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Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:34 pm

Hi all, I just purchased this script and was hoping someone could help me date this or tell me if it was a dealer option or if it came on some kind of special edition beetle. I could not find anything on it on sebeetles.com. Thanks

Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:39 pm

SkrapMetal wrote: Hi all, I just purchased this script and was hoping someone could help me date this or tell me if it was a dealer option or if it came on some kind of special edition beetle. I could not find anything on it on sebeetles.com. Thanks

I've seen one of those before... once. So maybe it is pretty rare?

Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:40 pm

Anyone? Help?

I'm an emblem nut and I can't figure this one out :(

Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:14 pm

This is by no means an answer, just some conjecture. In the late 60s-early 70s one of the big East Coast VW Performance companies was an outfit called Motion Minicar. They did their advertising with a race car called the Thunder Bug. Wondering if they ever came up with a lightning bolt emblem for one of their production kits? If I have time, I'll root through the two old catalogs of theirs I have and see if there's anything in them.

Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:18 pm

Found this in the gallery:
:arrow: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=343417

Look on deck lid:
:arrow: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=106708

Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:40 pm

Thanks a bunch!!

Mon Apr 14, 2014 4:39 am

I just picked one of these up this weekend! These are too cool! I've got the glitter bug dealer book w all the color samples and ect I'll have to sore If I see any additional info on the lighting bug emblem.

Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:40 am

I believe that the Lightning Bug Script was a Dealer Accessory, perhaps exclusive with the Volkswagen Atlantic Distributorship for Pennsylvania and Delaware. I remember having these in stock when I was a VW Dealer Parts Manager in Pennsylvania. I'd guess that they were from 1970. I had a NOS one from back then and picked up another at a swap meet at Lehigh Valley VW in Allentown, Pa. probably mid-70s.