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Jung Restoration Samba Member
Joined: May 30, 2004 Posts: 592 Location: Maine
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: '58 Standard with German Dash Stickers |
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These stickers have me stumped. Is this a common thing to see on older split's?
_________________ Wanted : January '57 Palm Green Sand Green Bus Parts - Middle and Rear Seat Frames - flat back. I have original seat covers but would consider covered frames.
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Jung Restoration - Jung is my last name and restoration is what I do for work. I restore antique windows and doors here in the Northeast. Check out my site www.antiquewindowrestoration.com |
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Flipseat Samba Member
Joined: July 09, 2000 Posts: 1089 Location: Nursing 40 horses back to health.
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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Please don't tell me you really think thats proper German? "drizzleflippen"? _________________ Insert random important looking club initials here. |
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Jung Restoration Samba Member
Joined: May 30, 2004 Posts: 592 Location: Maine
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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No, I don't think it's proper German. Just wondering if these are a common thing.
Das Glimmerblinken!!! _________________ Wanted : January '57 Palm Green Sand Green Bus Parts - Middle and Rear Seat Frames - flat back. I have original seat covers but would consider covered frames.
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Jung Restoration - Jung is my last name and restoration is what I do for work. I restore antique windows and doors here in the Northeast. Check out my site www.antiquewindowrestoration.com |
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Flipseat Samba Member
Joined: July 09, 2000 Posts: 1089 Location: Nursing 40 horses back to health.
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Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen them once or twice before, but I've never seen them for sale... just in other cars. People get funny looks on their faces when they read them _________________ Insert random important looking club initials here. |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69813 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Slowlow Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2004 Posts: 4121 Location: Northeast Tennessee
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:55 am Post subject: |
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A friend of mine has a European 60 bug that has the SAME decals! _________________ • Metal Fab & Quality Suspensions, Type I-II-III. Since 2004 • |
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Slowlow Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2004 Posts: 4121 Location: Northeast Tennessee
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Here is Derricks dash...
Sorry for the blur
Same exact decals though! _________________ • Metal Fab & Quality Suspensions, Type I-II-III. Since 2004 • |
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Jung Restoration Samba Member
Joined: May 30, 2004 Posts: 592 Location: Maine
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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I've heard of more than a few buses/bugs with these stickers.
If they are clues to being a euro model vehicle, what makes a "Euro" model unique? I don't know enough about euro specifications, can anybody help out? _________________ Wanted : January '57 Palm Green Sand Green Bus Parts - Middle and Rear Seat Frames - flat back. I have original seat covers but would consider covered frames.
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Jung Restoration - Jung is my last name and restoration is what I do for work. I restore antique windows and doors here in the Northeast. Check out my site www.antiquewindowrestoration.com |
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Levonbenelli Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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they are not clues to a euro model, they are a gag... anyone could put them on...or not. _________________ Wanted: flipseat parts: rear jump seat, folding chair, cups |
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Russ Wolfe Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2004 Posts: 25187 Location: Central Iowa
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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Jung Restoration wrote: |
I've heard of more than a few buses/bugs with these stickers.
If they are clues to being a euro model vehicle, what makes a "Euro" model unique? I don't know enough about euro specifications, can anybody help out? |
Those were stickers you got at JC Whitney back in the 60's. _________________ Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you end up with a lot of scum on the top!--Edward Abbey
Gary: OK. Ima poop. |
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max-five Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2006 Posts: 525 Location: Kenner, Louisiana
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, those were a JC Whitney item back in the early/middle sixties and were rather popular. In those days, an import was rather an exotic thing for most people and this was a way of having fun with it. _________________ '66 Beetle Convertible "Wilson"
'05 New Beetle Convertible "Ladybug"
'69 Deluxe Bus "Sunshine"
Want to buy your original German black '66 bug front seat upholstery...all or part |
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derv Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2005 Posts: 2600 Location: Oak Park (Chicago), IL
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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max-five wrote: |
Yes, those were a JC Whitney item back in the early/middle sixties |
They were named Warshawski's back then, no? _________________ Jack
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bushaus Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2007 Posts: 809 Location: Long Beach, Calif
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I love "das schmokegedunka" _________________ 1967 13 window walkthru bus
1965 Karmann Kabriolett beetle
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dstefun Samba Member
Joined: February 20, 2002 Posts: 3338 Location: Sacratomato
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: |
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derv wrote: |
max-five wrote: |
Yes, those were a JC Whitney item back in the early/middle sixties |
They were named Warshawski's back then, no? |
At one point in the 70's I was getting the exact same catalogs from both JC Whitney and from Warshawsky's so I knew they were one and the same but I never knew which one was the parent company. They never did learn how to pack parts, scrap boxes and a couple sheets of newspaper just didn't make it.
... a bit of history courtesy of WikiPedia ...
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J.C. Whitney is the largest direct marketer of auto parts and accessories. The company began life in 1915 as The Warshawsky Company, a scrap metal yard on the South Side of Chicago. The company's founder was a Lithuanian immigrant named Israel Warshawsky. Throughout World War I, Israel bought failed auto manufacturers and added new parts to his inventory. The Warshawky Company continued to grow, even during the Great Depression.
In 1934, Israel's son Roy joined his father at the company after graduating from the University of Chicago. Roy proposed expanding out from the Chicago-area with a nationwide catalog and placed an ad in Popular Mechanics for sixty dollars. The ad offered readers a "giant auto parts catalog" if they sent in twenty-five cents and response to the ad was huge.
Roy took charge after his father's death in 1943. He continued to grow the business through World War II, always developing new strategies in response to changing customer needs.
Roy retired in 1991.
In 2002, The Riverside Company acquired JC Whitney.
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derv Samba Member
Joined: October 12, 2005 Posts: 2600 Location: Oak Park (Chicago), IL
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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:26 am Post subject: |
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dstefun wrote: |
derv wrote: |
max-five wrote: |
Yes, those were a JC Whitney item back in the early/middle sixties |
They were named Warshawski's back then, no? |
At one point in the 70's I was getting the exact same catalogs from both JC Whitney and from Warshawsky's so I knew they were one and the same but I never knew which one was the parent company. They never did learn how to pack parts, scrap boxes and a couple sheets of newspaper just didn't make it.
... a bit of history courtesy of WikiPedia ...
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J.C. Whitney is the largest direct marketer of auto parts and accessories. The company began life in 1915 as The Warshawsky Company, a scrap metal yard on the South Side of Chicago. The company's founder was a Lithuanian immigrant named Israel Warshawsky. Throughout World War I, Israel bought failed auto manufacturers and added new parts to his inventory. The Warshawky Company continued to grow, even during the Great Depression.
In 1934, Israel's son Roy joined his father at the company after graduating from the University of Chicago. Roy proposed expanding out from the Chicago-area with a nationwide catalog and placed an ad in Popular Mechanics for sixty dollars. The ad offered readers a "giant auto parts catalog" if they sent in twenty-five cents and response to the ad was huge.
Roy took charge after his father's death in 1943. He continued to grow the business through World War II, always developing new strategies in response to changing customer needs.
Roy retired in 1991.
In 2002, The Riverside Company acquired JC Whitney.
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That is classic info right there. I remember going to Warshawsky's back in the late 80's to buy my chrome engine tin, gasket kits, and other worthless junk, but I do remember how cool that old building was. You would walk in and see about 100 catalogue stands, pick out what you want and fill out a form (still have one filled out) and hand it to a guy behind the counter. Wait for a few minutes, sometimes longer, and out this huge ramp on your left slid down your parts from the warehouse.
Brings back memories, even if they sold mostly junk. The warehouse used to be on 22nd street I believe just west of Chinatown. _________________ Jack
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squaretobehip Samba Member
Joined: August 23, 2004 Posts: 3686 Location: San Jose, CA
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crofty Judas of the North
Joined: August 09, 2000 Posts: 19672 Location: Land of Whine and Phonies
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: |
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Looks like a meth-head got ahold of a hand labeler! _________________ Your Vanagon sucks, Stop waving at me.
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zozo Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:30 am Post subject: |
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crofty wrote: |
Looks like a meth-head got ahold of a hand labeler and a square! |
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rhiggin71 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:35 am Post subject: |
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Not to encourage anyone but I LOL'd at "das Glimmerblinken". _________________ 1965 Kombi "Kishka" |
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squaretobehip Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:42 am Post subject: |
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i laughed out loud when i first got in the car. i'm glad i ran into this post cause now i know where the idea came from |
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