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MargaritaVillain
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

X2. I have come close to pulling the trigger on a few I have seen on this site but held off to find one in a better condition/ more reasonable/realistic price. All of those were from cars > 1960 but < 1967, though. So what dear Lind is the difference?
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rusted Relics wrote:
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I got an item that should not raise too much ire if reproduced- the cardboard wire covers for early Beetles.

do you have the '56-'60 style? those are so super rare. it is the most commonly missing part on restored beetles of that era. like over 95% either don't have it or have the wrong style. most people don't even know what they look like.


Do tell professor, do tell....

the early ones are medium grey in color.
the later ones which are darker grey/black.
the early ones have very sharply formed corners
the later ones have a simpler pressing.
the early ones have a dry paper material.
the much later ones have a waxy paper material (like late '60s ish)

I will get some pics of mine later and show a side by side comparison. I think that it would be relatively easy to reproduce. at least by the standards of what it takes to reproduce parts.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Prof, very valuable information.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

here are some comparison pics on the dash backs. I pulled one early one out of a '56 many years back. I pulled this one out of an early '60 beetle. I don't know how much later the early style was used.

can anyone think of a restored or original late oval which has the correct style of dash back?

if someone is serious about reproducing this, and has the skillz, contact me. I might be willing to loan mine out to someone who can get it done.

these dash backs don't fit in easily, and they are very fragile, which is probably why so few still exist today. also, they don't fit flush with the cowl.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, Bro! I never knew that there was a difference.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hella long turn signals
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cant you buy a Classic 69 Camero convertible frame new and all the pannels- motor - trim and what not. How does it compare to the original in todays market?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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was that before or after the Owsley, Bob?


What do we have here? The three oldest guys on site? Where's Bill May? No buddy but us, knows what you're talking about Dave. Wink


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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White Needle 52mm USA measure VDO gauges in 6 volt with all senders and oil dip stick at a affordable price, with a nice chrome 3 hole display panel for mounting under the dash of a Oval.

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Also a painted "full circle" Petri horn ring for a 1956 to 1959 steering wheel.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

what i'd like to see is a forged okrasa 36hp crank.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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White Needle 52mm USA measure VDO gauges in 6 volt with all senders and oil dip stick at a affordable price, with a nice chrome 3 hole display panel for mounting under the dash of a Oval.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i kind of don't want to see them reproduced as i have a set.

then again i do as i want another set.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RHD floormats!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lind wrote:
I pulled this one out of an early '60 beetle. if someone is serious about reproducing this, and has the skillz, contact me. I might be willing to loan mine out to someone who can get it done.

these dash backs don't fit in easily, and they are very fragile, which is probably why so few still exist today. also, they don't fit flush with the cowl.


Don't mean to hijack the thread, but to briefly continue the dash cover discussion: My original dash back cover in my '62 had started to warp and so not fit flush with the cowl as you say. But I found a '66 original cover and that one did fit flush, so I think they do fit flush with the cowl, as long as they don't start to warp. Even if they do warp, I wonder if they can be restored perhaps with a steamer.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Retrovan in South Africa is reproducing LHD & RHD padded dashes for our Type 3's. Tram & I sent early & late LHD dashes for him to use as a mold.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jmsmilin wrote:
hella long turn signals

Or for that matter - Hella turn signals for every year VW made.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lenses for these.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blauchen L331 wrote:


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Also a painted "full circle" Petri horn ring for a 1956 to 1959 steering wheel.


Doesn't Koch's repop those?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lind wrote:
here are some comparison pics on the dash backs. I pulled one early one out of a '56 many years back. I pulled this one out of an early '60 beetle. I don't know how much later the early style was used.

can anyone think of a restored or original late oval which has the correct style of dash back?

if someone is serious about reproducing this, and has the skillz, contact me. I might be willing to loan mine out to someone who can get it done.

these dash backs don't fit in easily, and they are very fragile, which is probably why so few still exist today. also, they don't fit flush with the cowl.

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From a pretty low mileage '58 I looked at a couple days ago...

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Correct, or not?
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks like a plastic reproduction. Shouldn't it have those rubber pads stapled across the top?
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