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bmtx Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2004 Posts: 606 Location: The Lone Star State
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: alberts |
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slammedsplit wrote: |
no, not my split. mine is all original right now. but that will soon change. a set of earlies will be going on soon with a set of alberts. and slammed of course. |
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vwovalguy Samba Member
Joined: December 12, 2001 Posts: 462 Location: HOCKEY, MAPLE SYRUP AND RUSH
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58GhiaVert Samba Member
Joined: June 08, 2004 Posts: 255
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53 0val Samba Professor
Joined: July 03, 2003 Posts: 11396 Location: Irvine, CA
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:41 am Post subject: |
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That's a Bummer. It won't affect the value of the real stuff as much as you think though ie. Hazet tool kits and Rosenthal bud vases. It's just too bad that someone always has to feel that they need to fill a void in the market. The Repos never last and eventually the true items retain their value and in some cases, even go up. _________________ "What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away." Dobee, Dobee, Do |
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RareAir Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2002 Posts: 14577 Location: 18 miles North of the border
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:14 am Post subject: |
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53 0val wrote: |
It won't affect the value of the real stuff as much as you think though ie. It's just too bad that someone always has to feel that they need to fill a void in the market. The Repos never last and eventually the true items retain their value and in some cases, even go up. |
Man, I hope your right. Back in 96 when I first got my Alberts (thanks to Mark Depew) I was asked by a gentleman if he could use it to make some copies. I told him "no" I wanted to be the first to break out with it. Even after my 55 sedan was featured on the cover of VolksWorld with it, the VW community was still so unaware of the mirror. It was only after Hot VWs featured the mirror as a "rarest of the rare" candidate did it finally gain some popularity. Now, the darn mirrors are everywhere But it'll always be Tony Moore's former 55 vert that sparked my interest in getting one. And that car had the mirror back in 86! |
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53 0val Samba Professor
Joined: July 03, 2003 Posts: 11396 Location: Irvine, CA
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Tony only had one mirror. _________________ "What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away." Dobee, Dobee, Do |
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53 0val Samba Professor
Joined: July 03, 2003 Posts: 11396 Location: Irvine, CA
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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I saw the repro mirrors today at the Toy and Lit show. They are really good. Randy is taking orders as we speak. _________________ "What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away." Dobee, Dobee, Do |
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jimmy1 Samba Member
Joined: April 17, 2001 Posts: 1569 Location: http://www.thedeafvolks.com
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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what happened to tony moore cabrio? I remember seeing it in person , it was a killer ride. _________________ North Hollywood, CA
1956 Kabrolett
"I'd rather be driving my VW thinking about God than sitting in church thinking about my VW."
check out my classified ads, lots of rare parts/accessories for sale. |
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RareAir Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2002 Posts: 14577 Location: 18 miles North of the border
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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jimmy1 wrote: |
what happened to tony moore cabrio? I remember seeing it in person , it was a killer ride. |
Burton Burton (Casablanca Fan Co) was building a collection of VWs and purchased Tony's 55 waaay back in the late 80s. Then I never saw it again. |
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RareAir Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2002 Posts: 14577 Location: 18 miles North of the border
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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53 0val wrote: |
Tony only had one mirror. |
Yep, the left hand side. His car was featured back in the July 1986 issue of Hot VWs with porn star Ginger Lynn gracing the feature. Mmmmmmm |
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crotchsplit Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2004 Posts: 308 Location: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:18 pm Post subject: repro Alberts |
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nothing against randy, but repops just aren't as good as the originals. if the originals are out of existence, then i can see resorting to using repops, but copies just never seem to match the quality of the originals. repop 4.5's are out, and the quality is substandard. we'll see how the repop alberts compare to the originals. the copy early deep 6's are even worse! the repop Hazet tool kits are another example, not close to the quality of the originals. the list just goes on and on.
regardless, i prefer to have the REAL deal, like my albert sets, original hirschmann center mount antenna, pair of 4.5 x 15 fuchs, early deep 6 fuchs. but if repops are the only way you can afford these items, then so be it. god knows i have sacrificed to get these original parts, and it sure hurt the wallet when i bought them. |
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El Guero Samba Member
Joined: January 03, 2004 Posts: 1197 Location: I.E. Y-QUE
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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I have that issue with tonys car its a beauty as for the repop alberts I'm gonna roll a set cuz Im gonna be driving my 54 sunroof on bucket status and will slap those on till i get My Albert clamp on mirror |
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53 0val Samba Professor
Joined: July 03, 2003 Posts: 11396 Location: Irvine, CA
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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jimmy1 wrote: |
what happened to tony moore cabrio? I remember seeing it in person , it was a killer ride. |
It went to a collection in Japan. _________________ "What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away." Dobee, Dobee, Do |
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ScrapJunkie (O\U|U/O)
Joined: March 17, 2004 Posts: 3977 Location: Hutchinson, Kansas
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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It seems like all of the old show cars are going to Japan. I'd love to see some pictures of that car. _________________ (O\U|U/O) Top Vw (o\UU/o) |
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RareAir Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2002 Posts: 14577 Location: 18 miles North of the border
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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:06 am Post subject: |
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Germanpride wrote: |
It seems like all of the old show cars are going to Japan. I'd love to see some pictures of that car. |
That's because the darn Yen is so strong against the US dollar. As for pics, grab the July 1986 issue of Hot VWs. |
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RareAir Samba Member
Joined: May 11, 2002 Posts: 14577 Location: 18 miles North of the border
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1961bluebug Samba Member
Joined: November 11, 2002 Posts: 1137 Location: Czech Republic, Europe
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:26 am Post subject: |
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I understand that everybody who has original Alberts is not happy, because the mirrors will become "more common" now. But c´mon, the set of original Alberts is around 700+. I love the look of them but can´t spend thee money, so I´l happily pay 200 USD for the copies.
Jan _________________
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ultrarareparts Samba Member
Joined: February 26, 2004 Posts: 19
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:43 am Post subject: |
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They are common you just have to know where to look. Albert's told me they where designed for the asian market. where most of them went. I got my set from a friend living in Jekarta, Indoneasia. Certain products where designed for different regions. The beetle was sold world wide, VW made their product versitile for the different markets. |
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1961bluebug Samba Member
Joined: November 11, 2002 Posts: 1137 Location: Czech Republic, Europe
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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I´m sure that although repros, they will be the first and only Alberts in my small country in central Europe I pre-ordered one set for my ´66. _________________
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1961 Deluxe beetle, 1971 type 181, 1968 T2a Baywindow, 1973 Type 147 "Swiss Fridolin"(sold), 1966 Deluxe sedan (sold), 1983 "Silver Bug" edition (sold), 1961 beetle (sold) |
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crotchsplit Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2004 Posts: 308 Location: Orlando, FL
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject: fake alberts |
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think you were incorrect in stating those with REAL alberts are unhappy. i'm even more happy, because the fakes never measure up to the originals. i am more than happy to have my 4 original sets.
here are just some of the items that were repopped, but none were close to the real thing: Hazet tool box, 4.5" fuchs, roof rack, flat 4 empi steering wheel, etc. |
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