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1970PAKombi
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 Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:53 am Post subject: 1962 Double Cab's with Lips on Side Panels? |
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Good morning everyone, I hope you had a good weekend!
I can't find a definitive answer on this and I poked around some on here as well as Google - but am I wrong to see that some Double Cab's in 1962 didn't have the traditional no lip look and had a fat lip? I know it's marketed as starting in 1963, but, I have found some 1962's that most likely weren't restored (unless it was done 40 years ago and is super rough) and they have fat lips. |
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NAES
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 11:25 am Post subject: Re: 1962 Double Cab's with Lips on Side Panels? |
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Model years for most vehicles start around the middle of the previous year. So a '63 could have been assembled as early as the summer of 1962. I guess the birth certificate would determine the exact info.
I don't know the exact date or serial number bus that the wheel well flare started.
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1970PAKombi
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: 1962 Double Cab's with Lips on Side Panels? |
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| NAES wrote: |
Model years for most vehicles start around the middle of the previous year. So a '63 could have been assembled as early as the summer of 1962. I guess the birth certificate would determine the exact info.
I don't know the exact date or serial number bus that the wheel well flare started. |
Thank you so much - yeah, August builds off the top of my head for VW were for the next year.
I saw some hard 1962 models with the lip and my truck as an October of 1961 doesn't have it. But it does appear that the switch happened within the 1962 run. |
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Eric&Barb
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: 1962 Double Cab's with Lips on Side Panels? |
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That and much more available in the original VW dealer "Progressive Refinements" that is a must to go thru now and then here:
http://www.oacdp.org/
Also there are many more other need to read thru VW dealer manuals there.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: 1962 Double Cab's with Lips on Side Panels? |
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| 1970PAKombi wrote: |
| NAES wrote: |
Model years for most vehicles start around the middle of the previous year. So a '63 could have been assembled as early as the summer of 1962. I guess the birth certificate would determine the exact info.
I don't know the exact date or serial number bus that the wheel well flare started. |
Thank you so much - yeah, August builds off the top of my head for VW were for the next year.
I saw some hard 1962 models with the lip and my truck as an October of 1961 doesn't have it. But it does appear that the switch happened within the 1962 run. |
Sean is right that the lipped rear wheel well started at the beginning of the '63 model year which according to Progressive Refinement was 30July62.
Are you saying that your Double Cab was built October 1961 ('62 model year)? If so, it should have fat dog legs and flat wheel wells.
Progressive refinement states that thin lip doglegs were introduced at the beginning of the '63 model year but I know of an OG paint 5June62 kombi with thin lip doglegs. PR is not always accurate.
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1970PAKombi
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:53 am Post subject: Re: 1962 Double Cab's with Lips on Side Panels? |
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| Eric&Barb wrote: |
That and much more available in the original VW dealer "Progressive Refinements" that is a must to go thru now and then here:
http://www.oacdp.org/
Also there are many more other need to read thru VW dealer manuals there. |
This is an amazing tool that I only learned about today - thank you so very much! |
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1970PAKombi
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2025 5:35 am Post subject: Re: 1962 Double Cab's with Lips on Side Panels? |
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| von_hansel wrote: |
| 1970PAKombi wrote: |
| NAES wrote: |
Model years for most vehicles start around the middle of the previous year. So a '63 could have been assembled as early as the summer of 1962. I guess the birth certificate would determine the exact info.
I don't know the exact date or serial number bus that the wheel well flare started. |
Thank you so much - yeah, August builds off the top of my head for VW were for the next year.
I saw some hard 1962 models with the lip and my truck as an October of 1961 doesn't have it. But it does appear that the switch happened within the 1962 run. |
Sean is right that the lipped rear wheel well started at the beginning of the '63 model year which according to Progressive Refinement was 30July62.
Are you saying that your Double Cab was built October 1961 ('62 model year)? If so, it should have fat dog legs and flat wheel wells.
Progressive refinement states that thin lip doglegs were introduced at the beginning of the '63 model year but I know of an OG paint 5June62 kombi with thin lip doglegs. PR is not always accurate. |
My particular double cab is fat dog leg and flat wheel wells. I have come across 1962's though that do have the lipped wheel wells. Now, they could be aftermarket and I know KlassicFab sold lipped wheel wells for 1959-1962 a couple of years back So it's very possible that there were replacements.
But before starting on my double cab for example, I watched some videos on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIP51gUZX4Q
It's entirely possible that they were replaced later in life or that the YouTuber is wrong about the year, but I saw that the cancer was consistent with the rust of the cancer and assumed it was original. Also, judging by his channel and his love for the hobby, I don't know I want to suggest that he's wrong on the year.
On the documentation shared above (thank you!!!) it ends at 1961 and on page A-59. On A-55 I see parts that are ambiguous about a trim molding on the rear panel dated for April 11, 1961.
I always thought it was July 30th 1962 like mentioned above. But seeing the YouTube video and a couple of other "1962" double cabs out there (along with KF's panels), I started to question it and went a little deeper.
Thank you to everyone that has responded! |
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1970PAKombi
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| Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 4:46 am Post subject: Re: 1962 Double Cab's with Lips on Side Panels? |
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This is a 1963 model as it has the 1/3 2/3 split front seat brackets.
In this video at time stamp 1:30 you can see them:
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