Vent cover for clock, OG or not?

Buba · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 8:48 pm Post subject: Vent cover for clock, OG or not?

Hi folks.
A friend has this vent cover, at first view it should be hacked, but the screw's tab looks og.
What do you think, it's OG or not?
I think it isn't.

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Big Bill · Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:55 am Post subject:

Althought yours is very nicely done, I dont think it was offered by VW. This one WAS in my bus when I bought it, I sometimes wonder just what people were thinking. Shocked

Buba · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:21 pm Post subject:

Thanks for your answer Big Bill, I agree with you.

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BarryL · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:38 pm Post subject:

I have found those covers in the past. I am certain it is real and you have the correct clock back. Dealer option? Always wondered.

A 6 volt early ghia clock fits but doesn't have that correct back to keep off the wet air. Plus you have the clock too: and it has the winder/setter! What voltage is the bulb?

Could it be a Brazilian option?

Stocknazi · Samba Member Joined: June 18, 2004 Posts: 5150

Very cool; I would have walked right past that at a swap meet and thought nothing of it.

The welded tabs do look factory/dealer done.
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Buba · Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:35 pm Post subject:

BarryL · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:58 pm Post subject:

Don't know how long this picture will persist. Maybe Everett could put it in the gallery. This is the style clock I have seen but there is a wind-up and 6-volt. The wind-up had a cover. No pics, of course.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1595273

EverettB · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:08 pm Post subject:

BulliBill · Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:55 am Post subject:

Until this thread, I have never, ever seen that hole in a overhead vent that wasn't hacked in by someone recently or a long time ago. Never seen the factory do it, perhaps a dealership or some previous owner made it up a long time ago. Not sayin' it isn't kewl, but I'm pretty certain that a Bus didn't leave the factory with that accessory cover. It was done afterward...

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BarryL · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:52 pm Post subject:

This one is going in a hatcheted cover. I liked how it had the reverse of the speedo and Ghia colors.

( though not on my desktop the pics end up rotated in the gallery)

suebug · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 6:50 pm Post subject:

Here's mine!

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BarryL · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:57 am Post subject:

Wow, purr-ty!

I like your face (on the clock not the cat's).


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