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Samba Professor
Joined: July 03, 2003
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Location: Irvine, CA
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Flag poles.............. 
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twinwindows
Samba Pimp
Joined: December 08, 2000
Posts: 4086
Location: So.Cal. Highland Park GFK!
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Fake roof racks.
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my65vert
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Joined: November 09, 2003
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Location: Middleburg, Florida
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trailers for show cars.
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I'm starting to get little wafts of bus stink coming from the north. Something about the unique scent of drivers seat padding when it's glued together with mouse piss and shit that really gets me going... and I'm smelling it! Oh yeah! Time to start loading up the equipment. |
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twinwindows
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Location: So.Cal. Highland Park GFK!
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| trailers for show cars. |
I agree, Most cars on trailers aint even show cars.
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52HoffmanSplit
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Joined: April 07, 2006
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Location: Lamorinda CA
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Where do I start.......
but my main two would be..... Fender Skirts (just screw up the look of a bug bug time) and those Wirrbulator things on the hood.... nothing like blue/red/green cheap plastic on a hood....
Also... those Aussie Sun Shades.... again.. they just screw up the clean lines.
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79SuperVert
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Joined: May 31, 2002
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Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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In looking at "family" and historic pictures in some German VW books I have it seems to me the most common accessory added to Beetles in the late 40's and through the 50's were extra lights on the front and rear bumpers: fog or driving lights in the front, and brake lights and turn signals on the back. Also there seemed to be a lot of semaphores replaced with blinker lights in their place.
All the other accessories seem to pop up rarely if at all in pics from that era, although very few of the pics I saw are of interiors.
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Wanted: Art Collins VW (Savannah, Georgia) items - license plate surrounds and other items. Also ivory "AM", "FM" and "SW" buttons for a US Blaupunkt Frankfurt.
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TC/TeamEvil
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Joined: February 16, 2004
Posts: 1769
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Quick hijack . . . anyone have any info on the rear luggage rack on that Herbie? The one over the engine?
Thanks !
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DaveM
Mad Samba Scientist
Joined: June 11, 2002
Posts: 3010
Location: Dry side of Oregon
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Arnoké
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Joined: January 27, 2008
Posts: 7
Location: Ramsel, Belgium
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| bug heahlights in a ghia |
X2! It's so ugly! |
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P-Dub
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Joined: October 17, 2002
Posts: 1064
Location: Oh, hi!
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For me it has to ski racks in an area with no snow or slopes. Now if you live in an area that you can use them, then it's cool.  |
Same goes for surfboards! |
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dubaroo
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Joined: March 25, 2007
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Location: England
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I dont like fender skirts they remind me of these too much
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Chrisisw
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Joined: May 30, 2004
Posts: 148
Location: Amsterdam, Holland, Europe
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| 79SuperVert wrote: |
In looking at "family" and historic pictures in some German VW books I have it seems to me the most common accessory added to Beetles in the late 40's and through the 50's were extra lights on the front and rear bumpers: fog or driving lights in the front, and brake lights and turn signals on the back. Also there seemed to be a lot of semaphores replaced with blinker lights in their place.
All the other accessories seem to pop up rarely if at all in pics from that era, although very few of the pics I saw are of interiors. |
This picture might be of interest to you. Taken in Amsterdam in April of 1955
Zooming in on the beetle shows somebody was way ahead of his time and loaded it with some fine looking accessories
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79SuperVert
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Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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| Chrisisw wrote: |
Zooming in on the beetle shows somebody was way ahead of his time and loaded it with some fine looking accessories
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I must admit I like the idea of the shoe scraper on the running board. I'm always banging my shoe on the ground before getting in to knock off any dirt on the sole that I might bring into the beetle...a shoe scraper would make life easier.
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Splitdog
Samba Split Personality
Joined: February 16, 2004
Posts: 4125
Location: Planet VW
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I like the little hand dealie down on the lower fender. It waves in the wind. How cool. 
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Chrisisw
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Location: Amsterdam, Holland, Europe
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| Splitdog wrote: |
| I like the little hand dealie down on the lower fender. It waves in the wind. How cool. |
Oops 
I guess it's the much sought-after ultrarare one year only Dutch market specific accessory. I actually have one of these in NOS condition. Let me know if you're interested.
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estofer
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Joined: November 25, 2004
Posts: 867
Location: Lawrence, Kansas
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Where do I start.......
but my main two would be..... Fender Skirts (just screw up the look of a bug bug time) and those Wirrbulator things on the hood.... nothing like blue/red/green cheap plastic on a hood....
Also... those Aussie Sun Shades.... again.. they just screw up the clean lines. |
I would start with the Stuffed Bear strapped to the surf board 
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Splitdog
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If it's got the original motor, that thing would hardly move!
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Blue Baron
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Splitdog
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VOODOOKING
Samba Salami Slapper
Joined: January 16, 2005
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along with New Beetles/Old Beetles covered in stuffed toys. (Aliens if its cyber green,Lady Bugs if its red/orange and Tweedy Birds if its yellow ect..) |
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