Buying a 49 Split

[aircooled]

I'm looking a buy a 49 Split. Are there any 49 only items I should look for and how can I tell if the fenders, aprons, are original. What other things should I look at when buying a split?
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67 Sun Roof / Born Sept 66 / Second Owner
67 Convertible / Born Aug 66 / Second Owner

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[aircooled]

If someone could help me with this post that would be great.
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67 Sun Roof / Born Sept 66 / Second Owner
67 Convertible / Born Aug 66 / Second Owner

Member of 67 Posse
Omaha Volkswagen Club
Neb VVWCA Chapter Rep
Volkswagen Club of Nebraska

[johnshenry]

Your question is a little broad and not easily answered in a single post. Many here, like myself, love to help but when we see questions that will require paragraphs of text, it is a little overwhelming and we pass it up.

There are many aspects to ascertaining what to look for in a split. As for '49 only items, I think it may be month dependent, but I am no expert. Deluxes came out in the letter part of that year.

Rear fenders should have the dot-dash pressings on the flanges, and the front apron should be 4 finger, with the "punched out" tabs in the wheel well to hold the headlight wiring, not welded on tabs.

Rear apron should be an H apron with no tailpipe cutouts.

Front fenders should have the bulge where they meet the running board, circular horn grills (if deluxe). There are other details on split front fenders I can't recall at the moment, search this forum ...
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John Henry

'57 Deluxe
'56 Single Cab

[aircooled]

Henry, Thanks for the information. I'm a long time 67 purest and I have like a check list of things I look for on 67's. I understand what you are saying about the changing every month. I'm just trying to get a list of things I can check to tell what is right and wrong, which is going to effect the amount of money needed to get it back to original configuration.

It does seem like there are all sorts of changes that took place during production that is for sure.

Thanks,

Richard
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67 Convertible / Born Aug 66 / Second Owner

Member of 67 Posse
Omaha Volkswagen Club
Neb VVWCA Chapter Rep
Volkswagen Club of Nebraska

[Bengt H]

Do you have a chassi number of the car you are interested in?? then it would bee a lot easier to tell what it should or not should have. -49 is the year when most changes was.

[ZwitterND]

I was going to buy a 49 once, then I woke up. When it comes to splits ol' Henry knows his stuff.
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Bill

[nlorntson]

There are some things that are shared with later splits (especially the standard splits), but pretty much all 49's (deluxe or standard) have these items.

Probably the biggest and most difficult things to find are taillights (thin versus thick rings), Left/Right semaphores, mushroom airfilter, Rearview mirror (early ones have a "football" mirror), shocks (single action lever shocks), cable brakes (the parts for them),

There are several other subtle details that those of us that own one would notice:

Front fenders have a deper headlight bucket and wider head-on profile because of it.

Rear fender pressings on the trailing edge are different than later oval ones (althought this could be a split versus oval thing).

Bumper guards

And of course, the VIN

[RichOakley]

There is a world of difference between Pre-July '49 cars and Post-July '49 cars. Let us know the chassis number and then perhaps all of us (including Henry) can comment further.

[Blue Baron]

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