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Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:26 am

Once upon a time I had a horn button, it wasn't attached to anything (sometimes I pretended it shot electricity out of the front symbol to punish people who wouldn't let me merge...I digress...), but I had one. Then, I didn't (the same time I suddenly didn't have a front symbol).

I'm replacing a lot of stuff on my van and realized that putting a horn on it isn't that expensive. The sticky part has been the button. I've found buttons for every VW except my bus.

Was my little castle button actually a bug button put in the middle of the wheel for the heck of it? Would the button for a beetle be the same, can I just buy one of those and be alright? Or are the bus horn buttons different and made of unobtainium?

The 'factory correct' ship sailed on my bus when a previous owner cut through the front seat backing to make it a 'walk through' (kind of) so I'm not worried about it being 100% correct, just aesthetically okay and functional.

It's a '67, if that makes a difference, but I haven't seen horn buttons for any bus at all so far.

Thanks. Sorry for all the questions.

Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:58 am

the little castle sounds like the crest of wolfsburg where buses were made back in the day, yours was probably made in hannover but it would still have a wolfsburg button. you can get repro ones for quite a bit but they should be easy to find, you can get plain ones quite easily and quite cheaply or you could get a real one with a crest for quite a lot, but they are all fairly easy to find, you will just pay more for some than others. a NOS one with a crest would be big bucks I would of thought.

Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:59 am

also, no its a button made specifically for bus steering wheels as far as I know.

Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:13 am

the horn buton you are looking for is not bus specific, a beetle would have the same button 56-59.
the button with the castle came originally on deluxe buses/beetles.
looks like you have a standard, so the regular button would have come on your bus og.

Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:28 am

I may have an extra one with the crest. It will be Friday before I can look. Let me know if you still need one.

Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:38 am

malachai wrote: also, no its a button made specifically for bus steering wheels as far as I know.

StockNazi wrote: the horn buton you are looking for is not bus specific, a beetle would have the same button 56-59.
the button with the castle came originally on deluxe buses/beetles.
looks like you have a standard, so the regular button would have come on your bus og.

oops, I had a niggling feeling I was wrong, oh well.

Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:23 am

StockNazi wrote: the horn buton you are looking for is not bus specific, a beetle would have the same button 56-59.
the button with the castle came originally on deluxe buses/beetles.
looks like you have a standard, so the regular button would have come on your bus og.
Okay, so what it seems like is I can go ahead and buy a Wolfsburg button meant for a bug and it will fit on my bus (like I said, she'll never be 'correct', not since the 'cutting,' and lets face it, the crested button is cooler). Is that right?

Follow up-is there a way to tell what she was born as? I don't think she was originally a camper, I think the last owner pieced her together from some fallen buses (no one has been able to actually locate the VIN) I originally thought that it couldn't have started life as a camper because I thought all campers were walk throughs, but after going through the camper thread it seems like that's not the case. It also seems like it might be an American conversion and not a Westy. Maybe a Westy. It's hard to tell since the major difference was the cooler that was also stolen a long time ago.

Follow up to the follow up, is there a place to get camper bits, or is that a swap meet thing?

Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:53 am

Your bus is vin-less?

Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:00 pm

BarryL wrote: Your bus is vin-less?
I have one on the registration, but haven't found one on the bus itself.

Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:06 pm

Walrus, you have a PM from Suebug.

Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:45 pm

You could get one of these aslo.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=512904

Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:45 pm

suebug wrote: Walrus, you have a PM from Suebug.
Thanks, I didn't even know that existed.

Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:46 pm

being i live in california,i have no love for tiki. i have a genuine non- repo st. christopher/ rare air horn button. :shock:

Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:20 pm

k29349@yahoo wrote: You could get one of these aslo.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=512904

For some reason I didn't see this...those are AWESOME! I actually travel around with what I call my Voodoo God, some Halloween decoration I retrieved, that would fit in nicely. Thanks, dude.

Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:31 pm

Walrus, you have another PM from Suebug.

Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:24 pm

secret stuff. no one learns from pm's. :shock:

Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:03 pm

bill may wrote: secret stuff. no one learns from pm's. :shock:
Ah, it was just to protect Sue's secret...you know that Bus that's full of "long haired friends of Jesus" that explodes to save the guys in Convoy?

Well, that was hers.

...
D'oh!

Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:33 pm

i have probably over a 1000 miles following her bus on convoy. the 67 bus,not her 64 or 66 buses. :D

Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:45 pm

Ahem, Walrus, PM awaiting you.....

Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:45 pm

suebug wrote: Ahem, Walrus, PM awaiting you.....

Oh no, my friend, I believe it is in fact you who have a PM...

And I've found a passably cheap (okay, expensive, but not as expensive as originally thought) horn button, thanks all for helping me out. There are certainly more questions to come.