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Tue May 10, 2011 4:57 pm

What was the cut off for the early type hood prop?

I thought it was this style (below) for 56-61 but not sure

Tue May 10, 2011 6:59 pm

derluftwagen wrote: What was the cut off for the early type hood prop?

Hey Derluft, both my 58, and my 61 have the style like what is pictured above. Both ones I know are original to the cars.

Tue May 10, 2011 7:17 pm

stale air wrote: derluftwagen wrote: What was the cut off for the early type hood prop?

Hey Derluft, both my 58, and my 61 have the style like what is pictured above. Both ones I know are original to the cars.

I've also got this one in my 56.

Tue May 10, 2011 7:47 pm

All of the cars Ive owned had this style

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/3057493.jpg

oct 55 vert
sept 55 sedan
nov 58 vert
1959 export
1959 export
1960 export
1960 euro
1960 euro
1961 export
1961 export

I bought a 55 4 tab hood with the other type attached so I thought it might be a early/late thing.

Thanks for the feedback

Tue May 10, 2011 8:00 pm

Apologies to the poster, but I made a local copy of these and can't find them on the gallery to give credit to who posted them. :oops:

1954/55

56/59

60/61

Tue May 10, 2011 8:55 pm

PERFECT!!

Thanks.

Wed May 11, 2011 1:10 pm

Wed May 11, 2011 1:55 pm

Talk about attention to details!!! Good job!!

Wed May 11, 2011 3:12 pm

derluftwagen wrote: PERFECT!!

Thanks.

Ya, that is awesome info, thanks! But what sucks is the fact that now I know that the one one my 61 is wrong. :oops: :( :shock: :lol:

Wed May 11, 2011 3:30 pm

Volumex wrote: Apologies to the poster, but I made a local copy of these and can't find them on the gallery to give credit to who posted them. :oops:

1954/55

56/59

60/61

Those look like ad photos. I added them to the regular gallery so the links dont die in the future. Thanks again!!

Tue Jul 16, 2024 2:50 pm

Can anyone out there with an original 1956-57 Oval Beetle confirm if a 1956-59 hood stay/prop uses one or two 14mm hex head "shouldered" M 8 bolts to attach the top part to the front hood and the bottom part to the body? I just posted a WTB ad for one of these bolts in the classifieds. I'm pretty sure that two of these shouldered bolts are needed?

Thanks for any conformation, and/or help finding one of these little buggers...

Bill

Wed Jul 17, 2024 6:29 am

x2 according to the parts list - item 33 - this is the july 56 book but the oct 57 has the same entry

Wed Jul 17, 2024 7:10 am

Thanks "finster",

I have the same parts book and that's why I suspected that two of those shouldered bolts were needed on a late Oval Beetle. I only have one here, and just needed one more for my front hood. I've also got a unmolested June of '55 Sunroof here, and I suppose I could prop the hood open with a long stick to support it and then remove it's lower and upper prop rod bolts to discover whether I needed one or two of those bolts, but the parts book made me feel pretty sure that two are used for the prop rod/stay. Thanks again for your post.

Bill