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Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:25 am

5vert6 wrote: motofly196 wrote: 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...

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 :-k

Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:44 am

I used the information on this thread to find the proper postion for my hearts. Very grateful! :wink:

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 :)

Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:25 am

5vert6 wrote: motofly196 wrote: 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...

That looks sweet!

Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:18 pm

Drilled my holes in my fenders for the hearts !
Looks great, still lots to do !

Thx ,the stuff (information) I find here is priceless :D

Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:34 pm

Gejtu wrote: I used the information on this thread to find the proper postion for my hearts. Very grateful! :wink:

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 :)

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?

Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:27 am

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!

Mon May 20, 2013 8:43 am

srm1956 wrote: These heart tail light aren't to high are they? #-o

I think they are placed to low, they should be higher up :twisted:
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... :sleeping:

Fri Nov 29, 2013 5:28 pm

Excellent topic, exactly what I was looking for. I want to thank laneven28, Bruce MacDonald, EverettB for having directed me to it, thanks. =D>

Thu Oct 25, 2018 6:26 pm

Hebster52 wrote: Here you go! :D

It's in Metric, but I think you can recalculate the measurements.

The photo posted with the hole position does not seem to be available anymore, would anyone have a copy of it?

Fri Oct 26, 2018 1:10 pm

Found this in the gallery :

Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:09 pm

banana split wrote: Found this in the gallery :

Thanks for this.

Fri Nov 02, 2018 9:27 am

That is the same picture as I posted too but the original photogallery where it was before is down for ever but it seems to have been posted in the Samba gallery now too. :D

Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:09 am

Hebster52 wrote: As promised. Split taillight location as follows. :D

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..

Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:36 am

Gejtu wrote:

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?