Better Than a Barn Find.....My 1957 Horizon Blue Euro/Export

EverettB · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:13 am Post subject:

I'm not a '57 expert but nothing I see looks wrong to me.

What number is on the coil?
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flyertim · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:41 am Post subject: flyertim's engine serial number

Kjell Roar · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:09 am Post subject:

Himmelservice got the blue fabric (pünktchen blue) for your car.
Think Lenny Coop buy fabrics from them.

http://www.himmelservice.de/english/home.html

They also make interiors.

I bought some fabric from there, in beige Pünktchen for the B-pillars (at Hessisch Oldendorf 09) and for a hole Confused

in the back seat. And the inner liner. Very nice people, Marc is a pleasure to deal with, even for only small orders!

Very Happy

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Blauchen L331 · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:35 pm Post subject:

I think that VW records are just like Leica camera records, the cars didn't run or were sold in a total sequence like the numbers listed in the archive......

My car's body number #566889 which according to the archives is May 1957?

And the motors number #1914975 which is possibly June 1957?

VIN #15822xx is May 1957?

So I think things are a bit mixed up and numbers don't always run in sync, I'm 100% sure my car is all matching numbers.

Tom
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OG PAINT L331 1957 TYPE 1 OVAL WINDOW
(US Navy In Germany/ Special Ordered Car from MAHAG Munich)
Delivered with Semaphores - German "Puntchen" Cloth Polkadotted Interior -
USA RAM Protection/Export Overrider Bumpers - MPH Speedometer -
Sealed Beam Headlights and Bullet Front Turn Signals!
99.8% ORIGINAL PARTS WITH ONLY 28,000 ORIGINAL MILES/ GARAGE FIND/ UNRESTORED CAR

txoval · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:59 pm Post subject:

Your cars assembly looks to have been late May with an Early June delivery

If you request a Birth Certificate you'll know for sure on the engine...

Check the stamp on the rear of your speedometer...should say 05.57 or 06.57

Blauchen L331 · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:08 pm Post subject:

Kjell Roar · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 1:34 pm Post subject:

Sometimes cars didnt pass a quality check and had to get new parts.
For instance the engine was bad, and it got a new one before delivery.
That could take some days extra.

All cars went on the assembly line numbered after the VIN (or they got the VIN then). But the body was not, they took the nearest, I believe. Same with other parts. My car has a VIN that tells me its made 4. of august 1955, as the 30. 1956 model year beetle. The body is made in july, and the original engine probably around 2. of august. But the BC tells me 31. of august (its the date it passes the last quality check before shipment, not the day it went off the assembly line, that is the production date in BC), and delivered to Raffay in Hamburg the 1. of september. I'll never know why, maybe its been used by Volkswagen, because VW # 1 million was made 5. of august, and had 140.000 guests in Wolfsburg.

If you want a confirmation of the engine #, enclose your engine# when asking for the BC. They will then confirm the # (or not).
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EverettB · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:20 pm Post subject:

Blauchen L331 · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:27 pm Post subject:

txoval · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:54 pm Post subject:

Whats your speedo say!?

Blue Baron · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:09 pm Post subject:

Blue Baron · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:19 pm Post subject:

Blauchen L331 · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:12 pm Post subject:

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Blauchen L331 · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:56 am Post subject:

EverettB · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:26 am Post subject:

Blauchen L331 · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:06 pm Post subject:

Blauchen L331 · Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:36 am Post subject:

Well, I'm sure that everyone here so far has seen the shape my drivers seat is in, near perfect base (bottom, just covered by an ugly blue cloth seat cover) but the top right corner is a mess...... Razz

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I'm going to do the vintage blanket thing for now and then maybe Clear Plastic Seat Covers, but I have considered buying some remnants from Ingrid Oppermann's "Punktchen" material and *sun bleaching* the material for a year or so and then patching up the seat corner. Smile

I've never see the Oppermann material up close, I had an answer to my ad here requesting some remnants/scraps and it seems I may have found enough to eventually mend up this corner and also make an accessory tool roll or another (surprise) that will work out nicely.

So here's some quick snaps I took in my garage showing off the texture of the material etc. etc.

I'm sure everyone can see the difference between the two, but, the Oppermann material is on the LEFT side, my original "sun faded/dusty/dirty" fabric on the RIGHT, OK?

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The material is pretty much "dead on" with the Polka Dot pattern in size and distance between each other and also the fabric texture and feeling is very close to the original as well............

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And here's some shots of some fabric that has maintained most of it's original color (inside the drivers side "map pocket") it is Dark Blue but not as intense as the new material, I think the original material was more Blue Grey in color as the newly made material is more Bluish Blue. (does that make sense?)

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Overall my opinion is that this is *REALLY GOOD STUFF* Very Happy

Since 1985 Ingrid has made a great reputation in Europe of "getting it dead right" with the hard to find pre 1960 VW factory production style fabric Beetle seat and headliner material and this sample is really fine and I'm very satisfied with her quality of seat fabric. Smile

Personally I would suggest to anyone who's correctly restoring a "Euro" Oval Window (A German Or Austrian) car, that her interiors are the best and most correct Original style available. Smile

http://www.himmelservice.de/english/home.html

That's her English Language Internet Link Wink

I'm going ahead and buying these remnants and going to try that "sun bleaching" and with some patience and Mother Nature's help in a year or two I'll have a PATCH to put on the drivers seat that looks like its Old School done. LOL!!!!!!! Razz

Enjoy!

Tom
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OG PAINT L331 1957 TYPE 1 OVAL WINDOW
(US Navy In Germany/ Special Ordered Car from MAHAG Munich)
Delivered with Semaphores - German "Puntchen" Cloth Polkadotted Interior -
USA RAM Protection/Export Overrider Bumpers - MPH Speedometer -
Sealed Beam Headlights and Bullet Front Turn Signals!
99.8% ORIGINAL PARTS WITH ONLY 28,000 ORIGINAL MILES/ GARAGE FIND/ UNRESTORED CAR

Blauchen L331 · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:53 pm Post subject:

Thankfully the Family and the Old Woman who drove my car had it serviced quite often, you can tell by all these Kool Vintage Service Station Doorjam Stickers............

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The Earliest Remaining Service Sticker is from 10 - 6 - 1964 the mileage was 17,352

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1972

1974 - which has (2 Two) Stickers, the first one is a Spark Plug Sticker under the Decklid here:

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and a Doorjam one here:

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1975 - also has (2 Two) Stickers, the first one is on the Rear Apron here:

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and in the Doorjam:

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And then the next one isn't till 1999

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And after cleaning out the Glovebox the other day, I found this bill of repairs from June 23rd 1999 (same date as the Service Station Sticker above)..........

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The Brakes got a real going over and the Muffler and Tailpipes were Replaced for the SECOND time.
(The Muffler once in 1974 and then again in 1999 ~ come to think of it, it needs to be Replaced now). Wink

.........the Intake Manifold and some sort of Release (?) is noted REPLACED along with a Oil Change etc. it was over $1,200 work.

Then from 1999 till when I bought the car in October last year, (2011) the car drove less than 450 miles!

And from 1964 till this afternoon the car has driven less than 10,000 miles! ~ Current reading standing is 27,446!

Enjoy!

Tom
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OG PAINT L331 1957 TYPE 1 OVAL WINDOW
(US Navy In Germany/ Special Ordered Car from MAHAG Munich)
Delivered with Semaphores - German "Puntchen" Cloth Polkadotted Interior -
USA RAM Protection/Export Overrider Bumpers - MPH Speedometer -
Sealed Beam Headlights and Bullet Front Turn Signals!
99.8% ORIGINAL PARTS WITH ONLY 28,000 ORIGINAL MILES/ GARAGE FIND/ UNRESTORED CAR

EverettB · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:16 pm Post subject:

Some of those parts seem really expensive to me.

$135 for an intake?
Was it NOS from the dealer?
(Assuming that was possible in 1999)
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