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Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:01 pm

In 1989 or '90 I bought a '67 bug with a white vinyl top. It went around the back window and over the complete roof, minus about 1" from the gutters and the windshield. It had what looked like the factory aluminum trim around it, it was very well done. I had never seen another one until a few years ago when I found a 1974 out of Canada on the internet. It was made exactly like the one I had, except it was black. That is the only one I have seen and can not find any info on it. If anyone does know anything about it I would love to hear from you.

Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:11 pm

Bug-In #1 "Best Of Show" trophy that was used from 1968-1974 !
:shock:

Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:13 pm

i think ive seen another pic of this? or maybe it was another bug in trophy

Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:19 pm

There are only two Bug-In perpetual tophies.
The one pictured that I own and the "Top Eliminator" trophy that is owned by the Schley Bros..

Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:35 pm

Thats some cool shiznit right there. I would of figured something like that to be "lost" in Danny Z's wharehouse :lol:

Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:47 pm

i once found a 1963 beetle in southern california. The owner thought it was a gold mine and wanted way too much for it...the engine was locked up etc. Regardless, it had woven seat belts...similar to early 60s type weave but the killer was that the buckle themselves were cast with very pronounced VW logos on them. The buckle was similar to an early style but it seemed to be die cast or sand casted in aluminum. they were very stout. I offered to buy the belts from him but he would not part with them. He was evicted later and the owner said that the bug had been crushed.

i wish i had taken pictures of these as i have never seen any others like it for the past 18 years.

anyone have an idea what these were? i think they must be either pretty rare or were some type of an aftermarket accessory. they would look awesome in my old manx.

thanks...cool thread!

chris

Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:23 pm

monomanx wrote: i once found a 1963 beetle in southern california. The owner thought it was a gold mine and wanted way too much for it...the engine was locked up etc. Regardless, it had woven seat belts...similar to early 60s type weave but the killer was that the buckle themselves were cast with very pronounced VW logos on them. The buckle was similar to an early style but it seemed to be die cast or sand casted in aluminum. they were very stout. I offered to buy the belts from him but he would not part with them. He was evicted later and the owner said that the bug had been crushed.

i wish i had taken pictures of these as i have never seen any others like it for the past 18 years.

anyone have an idea what these were? i think they must be either pretty rare or were some type of an aftermarket accessory. they would look awesome in my old manx.

thanks...cool thread!

chris

These?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1247120

Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:20 pm

Just scored these on the samba recently and they arrived in my mailbox today. These seem to be pretty rare I've had a blue set for awhile now and been looking for the silver and they popped up last week so I guess they were meant to be mine :lol:

Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:31 pm

restojohnny wrote: Just scored these on the samba recently and they arrived in my mailbox today. These seem to be pretty rare I've had a blue set for awhile now and been looking for the silver and they popped up last week so I guess they were meant to be mine :lol:

damn! haha your always checking the classifieds at the right time! :lol:

Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:23 pm

restojohnny wrote: Just scored these on the samba recently and they arrived in my mailbox today. These seem to be pretty rare I've had a blue set for awhile now and been looking for the silver and they popped up last week so I guess they were meant to be mine :lol:

Basted, He thought you were me phoning him!!!! :cry:

:wink:

Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:14 pm

Sorry Mike :oops: but I see a phone# in an ad and my instincts tell me " CALL IT MAN & to Hell with emails :wink:" They figure if I'm crazy enough to call at some insane hour of the nite/morning I deserve the damn part :lol: Paul said something about something but I was only focused on hearing his paypal ID :wink: You got the next set bruthah 8)

Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:42 pm

Just scored these late last nite :wink:

Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:08 pm

Scored alot of stuff today just looked at only 2 boxes and it was enough to tell me to buy it all :shock: Lots'a of real empi, dds, racetrim, autohaus, etc...... This is the box that made me decide what RESTOJOHNNY had to do 8) I have alot more pictured in my gallery but that's only half of it pictured the rest was just a bunch of square flanged header's and muffler's :twisted: Check my gallery pic's 8)

Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:52 pm

Nice horn button......did you actually pay money for the rest of those greasy parts?

Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:59 pm

Not tooo much $$ Mike :wink:

Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:05 pm

whats up with that aircleaner? dont think i ever seen that style before

Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:16 am

Richard, your Bug-In #1 "Best Of Show" trophy is awesome

I'm just curious how it ended in your collection? :?:
Is there also a great story behind :-) ?

William

Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:44 pm

Ive got a ball hitch setup that attaches to the axle and bumper that came from vw it is from 1965

Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:34 pm

just got this in the mail today so my search is over for this little gem. It's a rare camping steering wheel removal nut for your steering wheel. Take's an early petri hornbutton. Another cool rare accessory to throw on one of my early rides. Thanks Alex :wink:

Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:40 am

Fresh off the barn shelf..