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eurodub Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:25 am Post subject: split dome light |
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maybe a beaten to death subject... but i noticed 2 types of split dome lights.
one is the solid ivory and one is white painted brown bakelite. for which years is which?
thanks you. _________________ 1960 1200 model 117 deluxe ragtop
1974 T2 Westfalia Campmobile
1976 MK1 Golf |
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johnshenry Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2001 Posts: 9364 Location: Northwood, NH USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:51 am Post subject: |
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My guess is it the same as the rare white bakelite speedo pod, although white dome lights are not all that rare. I think VW figured out that it was more effective to just have brown and paint them for deluxes, same with the pods. The white pods were notorious for spider-cracking, the white dome lights not so much. My guess is that white dome lights were early deluxes, and painted white brown ones used later...
Just a theory. _________________ John Henry
'57 Deluxe
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splitjunkie Samba Member
Joined: April 04, 2006 Posts: 4095
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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my october '51 deluxe has painted pods and dome light.
My '50 had painted pods but the dome light was missing. _________________ Chris
You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out... Jerry Seinfeld |
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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: September 22, 2002 Posts: 1243
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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both my 50's have soild white pods, my 52 bus is brown painted white |
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johan_l Samba Member
Joined: March 14, 2004 Posts: 533
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52HoffmanSplit Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2006 Posts: 1272 Location: Lamorinda CA
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:37 am Post subject: |
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July 52. Pods = painted, dome light = painted. _________________ DB
9/1950 Hoffman Standard
11/1966 Porsche 912
10/1966 Porsche 912
7/1968 Type 265 Double Cab
10/1958 Type 117 |
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johnshenry Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2001 Posts: 9364 Location: Northwood, NH USA
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:21 am Post subject: |
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Perhaps the white bakelite era was late '49, early '50 when the deluxes first came out. Probably didn't last all that long. The white speedo pads are really cool, I've seen quite a few but never an uncracked one.... _________________ John Henry
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'56 Single Cab |
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usariemen Samba Member
Joined: August 28, 2004 Posts: 1745 Location: Germany
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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My guess would be almost 1949 only, maybe early 1950.
I have all white unpainted pods for my Heb.
They are cool, but quite "sensible". Both have one crack just in the material.
I guess this white bakelite was just more expensive and difficult to produce, compared to white painted black ones. So VW soon changed to that. _________________ Master of my domain! |
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splitpartsunlimited Samba Member
Joined: January 18, 2006 Posts: 1251 Location: Good Ol`Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:15 am Post subject: |
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it is a real problem to make a flawless ivory "bakelite" piece (as a matter of fact not bakelite though) , since any dust , contaminated or humid material would be visible on the finish , brown or black bakelite is much better , since flaws can`t be seen .....
i do discard almost a 30% of each window winder knob`s production for small spots , cracks and black dots on the finished parts ....
i can make brown , black or ivory (this last , painted) interior light units, check my ads
rgds
Ricardo _________________ in my Garage:
1951 crotch cooler split
1971 1302 cabriolet
1981 Mercedes Benz 230 military "Gelandewagen"
2010 Mercedes Benz c200 kompressor touring |
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Kais Collection vintage treasures
Joined: February 18, 2005 Posts: 1570 Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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originalo Samba Member
Joined: February 14, 2007 Posts: 358 Location: Germany
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:23 am Post subject: Re: split dome light |
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Kais Collection wrote: |
I have this 6.51 clock with an all ivory pod, would they be correct together? |
I agree to John (johnshenry) and Carsten (usariemen) who expressed the opinion, that homogenious white pods finished early 1950, I´d say April 1950. Such the combination Kai is showing is not a correct fit, the clock in the all white pod is too "new". The correct clock has even a different rear housing, here is a pic of 1949 split deluxe/convertible pods:
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Kais Collection vintage treasures
Joined: February 18, 2005 Posts: 1570 Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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