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KombiMadness
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| Looks like it's Kalahari. That would make it a 59. Anymore pics you can share? |
And it looks like it's been living in the Kalahari Desert for most of its life  
What are your plans?
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YASHA7FOLD
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Joined: January 11, 2012
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Location: Montana.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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| stale air wrote: |
| Looks like it's Kalahari. That would make it a 59. Anymore pics you can share? |
I'll be working on it this weekend. So I'll get a few more and post them up. |
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YASHA7FOLD
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Location: Montana.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| KombiMadness wrote: |
| stale air wrote: |
| Looks like it's Kalahari. That would make it a 59. Anymore pics you can share? |
And it looks like it's been living in the Kalahari Desert for most of its life
What are your plans? |
I seen it, and had to save it. I did only pay $500 for it. It came with an extra good set of headlights and a good set of rear pop outs. I'm thinking a grea deal. My plan unlike my 69 is to go as stock as I can. I'm even going to leave it 6V. |
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stale air
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Location: Senoia Ga, formally NorCal
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| YASHA7FOLD wrote: |
| My plan unlike my 69 is to go as stock as I can. I'm even going to leave it 6V. |
Always great to hear ^
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MeeferMadness
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Joined: June 14, 2004
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Location: Eugene Oregon
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 10:47 am Post subject: Wheel Color |
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I know this subject has been posted many times, but next week I have a chance to get my wheels painted and want to get it right. I have an Oct 1958 build Euro sunroof and want to get the colors correct. I see that WW list the color as L336 "dark blue" does anyone have a photo of that color? Also what color is the inside (back of wheel) of the wheel? Is it the same dark blue?
Thanks in advance
Bruce
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OLDveedubs
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stale air
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| Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: Wheel Color |
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| MeeferMadness wrote: |
Also what color is the inside (back of wheel) of the wheel? Is it the same dark blue?
Thanks in advance
Bruce |
Back of the wheel is black.
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YASHA7FOLD
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Location: Montana.
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So this is the case number on the engine I removed from my 59. I can't seem to figure out what year the engine is. Does anyone have any idea as to what year it could be?
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YASHA7FOLD
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| So I may have figured it out, I think it may be from a 65. But I still would like a second opinion. |
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OLDveedubs
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1965
Apr 115 767 035 9 552 548 7 875 264 7 236 786 4 010 965
May 115 861 066 9 635 887 7 983 793 7 329 550 4 018 015
Early May 1965.
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YASHA7FOLD
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1965
Apr 115 767 035 9 552 548 7 875 264 7 236 786 4 010 965
May 115 861 066 9 635 887 7 983 793 7 329 550 4 018 015
Early May 1965. |
Thanks for the confirmation. Now the search for the correct year engine begins. |
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Jgowin
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Location: North GA
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Does anyone have a copy of the original card for the fuse panel?
I'm doing the wiring on my 58 and I was hoping to find a reproduction of it for mine. |
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OLDveedubs
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Wolfsburg West
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myvolks1
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Location: Modesto, CA
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| Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:42 pm Post subject: Original card for the fuse panel? |
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I do,
Do you only need a pic of it?
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Does anyone have a copy of the original card for the fuse panel?
I'm doing the wiring on my 58 and I was hoping to find a reproduction of it for mine. |
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stale air
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Fyi, Jason aka Jays58 bought one from WW, and was not very impressed by it.
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RagTop1963
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:26 am Post subject: how many 1958 euro ragtops were made? |
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Anyone knows how many 1958 euro ragtops were made?
Thanks.
Calling the gurus of 58-59 |
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MeeferMadness
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Location: Eugene Oregon
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:50 pm Post subject: OG Sunroof Color |
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I am still waiting for my Capri blue 59 ragtop to come out of the body shop. In the meantime I have begun restoring the sunroof assembly which then leads to this question; I decided to go with a vinyl top since that would have been what the factory installed. Does anyone know the proper color of the top? Is it supposed to match the Capri or is it shades darker or lighter than the Capri?
Any help would be useful
Thanks in advance
Bruce |
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stale air
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: OG Sunroof Color |
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I decided to go with a vinyl top since that would have been what the factory installed. Does anyone know the proper color of the top? Is it supposed to match the Capri or is it shades darker or lighter than the Capri?
Any help would be useful
Thanks in advance
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The sunroof cover is supposed to be L126 light grey.
http://www.buginfo.de/typ1/1958/export/l335capri.htm#
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MeeferMadness
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:34 pm Post subject: Sunroof cover |
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I tried to translate the grey color in the chart and loosely it says "folding cover underside" I really don't think the color would be grey. Look at the drawing of the bug at the top of the page; the sunroof cover is a darker blue which is what I would expect. I wish I knew some German to see which of the colors goes with the outside of the cover
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stale air
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:52 pm Post subject: Re: Sunroof cover |
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I tried to translate the grey color in the chart and loosely it says "folding cover underside" I really don't think the color would be grey. Look at the drawing of the bug at the top of the page; the sunroof cover is a darker blue which is what I would expect. I wish I knew some German to see which of the colors goes with the outside of the cover
Bruce |
Yeah, I hear what you are saying. "Faltdach" translates to "Folding roof", and that could honestly be for a convertible top. Ill keep digging......
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