3 tab hood vs. 4 tab hood clarification

[ConcreteAce]

I have tried searching and all I have found is a ton of confusing information in various threads.

A little help clearing this up would be awesome.
This 3 tab hood with the three holes in the triangle like in this picture

Is it correct that it was used until 52?

And this 4 tab with two holes in the triangle like in this picture

Is it correct 53-55?

Picture credit from thesamba gallery
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[glutamodo]

When VW dropped the 4-tab hood they sort of kept it but wrapped the outer emblem around a plastic insert that had three pins underneath it.

These three pins sat on a FLAT section of the hood just like before.

(now, I'm not sure if there was a reinforcement plate totally on the underside on earlier hoods, but as for 60-61, there was not)

Then in early model year 1963, the emblem was re-designed, the 3-pin pattern was slightly enlarged and the area of the hood was "punched up"

This is why the early 3-pin hood may be the rarest of the VW hoods, It lasted from midyear 1961, all of 62 and just a bit into 1963 production year. (same time as the Wolfsburg Crest was dropped)

My 62 did not have the original hood on it when I got the car, it was later and had the larger "punched up" emblem on it. After that hood got damaged, I turned back to my first VW, a later 61 with the correct hood. That is what is on it now and this is what it looks like for the emblem:

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[finster]

the three tab with the triangular gusset is pre oct 52. then changed to 4 tab with triangular gusset. can't remember when the triangle was omitted...but you are probably correct with 55 (april/may)
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[glutamodo]

Argh, bugger, you're totally right. I didn't notice I was in a Forum I seldom look at. I'm used to answering this question on the 58-67 Forum.
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I do not know how to fix this. All I can say is it all works fine for me with what I use, Firefox.

[Splitdog]

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[Splitdog]

Like I said earlier , there is a thread here with zwitters that have three prong solid emblems stock. Up until Jan or feb.


"i sold my 11/4/52 Zwitter last year and it also had a solid VW emblem...the story i got was that emblem ended with the start of the Zwitter change and some left-over solid emblems made it onto some early 1952 Zwitters." - Zenvwdriver.
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[ZENVWDRIVER]

… must admit that a real-practical expert researcher - bwaz shows this 3 tab, solid emblem in his gallery - from when he restored his zwitter - note the indented horizontal line separating the V and the W - according to bwaz this was a zwitter-only solid, 3 tab, with that separation - without that separation, i'm gunna' say, that was an early KDF-dash style, early'52 solid, 3 tab …

… So, i'm gunna' change my opinion - now, gunna say, with a degree of certainty, that the 4 tab began with the 1954 model - will continue my research - having too much fun - z

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[Splitdog]

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[sweden]

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[sweden]

The triangular reinforcement say it all.
The one on our pictures only have two hole and both in same size.

1954 come the tab with 2 hole in same size.
If it would be a 1953 the tab shall have 3 hole in 2 diffrent sizes.
Pre 1953 it was 3 hole in same sizes.

Problem is only what month all the changes come. But soon i have the anwser.
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[Suboval]

Maybe this will help:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1717389.jpg
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[Splitdog]

That is waayy off. Restoring a car proper isn't so easy, eh?
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