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riccardo
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 Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:25 am Post subject: Mystery part - gas cap holder |
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just found this part in a box of NOS bus stuff, has code 000.92.601 and label says "ABDECKUNG",
it's made out of soft rubber, anybody has an idea of what is that?
thanks!!
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Daddybus
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| Gas cap holder? |
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OhHerrooo
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riccardo
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| you mean accessory? that would be a nice gift for my 64......could be possible! |
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BulliBill
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Yep,
Pretty certain it is a gas cap holder while you have it off filling your tank with fuel. Slips over the fuel filler neck, not sure what models, probably '68 and up Beetles?
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riccardo
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:20 am Post subject: |
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I should try it on my cars to see the correct model it will fit but wait......won't be NOS anymore after!!  |
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KTPhil 
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:20 am Post subject: |
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It looks like it folds in half; the bead at the perimeter in interrupted at the bend point. This supports the theory that it fits around the filler neck, and hangs down to hold the cap.
What is the diameter of the hole? That could narrow the years it was designed to fit. |
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Herbie3Rivers
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I don't know if that would work on a post 68 car with the external filler. Those filler caps are like the ones on modern cars with the threads that extend from the cap. To me that looks like it would hold the 67 and down style gas cap that's more flat. Either way, that is a really cool accessory.
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Given the fold, it is very likely for the earlier, in-trunk filler. But it's not clear if it fits the early or late tank style, or both. Are the filler neck sizes different? |
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Herbie3Rivers
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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To me the hole doesn't look big enough to fit the bigger tank opening that went away in 60 I think. So I'd say it's for the later style with the filler neck on the drivers side.
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Herbie3Rivers
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In that case, that would look awesome on my 72 super.
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KTPhil
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Fits to 7/1972... its for bug, ghia, bus and type 3 ( standard equipment on all type 4's )
of course the starting year breakdown varies per models tank neck
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Bravo! Not only correct, but with documentation to prove it! |
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lemke
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| If anyone wants to reproduce those, I would buy one. |
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riccardo
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| Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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Fits to 7/1972... its for bug, ghia, bus and type 3 ( standard equipment on all type 4's )
of course the starting year breakdown varies per models tank neck
Anthony / ISP WEST
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thanks a lot, great!! |
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IN2VWS
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They first were available in 1970 from VW.
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Bruce
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| Herbie3Rivers wrote: |
| In that case, that would look awesome on my 72 super. |
Except that it doesn't fit your car.
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hitest
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Another dumb theory: I'd bet that when VW started selling bugs with the external filler- many a driver left their cap at the pump. Prior to that- with the filler inside the trunk- nobody EVER left their cap behind... 
Of course, it's a rubber bolster gascap holster |
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Herbie3Rivers
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| Bruce wrote: |
| Herbie3Rivers wrote: |
| In that case, that would look awesome on my 72 super. |
Except that it doesn't fit your car. |
Of course it will. Fits to 7/72. My car was built 11/71.
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