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Olde Volks Place
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 Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:57 am Post subject: Question about Kaefer Nostalgie |
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What is the quality like ?
I am looking at some split era bumpers "grooved"
and the banana bumper guards from them. I just was wanting to know who might have bought from them and what they thought about the quality.
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kafer53
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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I haven't bought bumpers from them but I and my friends have bought some tail lights, trim, etc and their stuff is very nice quality.
Kind of expensive prices but good stuff from what I have experienced.
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RareAir
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject: Re: Question about Kaefer Nostalgie |
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| Olde Volks Place wrote: |
| I am looking at some split era bumpers "grooved" and the banana bumper guards from them. |
Are you aware early Pre '49 Banana guards aren't correct for the 1950-52 ribbed bumpers?
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Olde Volks Place
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NO I was not aware, I was wanting to put them on a car that my wife and I are restoring just to show off a cool set of bumpers and guards oh well.
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Jason Eden
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What year is it? A 64? But I have bought alot of stuff from them and I always get it fast and they are very helpful. As for fit I cant say because I have not used the parts yet.
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Oldbug.com
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Location: Aguanga California
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject: Ive bought them |
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I bought a set of banana guards from them and they fit fine on the grooved bumpers... the profile is the same. I had them on the War Bug Type 82E replica I built...Im sure there are photos in the gallery somewhere.
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Jason Eden
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Question about Kaefer Nostalgie |
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| RareAir wrote: |
| Olde Volks Place wrote: |
| I am looking at some split era bumpers "grooved" and the banana bumper guards from them. |
Are you aware early Pre '49 Banana guards aren't correct for the 1950-52 ribbed bumpers? |
Dont edit just because you were WRONG. You cant be wright all the time!!!!!!! Like keeping my 100.00 for about a year now after you had said you would give it back.
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bastardbus
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I saw a set of `49-`51 ribbed overiders from K/N that a friend from Kentucky bought. They looked definitely "home made" and I was not impressed with the quality...my buddy was pretty pissed at quality of the items as well. I also recall they had been chromed and the mounting braces had never been spot welded in place. The braces were sent loose with the overiders.
I dunno...maybe it was an isolated case?
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Jason Eden
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He says he will return things did your buddy hit him up to do a return?
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TDC Auto Parts
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I bought rear taillight rubber and the popes nose rubber seal and the fit is good. Took 3 week to get here from over seas!! That is good from what I have been told for Brazil.
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bastardbus
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| Jason Eden wrote: |
| He says he will return things did your buddy hit him up to do a return? |
No idea if he returned them or not, I do recall there was some "back and fourth" between the two and he was not really happy.
Reason I remeber all this is I was interested in purchasing a set of his bare split running boards. The price for them were very high especially with overseas shipping, so I wanted to know what the quality was and was searching out examples of his work.
I recall the overiders looked to be a couple pieces hand hammered then welded together. They were mis-shapen and crude. Items that would work in a pinch as filler parts, but definitely not restoration quality.
On my `50 split I had with me, had a set of German stamped repops which are 99% perfect. There was no comparison.
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ckissick
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Eight years later now...
What's the latest poop on their quality? I need to buy a bunch of stuff for my '50.
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Not Safari Izzy
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I'd give my money to someone else.... 60%+ of the stuff I've bought from him is unusable due to quality and takes months to receive it.
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56reddy
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| Not Safari Izzy wrote: |
| I'd give my money to someone else.... 60%+ of the stuff I've bought from him is unusable due to quality and takes months to receive it. |
agreed, don't buy stuff twice.
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| My dealings were terrible on this guys stuff! |
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