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Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:10 pm

Ev said: Quote:
vdubbin1967 wrote:
how rare is this? i have an "ABOUT TIME INC." aluminum angled dripless oil filler adapter.dont know how rare it is but its pretty cool!!!

I have an NOS one of those. They are pretty cool.

i got one from Ev, and i've seen about 7 others.
rare? well.........
unusual? yes, and pretty useful too.

some "rare" stuff that i have is:
split bus Uni-Vents, still in the box (but not NOS)
alloy 36hp rocker arms, unknown manufacturer, but i think they are made by IECO (pic at: http://thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=65236 )
original blue gearshift boot for split bus
my 56 Westfalia

Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:46 pm

pic of rare wheels made by essence wheels, but when, how long and how much???

Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:02 pm

Quote: alloy 36hp rocker arms, unknown manufacturer, but i think they are made by IECO (pic at: http://thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=65236 )
original blue gearshift boot for split bus
my 56 Westfalia

Jon,
I have a few IECO catalogs at home. I'll see what I can find on those rockers. I've never seen those before...

Chris

Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:12 pm

Chris, thanks! chek your pmail too.

some other "rare" stuff i have had in the past:
NOS Split bus trip speedo
NOS Beetle trip speedo
NOS Type 3 Hella Fanfare horns
50's EMPI glass bowl fuel filter, NOS in box

and someone said they had:
Hazet 10mm/14mm open end wrench for pre a Porsche
yeah, i had one of those recently. sold it to a guy locally who gave me $260, and that was HIS offer to me for it! insane!!

Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:18 pm

I actually had one of those checkered nose bras for bugs for a few years. Bought it at Kelley Park in '98 for $5 (total steal) sold it last year at BYOB...guy offered me $75 for it. I wasn't about to say no to that.

-Taylor

Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:33 pm

I like my little Eberspatcher gas cap, floorless tent for my '65 westy and my headlight guards but i'm not sure on the rarity of those.

Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:25 pm

Quote: I like my little Eberspatcher gas cap, floorless tent for my '65 westy and my headlight guards but i'm not sure on the rarity of those.

If the gas cap you mean is a red rubber one that fits over top of a factory VW gas cap but says Eberspacher on it, then I have seen a couple of them. Not very many, but a couple... Maybe 3 or 4 total in the last 18 years.

They were actually fitted to cars back when the gas heater was installed to remind the gas attendant that the heater was there ( and probably hot ) before they opened your gas cap.

A cool item for sure...and I believe quite rare indeed.

Chris

Sat Mar 27, 2004 2:54 am

hazetguy wrote:

some other "rare" stuff i have had in the past:

NOS Type 3 Hella Fanfare horns

Is that what these are? http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/index.php?alert+200403241355321453

Sat Mar 27, 2004 10:26 am

that steering wheel is my rarest item.

Sat Mar 27, 2004 1:36 pm

i have an ORIGINAL empi gt steering whel in nearly perfect shape..i also have a set or pretty damn good shape (original?) empi 8 spokes, and an original hurst shifter...are hurst shifters rare? or hard to find? or are they worth anything?

Sat Mar 27, 2004 1:59 pm

oh yea, and i have a formuling france steering wheel complete , is that rare at all?

Sun Mar 28, 2004 8:58 pm

love accessories, for my 55 vert I have:
NOS Dehne fuel gauge
55 dated trip speedo
vdo speaker grill clock
rebuilt IA54 Telefunken radio
pre 55 hulls seat recliners (attached to short back pre 49 seats, ouch!)
rebuilt stroker 36 okrasa motor
pre 55 NOS Petri horn ring
NOS sun and moon horn button for ring

sorry if I'm braggin but you know how we do it!

Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:08 pm

crofty wrote: I like my little Eberspatcher gas cap, floorless tent for my '65 westy and my headlight guards but i'm not sure on the rarity of those.

I think the headlight guards (if they're the ones I'm thinking of) are relatively rare. I've seen one set out there and they were a little beat for $80.

-Taylor

Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:50 am

germanpride wrote: oh yea, and i have a formuling france steering wheel complete , is that rare at all?

Hell yeah thats rare.
Like MC Hammers last CD.

Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:15 pm

NorCalRiviera wrote: crofty wrote: I like my little Eberspatcher gas cap, floorless tent for my '65 westy and my headlight guards but i'm not sure on the rarity of those.

I think the headlight guards (if they're the ones I'm thinking of) are relatively rare. I've seen one set out there and they were a little beat for $80.

-Taylor

I recently picked up a set of headlight guards for my 1302s only prob is they are slightly too small for the lights - could they fit another model ??
they are made of that chicken mesh metal.

Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:14 am

NorCalRiviera wrote:

I think the headlight guards (if they're the ones I'm thinking of) are relatively rare. I've seen one set out there and they were a little beat for $80.

-Taylor

A set just sold on Ebay for around $190 !!!!!!

Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:49 pm

look at this rear pop outs for a split

Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:48 pm

I had a nos car once. Until I drove it. But back then it wasn't considered nos. Rarest thing I got is a nos set of Empi Sprint stars 4 lug, Nos Fuel Gauge, Nos Speedo. And a round fuel gauge and sender for a 60 beetle. Oh yeah I have a center seat for a 55 bus.

Fri Apr 02, 2004 6:13 am

hazetguy wrote: Ev said: Quote:
vdubbin1967 wrote:
how rare is this? i have an "ABOUT TIME INC." aluminum angled dripless oil filler adapter.dont know how rare it is but its pretty cool!!!

I have an NOS one of those. They are pretty cool.

i got one from Ev, and i've seen about 7 others.
rare? well.........
unusual? yes, and pretty useful too.

There's been a guy on ebay selling those adapters for about 6 weeks now. Apparently he has a bunch of them. Guys were killing themselves to bid on the first few he listed, but then the fool started bragging about how many he had right in his ad. Now the price is down in the $20's I think.

Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:16 am

NORcalLOWlife209 wrote:
that steering wheel is my rarest item.

Thats Rare? Yeah maybe if JC Whitney went out of business.