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Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:57 am

Can you get repro taillights for a 54 and do they come with the Hella logo

Thanks
Dave

Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:12 am

Yes they are available, but Og lences make them look much better.
:wink:

Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:55 am

Split 1 wrote: Can you get repro taillights for a 54 and do they come with the Hella logo

Thanks
Dave

Yes you can, but they are garbage! And you can spot them a mile away that they are both garbage and fake! Spend the extra $$$$ and buy the real ones.

Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:41 am

Barndoor Mafia wrote: Split 1 wrote: Can you get repro taillights for a 54 and do they come with the Hella logo

Thanks
Dave

Yes you can, but they are garbage! And you can spot them a mile away that they are both garbage and fake! Spend the extra $$$$ and buy the real ones.

Not the ones I have, 2 years in the british weather and no rusting,with Og lences put in there hard to tell from the Og's

Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:12 pm

krusher wrote: Barndoor Mafia wrote: Split 1 wrote: Can you get repro taillights for a 54 and do they come with the Hella logo

Thanks
Dave

Yes you can, but they are garbage! And you can spot them a mile away that they are both garbage and fake! Spend the extra $$$$ and buy the real ones.

Not the ones I have, 2 years in the british weather and no rusting,with Og lences put in there hard to tell from the Og's

Señor Krusher.....are you having a bubble? So you have aftermarket outer rings and housings, but with og lenses??? Well, what gives them away are the lenses, the repop ones. But I can see what your talking about if you were to put og ones, in the repop housings.

The ones I have seen look like caca. Though some years back I saw some in Europe, I think BBT?? But I don't recall what they looked like, to be exact?? And most folks don't stick their heads inside the engine compartment to checking the housings. REALLY.

Hope all is well with you Señor. I spoke to Graham a few weeks ago and I mentioned to him your where abouts. He said you were off to Bali or Thailand for a surf adventure?

Maybe I will see you at Bad Camberg? If so, we can have some pints and get pissed out of our trees!!!!

Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:44 pm

Johnny are you having a Giraffe?

Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:06 am

Barndoor Mafia wrote: krusher wrote: Barndoor Mafia wrote: Split 1 wrote: Can you get repro taillights for a 54 and do they come with the Hella logo

Thanks
Dave

Yes you can, but they are garbage! And you can spot them a mile away that they are both garbage and fake! Spend the extra $$$$ and buy the real ones.

Not the ones I have, 2 years in the british weather and no rusting,with Og lences put in there hard to tell from the Og's

Señor Krusher.....are you having a bubble? So you have aftermarket outer rings and housings, but with og lenses??? Well, what gives them away are the lenses, the repop ones. But I can see what your talking about if you were to put og ones, in the repop housings.

The ones I have seen look like caca. Though some years back I saw some in Europe, I think BBT?? But I don't recall what they looked like, to be exact?? And most folks don't stick their heads inside the engine compartment to checking the housings. REALLY.

Hope all is well with you Señor. I spoke to Graham a few weeks ago and I mentioned to him your where abouts. He said you were off to Bali or Thailand for a surf adventure?

Maybe I will see you at Bad Camberg? If so, we can have some pints and get pissed out of our trees!!!!

Yeah, I have some of the repros that were done as a short production run by a guy in portugal, the lenses that he reproed were for the earlier bus with the flat glass lense, I was lucky enough to get some OG late lences on Ebay before that kinda thing got crazy money. I will try to take a picture this weekend and post it.

There was a guy at dubfreeze (uk show) that had some for sale but he wanted about $230 for just the lenses!!!!

I wanted to do camberg, but its cheaper to go and surf in bali for 3 weeks than go to germany for the weekend!!!
I think there will be a brit invasion this time, all the new barndoor owners hungry for parts for there incomplete projects, I wonder what the prices paid for needed parts are gonna be.

:D

Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:15 am

Yep - its gonna be interesting for sure. I have a buddy that is making the trip and I will certainly be giving him at least a grand to take with him for anythig he thinks I might be interested in for me...

Sat Feb 24, 2007 9:37 am

Took some pics today but its hard to get a camera to focus on chrome but here it is, just see the hella to the left.

Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:59 pm

krusher wrote: Took some pics today but its hard to get a camera to focus on chrome but here it is, just see the hella to the left

keith, they looked good to me when i checked them out at Vanfest:

why's one on sideways tho'?

Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:08 pm

I took this pic past weekend in the VW Museum in Wolfsburg. The taillight is housed inside a 51 kombi and i had never seen this kind of reflector glas.

Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:10 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=199661

Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:29 am

RockStock wrote: krusher wrote: Took some pics today but its hard to get a camera to focus on chrome but here it is, just see the hella to the left

keith, they looked good to me when i checked them out at Vanfest:

why's one on sideways tho'?

Yeah I wondered that too, I think when I first put them on if you put them on sideways 90degrees out then the bulbs are easier to get too for getting all the electrics working etc, think i left them like that incase I had a blub go out just before MOT, and that way they have stayed for 2 years, :?

Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:17 am

They Look good Kieth!

Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:29 pm

Man, I would like to find some O.G. looking tail lights for my bus. Stamped and K numbered. Thee ones on my bus are NOS vw replacement SB's. Can anyone help.

Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:58 am

bubba wrote: Man, I would like to find some O.G. looking tail lights for my bus. Stamped and K numbered. Thee ones on my bus are NOS vw replacement SB's. Can anyone help.

Wehave for sale at work correct stamped taillights, www.fbivw.com but you will have to search for correct K logo lenses.

keith.

Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:22 am

I believe the correct insignia is " K ~ 1502 ". Don't know it off the top of my head. Linda would..........

Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:01 pm

Barndoor Mafia wrote: I believe the correct insignia is " K ~ 1502 ". Don't know it off the top of my head. Linda would..........

K1509 - These come up fairly often on ebay Germany. Search for "traktor hella" and you usually get a few hits. The lenses are cheap as tractor lights, but when you call them "barndoor" the price gets crazy.

Here is a more modern version of the lens, it is the exact size but has new numbers. You can polish off the markings for a good replacement.

http://cgi.ebay.de/Hella-Ruecklicht-K11413-Traktor...dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.de/Hella-Ruecklicht_W0QQitemZ13008...dZViewItem

I've got so many of these now that I use them as checkers.

Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:59 pm

There you go Señor Fish!! Off by one digit. Good thing you cuaght it and not Linda! He would have served me to the sharks!

Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:11 pm

Barndoor Mafia wrote: There you go Señor Fish!! Off by one digit. Good thing you cuaght it and not Linda! He would have served me to the sharks!

You've been smoking the Yesca with Doug the Head if you can't remember K1509 off the top of your head.
You have a chance to redeem yourself if you can tell us the part number on the lense of a '55-'57 American Market Bubble Taillight...