TheSamba.com :: View topic - Split running board, first handmade sample

Tue Dec 07, 2010 3:04 pm

ZwitterND wrote: Good to have talented craftsman envolved in our hobby. Won't be long before entire cars will be available. What I want to know is where I can get those coveralls.

Osh Kosh

Walmart sells a few different brands - Dickies, Liberty, and Big Smith. $23 to $43 on their web site.

Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:18 pm

eurodub wrote: here where i live all parts that i receive and send abroad are marked as gift, and i do not/have not paid any extra tax ever. even so, i guess an innocent fraud like declaring a set of running boards as 10usd value must be pretty much ok? :roll:

Yes that works, and also labelling items as "antique cars parts" moves them thru customs faster.
I had to prove what KdF was to customs agents who thought floorpans were panzer parts :lol:

Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:47 pm

I have asked for 1940's running boards and they have a 2nd support brace, but I have no information which distance it is exact located? Can anyone help me for that info?

Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:42 am

A few weeks ago I was searching pics of the earliest boards and this is all I could find
http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy152/kaferkrieger/underchassis.jpg?t=1291905639
Not a good view and leaves alot to the imagination

Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:39 pm

Anyone know what type of rivets were used to hold the rubber on? Were they T-rivets? Pictures?

Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:28 pm

They are very close to the brake lining rivets.

Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:09 pm

virtanen wrote: They are very close to the brake lining rivets.

They look like pop rivets, 2 piece rivets? Do they look the same inside? Next time I restore a car I am taking pictures of everything before I take it apart.

Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:39 am

I don't think they are pop rivets. Steel rivets with hole like brake lining rivets.

Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:15 am

Thanks for the pictures Mika. I took mine apart years ago, Those rivets look like I remember them to be, with the split ends, similar to a pop rivet refered to as a T-rivet

Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:31 am

It opened a change to get 2 pairs to shipped to US by reasonable costs. The plan is to ship to Canada and from there to US by an agent.

2 fastest US residents can to contact me to confirm an order. :D

Edit: 1 pair still available for the shipment. Shipping next week and shipping time 3-4 weeks.

Edit2: The first shipment full.

Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:17 pm

Received my runner boards today Scotland, excellent service and quality, now for rubbers and trim, cheers Brian

Sat Jan 15, 2011 3:40 am

virtanen wrote: They are very close to the brake lining rivets.

Hi Mika,
heard that we see us on Saturday, will talk to you.
These are normal Holnieten, i have them. I will bring some samples to see the corect diameter.
Marcus

Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:02 am

Thanks Marcus, yes it will be very nice to see you all.

Here some update, KdF and pre -48 running boards. These you can really say as running boards, so stiff parts with 2 support braces...

Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:10 pm

Bruce wrote: virtanen wrote: nlorntson wrote: Have we figured out how to get these the US or at least to Canada yet? I'd love to get a set

As I wrote before, I can ship by postal service to Canada, shipping cost 45 Euro (approx. $60) and by a carrier (GLS) to US, shipping cost 143 Euro (approx $189).

If anyone is thinking that all we need is some Canadian to act as a middleman, it's not so simple. The F-ing gov't tax theives will take $32 for each pair that enters Canada.

are you still the middleman Bruce ? Mika mentioned he's shipping thru you,
but I thought I'd ask before assuming that you have time for more.

Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:43 am

KäferKrieger wrote: .....are you still the middleman Bruce ? virtanen wrote: The plan is to ship to Canada and from there to US by an agent.
Since this middleman is unnamed, that makes him a secret agent. :wink:

Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:50 am

Been following with interest, saving hard for a pair of these excellent running boards for my 52 Split. Came across these rivets while searching out parts for my 3 fold and wondering if they are the same/similar to those used for retaining the running board mats?

Semi tubular rivet Beetle header bow [http://vwsunroofs.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=1103][/url]

Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:20 am

Thanks for the interest, the original rivet looks to splitted 3 ways. Was it originally pre-splitted or was is splitted by tooling when applied?

Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:33 am

A new version with rectangular holes for molding clips, for split made after 19th of September 1951.

Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:16 am

:cry: Mika seems to be out of options on tracing the package he sent out 3 months ago. So I'm wondering if its a been a really long delay thru Canadian ports lately.

Who else is still waiting for their boards to arrive(& be reshipped) from the Canada package Bruce was going to handle?

Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:47 pm

I have made a request for the parcel, and got an answer it's under investigation. Tracking says it's leaved from Finland, but nothing else.

I really hope it will be found soon, how on earth can be lost so big parcel?