TheSamba.com :: View topic - Early westy coat hook differences by year?

Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:55 pm

I picked up a pair of early hooks... then another single (on the right).
The one on the right has a little fatter hook tips & lower hook seems to sweep upward a little more than either of 'the pair'.

Is there a difference in them year to year... or do I just have a manufacturing variance?
Thx,
E

Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:02 am

I'll check mine to see if they have differences but that seems fairly minor. I did notice on the other style of early westy coat hooks (the 2 hook) that the mount holes are different on some and I couldn't use all the ones I had on my westy. I think most are in a straight vertical line but I have at least one that is offset like the large hooks in your photos.

Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:51 pm

Can someone please post pics of the screws used for these coat hooks?

I have some that are chrome and some that are not; wondering which are correct.

Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:49 pm

different version of coat hook, dunno if this helps:

one original to the 55 westy is attached to the bus, compared with one from an early bay westy (loose)

Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:06 pm

Screws for the coat hook look to be the same as for the ceiling trim.
Ceiling trim ones are M3.5x13
Doug, I just bought a grip of them in stainless (minimum order size was $25 :roll: ) & I will have extra... shoot me a PM if you want to get some from me. Even happened to be German. Original were probably just nice zinc plated... going by pics only.

They're number 18 here:

Here's a '59 SO-23... it still has the early fat 'bunny ears' (had to click the image to tell)

'61 SO-23... still fat: