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Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:58 am

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share the huge news. We have finally released our new Squareback rear apron skin. These are stamped steel, NOT fiberglass. After many months of test fitting and modifying samples, these are finally ready to go. Check out the pictures and I'll see what else I can share here from the development process. I would love to keep you all in the loop with what we are working on.

We also have Fastback rear apron skins in the work. They are pretty much the same, but feature the mounting spots for the license plate bracket. I'll share when those are available.

Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:03 am

Looks good from here. Now all you need to do is take out that upper indent, so we can use them on a Notchback. :wink:

Fri Nov 29, 2024 5:06 pm

Very Nice!

Max

Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:00 am

Beautiful!!

Fri Dec 06, 2024 5:58 pm

We just received our latest rear apron skin for Fastbacks. These are just like the Squareback skins, but have the nuts for the license plate bracket.

Sat Dec 07, 2024 11:12 am

squaretobehip wrote: We just received our latest rear apron skin for Fastbacks. These are just like the Squareback skins, but have the nuts for the license plate bracket.

Those are good looking pieces, but if I needed one for my wife's Fastback, I'd have to order one for a Squareback due to the license plate mounting of a bracket on the trunk lid (no plate holes in the rear apron). I think that's a 70-73 thing for a Fastback. KTPhil, can you verify this on your 71?

Sat Dec 07, 2024 1:25 pm

That must be for early fastbacks my 70 has the plate on the lid.
Who has an early car 66 or 67

Sat Dec 07, 2024 1:56 pm

My 66

My wife’s 67

Sat Dec 07, 2024 2:21 pm

This is a good point, thanks. I have to fix the year / models on both.

Sat Dec 07, 2024 3:07 pm

I am by no means an expert, but I think Fastback aprons changed in 1970.

Sat Dec 07, 2024 5:00 pm

I think the the license light went up in 68

Sat Dec 07, 2024 6:04 pm

Dfasty wrote: I think the the license light went up in 68

There is a 69’ for sale by me right now with the plate in the same place as my 2 earlier cars.

Sat Dec 07, 2024 6:08 pm

Found a 69 in the classifieds:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2681431

Same as my 66 and 67.

Sat Dec 07, 2024 6:26 pm

Your right I just looked at to many gallery pages and 68 and 69 had a low plate placement

Sun Dec 08, 2024 12:45 pm

squaretobehip wrote: This is a good point, thanks. I have to fix the year / models on both.

No problem, I just thought I'd point it out that there was a year change on that part. Since I have a 70 Fastback here with the plate bracket on the trunk lid with the higher mounted plate light. From 70 on it would use your Squareback apron.

If you guys could take the upper indent out, then add the plate nuts to it, then you'd have an all years Notch back rear apron, since they didn't change thru the years (61-73). Just a thought. :wink:

Sun Dec 08, 2024 9:16 pm

Bobnotch wrote:
Those are good looking pieces, but if I needed one for my wife's Fastback, I'd have to order one for a Squareback due to the license plate mounting of a bracket on the trunk lid (no plate holes in the rear apron). I think that's a 70-73 thing for a Fastback. KTPhil, can you verify this on your 71?

Yes, the '70-up fastbacks mounted both the license plate andlamp on the deckled. The earlies had the plate on the apron and the lamp assembly at the lowest edge of the deckled. Something about license plate and bumper height standards maybe?

Sun Dec 15, 2024 5:04 pm

Here are the reproduction "Hüls" camping hinges we recently finished. I've wanted to make these for the longest time and after donating a hinge for the project, we were able to make it happen.

Here they are installed in a customer Squareback:

Sat Dec 28, 2024 9:11 am

Just dipping in to ask.

Any word on the early Type3 gas tanks ? (311201055B)

Thanks, Dan

Sun Dec 29, 2024 9:56 am

Those rear apron skins are -SO- needed.

Pretty much every type 3 out there has the apron all bent up from someone clearancing for a header at a point in the car's life.

Once the ribs at the bottom get crooked, they tend to stay that way,
And the bodywork to get them back straight again? Brutal.

Nice work. Big contribution to the type 3 community.

Sun Dec 29, 2024 1:02 pm

Clatter wrote: Those rear apron skins are -SO- needed.

Pretty much every type 3 out there has the apron all bent up from someone clearancing for a header at a point in the car's life.

Once the ribs at the bottom get crooked, they tend to stay that way,
And the bodywork to get them back straight again? Brutal.

Nice work. Big contribution to the type 3 community.

I am super stoked to have these. We used to have so many apron sections and had new cars coming in to cut up. Those days seem to be over and it's probably for the best considering every Type 3 we cut up is one less future customer! :lol: