. Tranny is 1st gear non syncro and all gears are louder- not "silent" as the deluxes are.
5. Dash pod, clock, shift knob, etc are bakelite brown not ivory colored.
6. choice of colors were limited- I think there were only 3 colors available-NOT 100% sure
7. Seats were held in by 2 bolts with wing nuts and not seat tracks.
8. Wheels were painted body color- excpet for the Swedish model which were painted red.
9. Door handles, decklid handle, hood handle were non chrome.
10. Bumpers were body color- unless opted for the chrome upgrade.
11. NO crotch coolers.
12. They could have original 3 fold ragtops, but are rare. Johnshenry has the only one I know of still around.

I think that is it. If it is a Zwitter, then I THINK it is the same as the 53 OVAL interior- except for the ashtray. I am not perfect on my assessment, but this is what I have picked up over the years.

Hope this helps.

Tue May 27, 2008 6:47 am

sconord wrote: I...
4. Tranny is 1st gear non syncro and all gears are louder- not "silent" as the deluxes are..........
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Aren't all gears non-synchro Stan??

Tue May 27, 2008 2:24 pm

John is right. Standards have the full crashbox tranny.

Tue May 27, 2008 2:36 pm

You are right.

Tue May 27, 2008 7:13 pm

No horn grills on standards.

Tue May 27, 2008 7:27 pm

toydude111 wrote: No horn grills on standards.

Good call. And at least on the early stds, the horn is out on the left bumper bracket in front of the fender (std only bumper bracket), not underneath/behind the fender like the deluxes.

Also, on the split stds, no door interior light switches.

Tue May 27, 2008 9:10 pm

Could you order a standard w/ a radio, or other options. Any ideas where I can find all the options one could have on there standard?

thx
Drew

Tue May 27, 2008 11:21 pm

http://www.clik.to/jupitergrey Some info there. :wink:

Former Guzman's standard had a "standard" radio in his.

Wed May 28, 2008 11:39 am

Holy Crap, that's beautiful!

Standard Don

Wed May 28, 2008 12:28 pm

Also no drivers side perspex sunvisors on standards.

Thu May 29, 2008 8:23 pm

the standard with the brown radio has deluxe trims around the pods and gloveboxes, shouldnt have any trims, also I think split gloveboxes were bare cardboard without the fabric liners, more like oval gloveboxes, just plain compressed fiber surfaces, and I think no hole for clock winder?

( also note that American spec. Hoffman & export standards had chrome hubcaps, bumpers, window winders ( chrome with black knobs ) & door handles, wiper finish on Hoffman standards is yet to be determined, still a mystery )

Thu May 29, 2008 9:02 pm

True, there shouldn't be trim around the speedo or radio pods, and no hole for the clock winder.
However, keep in mind many Belgian standards (and perhaps Scandinavian standards) did have trim around the gloveboxes and fabric liners in the gloveboxes.
Refer to gallery pics of my car submitted by myself and sunroof.