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Package Tray
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Tray that mounts underneath the dashboard in order to hold additional items
up front. Often made of bamboo or a mesh with a metal frame.
Most package trays were meant to house light items such as gloves or maps
within easy each.
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Pahnapuhallin
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Finnish: "crop-dryer". In Finland, a common nickname for the Beetle
sedan and convertible. The allusion is to the half-round fan housing on
the earlier, "upright" VW engines, which resembles a crop-drying machine widely used by Finnish farmers. |
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Paint Code
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Original code assigned by VW to indicate a particular color. Also
called an L code. See the
Paint and Upholstery section for
detailed information.
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Paint Imperfections
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Mistakes or wear in paint, sometimes resulting from rust
or a poor paint job. Some examples include: overspray,
checking,
orange peel, and bubbling. |
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Paintshopped
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Term used to describe a photo that has been altered by the Paint Shop Pro
computer program. Common alterations include lowering, changing the
color or rims, and erasing damage. Also see
photoshopped |
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Palma Sola
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Volkswagen Factory in Venezuela 1965-1981, produced Beetles and Brasilia
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Pan
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Slang for Floorpan. |
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Pancake Engine |
Slang term for the Type 3/Type 4 engine. The term originates from the flat
design of the engine, where the fan is bolted to the end of the crankshaft,
where the crankshaft pulley would normally appear on the typical Type 1
upright engine. The fan shroud and other details were also relocated,
producing a flat or "pancake" design.
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Panelvan
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Basic Bus model without seat or windows
in the rear compartment. Most often used for commercial purposes.
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Pano
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Slang for Panorama Bus. |
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Pan-off Restoration
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A restoration that involves the removal of
the body from the floorpan. Can indicate a
more extensive restoration of a vehicle. |
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Panorama Bus
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Nickname for the Bay Window Bus in Holland. |
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Parcel Tray
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Somewhat interchangeable term with package tray,
a parcel tray also refer to the metal tray mounted underneath the dash
in a Split Screen (pre-1968) Bus. Also see bamboo
tray.
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Parts Car
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Term used to describe a VW in such bad condition (either mechanical,
cosmetic, or both) that it is only useful for parts. |
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Passenger Vehicle
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Line of VW Buses intended solely for passengers.
Includes the Standard Microbus and the various Deluxe
models. |
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Patina
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Refers to the unique visual design that results from an original paint
vehicle where the paint has partially worn through to primer or bare metal
over time. Discussion
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Pea Shooter
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Slang term for the VW Beetle and Ghia
exhaust that has two chrome exhaust tips.
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Peanut |
Nickname for the front turn signals used on 1958-63 Beetles. |
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Pecera |
Spanish term for fish tank but commonly used term for
Bay Window Buses in Mexico. |
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Perfection
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Dealer-installed gas heater available in Canada
from 1962-1964.
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Pescaccia
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Italian: "fisher/hunter". In Italy, a nickname for the Jeep-like Type 181 sport-utility
Geländewagen. |
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Petcock
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Small valve used to control the flow of liquid or gas. Used on early
Volkswagens before a fuel gauge was standard equipment. Also see
Fuel Tap
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Petri |
Maker of steering wheels, horn rings, and horn buttons for Beetles.
More information needed. Send a description
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PG/SG |
Abbreviation for the Bus colors Palm Green and Sand Green, used on 1955-57
Standard Microbuses.
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Phone Dials
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A Porsche manufactured rim that has a pattern of perfect circles that
resemble the dial ring on older style phones
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Piano Hinge
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Slang for 1952 and earlier Bus vent wing windows.
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Pinhole |
Tiny imperfection in paint that looks as if someone poked a hole the size of
a pin into the paint while it was still wet. Also refer to pinhole
rust, where small pinhole-sized holes have occured due to rust damage, often
in a rocker or floor pan.
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Pinwheel |
Pinwheel refers to the center section of the rear drum. On early Type 3
vehicles, 1961-63 they used pinwheel drums. Later drums have a star
pattern. Early rear drums are also smaller, 230mm vs 248mm.
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Photoshopped
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Term used to describe a photo that has been altered by the Photoshop
computer program. Common alterations include lowering, changing the
color or rims, and erasing damage. |
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Pickup
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Pickup is a light duty truck. All standard VW pickups had three gates and a
loading platform unobstructed by wheel wells. |
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Pipe fender |
Slang term for early Beetle fenders where a metal pipe was used from the
body to the headlight buckets to contain the headlight wiring. |
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Pigalle |
Red upholstery and interior color. Often used as a term to refer to
the limited production all-red interior (seats, dashboard, carpet, and so
forth) used on 1966 Type 3s and Karmann Ghias. In
Type 3s, it was available as an option on Black and Pearl White vehicles up
to Chassis No. 316 140 226. The term Pigalle refers to the red-light
district in Paris.
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Pitted
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Term used to describe chrome that has been damaged by water or age and is
now covered with small blemishes.
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Plattenwagen |
The VW Plattenwagen was built by factory workers and used to haul heavy
loads around the VW plant in the 1940's. This vehicle sparked Ben Pon's idea
for an economical work van which became the Type II.
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Plexiglas
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Acrylic type clear plastic material used to fabricate corner windows on
Barndoor era deluxe buses before the windows were
made of glass. Also used for skylight windows for a couple years during the
Barndoor era. The windows can be recognized by the
Plexiglas script embossed into the material. |
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PO |
Abbreviation for Previous Owner |
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Pope's Nose
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Commonly used slang term for the taillight housing on Split
Window Beetles from 1943 -1952, however it was still used by some until
1966.
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Pop-outs
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Side windows that are hinged so they can swing out for ventilation. M code
114 gets you 6 of these on pre-67 buses.
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Pop-Top
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Describes the small or large fiberglass top
that can be popped up and a Camper Bus.
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Por-15
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Aftermarket product used to "Paint Over
Rust" and seal it in, preventing further rust damage. http://www.por-15.com |
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Porsche Büro
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Abbreviation for Ferdinand
Porsches' design company in Stuttgart, Germany. Of all the Porsche Büro projects, the one with the most significance and lasting historical importance was the
Volkswagen Beetle. |
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Porsche, Ferdinand III "Butzi"
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Son of Ferdinand II "Ferry"
Porsche, grandson of Ferdinand I. |
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Porsche, Ferdinand Anton
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Director of Porsche
Büro, Dr. Porsche was selected in 1933 by Adolf Hitler to develop an affordable people's car. |
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Porsche, Ferdinand II "Ferry"
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Son and successor to Doctor
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Porsche 914
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A sports car produced by a collaboration between VW and Porsche, introduced in September, 1969. It was a mid-engined two-seater with a Targa
top as standard equipment. The 914 was marketed as a "Porsche" in North America, and as a "VW-Porsche" elsewhere. The
914/4 used the 4-cylinder, 1.7-liter Type 4 engine and also running gear from the Type
4, while the 914/6 used Porsche's 6-cylinder, 2-liter 911T engine, plus 911
suspension, brakes, and wheels.
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POS |
Slang term meaning Piece
Of Sh!t |
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Prerunner
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Vehicle often used to "pre-run" a
race and learn the terrain before attempting the race in a full race
vehicle. Typically a street-legal vehicle that is driven to the race
course, used to run the race course "pre-race," and driven home.
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Pressed Bumpers
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Slang term often used for ribbed
bumpers. Bumpers used in the front and rear on pre-1959 VW Buses.
Pressed bumper is a misnomer as all metal bumpers are pressed.
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Primer
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Body and paint product used to
cover bare metal and provide a bonding surface for paint to grab on to.
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Pritschenwagen
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See Single
Cab German: "plank-bed truck" |
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Privy Tent
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Full sized Westfalia
tent used from '58-'64.
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Project
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Refers to a vehicle which may
require many hours of work to either get driving or for a restoration.
Implies a long-term commitment which may or may not ever reach completion. |
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Pulguita
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In Spain, a nickname for the Beetle
sedan and convertible. |
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Pulley
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Pulley is basically a wheel with a
groove for a belt used to improve leverage and transmit power from one
device to another such as driving the generator and fan on a VW. |
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Pulmonia
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A tourist taxi used on Mazatlán,
México. It consists in a beetle floorpan and drive train with a fiberglass
open body and canvas roof on a tubular frame.
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Puma
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Two-seater manufactured and sold in Brazil from the early
1970s. Puma bought standard Beetle floor pan assemblies from
Volkswagen do Brasil and modified them to fit the fiberglass body. A kit version was briefly marketed in the U.S. around 1977.
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Punch Bug
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Car traveling game where kids or
adults would punch one another on the arm when they saw a Beetle and yell
"Punch Bug" and the color, for example, "Punch Bug
Red!" |
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Pumpkin taillight |
Slang for 1973 and later Beetle
tail lights |
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Purist
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A VW enthusiast who prefers only original
vehicles or "correct" restorations. |
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Pushbutton Dash
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Series of control used on
1961-early 1964 VW Type 3s that has the
appearance of small square push buttons.
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