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Jack O'Neill
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The closest I ever saw was this one:
It's not a common sight considering what you need to chop up to fabricate it! and it cost me close to nothing! |
What car is this? |
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Hebster52
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Location: Finland, Jakobstad
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As promised. Split taillight location as follows. 
Notice that there is a bulge for the bulbholders.
Edit: Fixed the picture link too..  |
The original photo is lost due to the original gallery been deleted but here is an improved drawing for the rear taillight for split beetles. This also show the shape/position of the dimple..
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Hebster52
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Markii
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Location: Australia
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: Heart tail light position |
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Found this in the gallery :
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Thanks for this. |
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banana split
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Location: Beautiful British Columbia Canada
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: Heart tail light position |
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Found this in the gallery :
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Markii
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Location: Australia
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:26 pm Post subject: Chasing heart mounting hole positions |
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Here you go!
It's in Metric, but I think you can recalculate the measurements.
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The photo posted with the hole position does not seem to be available anymore, would anyone have a copy of it? |
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Valmir Azevedo
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Location: Santos - Brasil
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Excellent topic, exactly what I was looking for. I want to thank laneven28, Bruce MacDonald, EverettB for having directed me to it, thanks.  |
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tisius
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Location: Rotterdam,NL (+Chicago,IL)
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These heart tail light aren't to high are they? 
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I think they are placed to low, they should be higher up 
The longer I stare at the picture, the more i think the rear looks like a face with the (pope's) nose and with the taillights for eyes... 
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Gejtu
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Location: Malta/Belgium
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17 years ago, I found the rear panel from an early oval, starting half way down the window to luggage area including the vents and the luggage rails, in a scrap yard, paying $10 for the lot! Upon seeing that, I immediately remembered I had a w-decklid, which a friend had thrown away in a skip, stored in my granny's basement. I put 1 and 1 together and ended up with something quiet unique!
Here are 2 pics of the grafting:
I just couldn't resist adding the vent trims then, giving the decklid a more factory-intended look!
The closest I ever saw was this one:
It's not a common sight considering what you need to chop up to fabricate it! and it cost me close to nothing! |
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srm1956
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA.
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I used the information on this thread to find the proper postion for my hearts. Very grateful! 
Here's a pic of the end result, with the hearts in place,
and also on the 3rd brake light topic, a picture of the 51 pope nose brake light, coupled to 53 hearts! no twin filaments were used in the production of this photo
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Hello Getju. That looks nice. Sorry to get off of topic but I have a
Question - Are those Oval vent trim on your deck lid? Was Oval window vents grafted into the deck lid? |
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nick696
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Drilled my holes in my fenders for the hearts !
Looks great, still lots to do !
Thx ,the stuff (information) I find here is priceless |
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Suboval
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The cops are the same way around here, that's why I need to figure a way to mount a 3rd brake light somewhere that it will only show when brakes are applied. I bought a vintage School Bus "STOP" light, but it's the bigger one, and looks really tacky.
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..... ...here is my solution for a third brake light... |
That looks sweet!
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Gejtu
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I used the information on this thread to find the proper postion for my hearts. Very grateful!
Here's a pic of the end result, with the hearts in place,
and also on the 3rd brake light topic, a picture of the 51 pope nose brake light, coupled to 53 hearts! no twin filaments were used in the production of this photo
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srm1956
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The cops are the same way around here, that's why I need to figure a way to mount a 3rd brake light somewhere that it will only show when brakes are applied. I bought a vintage School Bus "STOP" light, but it's the bigger one, and looks really tacky.
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..... ...here is my solution for a third brake light... |
Hay 5vert6 when I saw this I thought of the VW38 found in Lithuania. Why didn't VW keep this going?
I would love to see what a 3rd brake heart light would look like installed  |
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srm1956
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These heart tail light aren't to high are they?
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GermanRust52
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| Anyone know the diameter of the holes? |
for the gasket or seal 1/2 inch,and for the bracket 1/4. |
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nick696
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I don't know if this helps but I found this on an old file on my laptop.
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Thx but this is the one for past heart light
I need the diameters for the heart lights itself.
I guess I'll just measure my brackets and guess the other holes |
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Chick Iverson
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The cops are the same way around here, that's why I need to figure a way to mount a 3rd brake light somewhere that it will only show when brakes are applied. I bought a vintage School Bus "STOP" light, but it's the bigger one, and looks really tacky.
Scott |
..... ...here is my solution for a third brake light...
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kdfwagon
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I don't know if this helps but I found this on an old file on my laptop.
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nick696
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