Hazet Assistent

[notchboy]

[SplitBusVanatic]

Well spotted. I see that now indeed. Interesting.

[70bus]

I personally enjoy how Hazet posed him like those paintings of Christ gesturing with his hand down to left. Hazet will heal your car!
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Craig K
70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
"If Von Dutch was alive, he'd walk in there with a pistol and shoot these people." - Robert Williams

Raul the 65 singlecab

Karl the 70 nine-seater

[rsbadura]

Hello everyone,

[Wout]

Made a few repro Hazet stools. Ad in the classifieds.

gr
Wout
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[Dexzar]

Hello everyone. So brand new here. Just picked it up thinking ann nice drink stand perhaps, but seems it might be more to someone? Or not? Can someone help me identify. Sorry in advance about the quality of images. Unsure how to add photos. Have a look. https://youtu.be/jmuw66gi9Vs?si=aNoMKROk1z8iB2Xo

[notchboy]

Just a regular Hazet - would make a cool drink stand.

The alure to folks in the North Americas with Hazet, especially Euro car guys, is that the tool company was very chummy with manufactures like VW, Porsche, Mercedes, BMW... Because of this, they made tools specific to those cars. Furthermore, Hazet was not imported as any kind of real competition here, so seeing them is limited.

On the other hand, in Europe, it was a big seller and producer. Making carts like this very common. So to see the cart here is cool and you may get a couple bucks out of it more so than you would in Germany. But the reality is I could buy 3 very nice clean, unrestored carts in Germany for 100-150 range each, ship them to me here in SoCal and sell them for 325-400 each? on a good day. Making a slight profit.
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[GR8FUSENTAST]

When searching for the right brand...you always stumble across the fake stuff.
Cool, but fake
Some years ago I thought I found a Hazet...but it wasn`t

Got to use it anyways!

Made a trolley for my son...we used it as long as the feet had room, added a steering wheel and a safety-belt
Also made a Cal-blackplate and a bumpersticker....

He also had his Norwegian-made "Bug" pedalcar....

Nowadays he`s 18 and asks all the time to borrow my Ghia....

[notchboy]

Repop or real?

Just picked it up.

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[Wout]

Real
Congrats

Gr
Wout
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[rsbadura]

Hello everyone,

@notchboy: nice find!

My next discovery: a set of two HAZET 1618 (1967-1972) or later as 161-8 (1976-2010) window pane holder,
which are inserted into both columns of an HAZET Assistent like the 1615 lamp or the test device holder 1620.
The air can be released into or out of the suction cups by loosening the brass cap nuts with plastic seal inserts.
Allready cleaned and polished.

Photo mounted on Assistent follows in spring - now it rains and snows here

regards,
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Rolf-Stephan Badura
1970 VW Karmann-Ghia Coupe
1979 VW Bus L camper conversion
1982 Eriba Pan travel trailer
2017 VW CrossPolo
HAZET classic tools collection

[blackdog1999]

[SplitBusVanatic]

Are there two types of tray dividers ? Or is the one on the right a DIY job
(I know. The one on ledt should be blue) ?

I found a selection of dividers in my stash of Assistent parts.
20 in all. Strangely

[rsbadura]

Hello,

in my 1967-1976 166 TS are already the embossed versions.
Also a Porsche brochure with 162 photos from 1968 shows embossed versions.
In my early 160 from 1954 the panels are fixed and flat.

I think also these flat dividers are original from the 1950s and early 1960s,
because I have seen them in the early 161/162 version with flat top and
in a DKW brochure with 161 and 162 photos from 1955 and
such flat dividers as none standard length dividers as
- 1605 (half length for the long 1602 slot divider across the long side) and
- 1607 (full length across the long side).
Not sure in which year they switched to the embossed versions...

regards,
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Rolf-Stephan Badura
1970 VW Karmann-Ghia Coupe
1979 VW Bus L camper conversion
1982 Eriba Pan travel trailer
2017 VW CrossPolo
HAZET classic tools collection

[SplitBusVanatic]

Ok. Great information as always. Thanks Rolf.

[panicman]

I have been re-reading this thread for a few years, with a growing interest in getting an Assistent. Finally decided to just do it, and started browsing here, eBay, and Craigslist.

It seems like the market just dried up, and the only ones that showed up were brand new, or older models that were way high. I found a 160 on eBay, pretty rough shape and altered from original for 750 obo (Plus $$$ shipping). I obo'd and never got a response. In the meantime I ran into the one I finally bit on- a 162N from early to mid 1980's.

It came in two shipments, and I came home from vacation to find the first box, which contains the bottom of the trolley, the tubular uprights, all the casters and rear axle, and the black knobs.

My plan is to more preserve than restore, but a few areas will need intervention. There is what looks like body filler dried on the inside of the bottom 'bucket', and also some broken areas of paint with nasty looking rust (no rust-through yet).

A couple of questions I have:

1. The steel tube uprights- are they just stainless, or were they given any protective finish originally?

2. Has anyone found a close match to the blue paint?

3. The locking casters on my trolley have some pitting and show evidence of being wire wheeled. Was the original finish for these just plain stainless? I am considering disassembling them and electroplating with zinc.

Thanks in advance.

[rsbadura]

Hello,

[SplitBusVanatic]

That looks excellent. If I were you I’d find some paint close to your cart’s blue and rust treat and prime and paint only that area that’s affected. If it’s off in colour a little. It won’t be as noticeable as it’s on the inner of the tub. If it’s a thing that the remaining trays of your cart are as good as the tub outer, it would a shame to paint. The pitting on the wheel parts is weird, but I wouldn’t do anything to those either. New wheels are available if you were inclined to build a show cart.

Congratulations on joining the Hazet Assistent club.
All the best.
D.C.

[SplitBusVanatic]

The postman came today with a box.

The most perfect fitting box you ever seen.

Some light surface rust. I’ll treat and paint.
Plan is to give it a light resto. I’m gonna retain the stickers. They’re cool.
Another older Assistent, (as in mid fifties) coming soon. Stay tuned.

[panicman]

Thank you for the valuable information!

Agree that leaving the original finishes intact is the way to go. I do worry about the casters a bit. I'll provide some updates. I pick up the box with the rest of the trolley today. Eager to see how it all looks.

Thanks again!