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BulliBill Samba Member
Joined: July 09, 2004 Posts: 4572 Location: St Charles, MO
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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I have an NOS offset spoke 1956 and newer steering wheel here for use on my project Kabrio. I bought it from VW themselves over twenty years ago during a visit to the Volkswagen "Siftung Automuseum" parts department in Wolfsburg... I about took a dump right then and there when I saw it on the shelf, asked if it was truely available and immediately put it in my shopping cart (yes, they had small rolling shopping carts back then to roam the dimly lit aisles of the dusty old VW parts department!) and I purchased it for well under a hundred dollars! A great score!
As you can see below it does not have an cancelling ring for the USA spec turn signal lever attached to the lower/underside. Those two countersunk holes do not look like they are threaded. Did Euro-specification "semaphore" steering wheels have a self- cancelling system?
My original patina'd '57 steering wheel original to the car does have the cancelling ring in place but I see no screws holding the self-cancelling ring in place onto the wheel. Could it be pressed in place or maybe glued in place? It doesn't look like there are any screws to remove or install the cancelling ring and then screw it to the NOS wheel.
If I decide to keep this convertible a USA-spec turn signal Kabrio (I have all the stuff stashed away to mount up convertible semaphores), does anyone have an idea of how to best add a cancelling ring to this NOS wheel? Thanks for any advice! For that matter, does anyone have a already removed USA Oval-era self-cancelling ring that I could buy rather than mangle one off this old wheel?
Thanks for any tips you can share!
Bill _________________ I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
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aa390392 Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2007 Posts: 3602 Location: So.Cal
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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Bill, try calling Koch. Here in So.Cal.
He does SW restoration and just might know.?
Tomas _________________ .
getting grumpy & less tolerant!
55 ragtop
56 delux sedan
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grailoc Samba Member
Joined: March 25, 2004 Posts: 1441 Location: FRANCE and now QUEBEC city
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rlmartinez Samba Member
Joined: December 09, 2005 Posts: 233 Location: Whittier, CA
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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Hello,
I am in need of a passenger side rear window guide. Please contact me if you have one for sale or know where one could be available.
Thanks,
Ron _________________ 54 Bug
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jason Samba Member
Joined: August 07, 2002 Posts: 3444 Location: Garage
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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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I looked around but couldnt find the difference in rear fenders at the bottom. I think that 58-59 have the bigger cutout but cant be sure. I also noticed that the one I think is correct rides on the rail pushing the fender out. Anyone have a picture with the correct fender on? Also does the fender ride on the rail or is the rail cut down. First picture is 58-59 I think. It fits best, can see it sitting on the corner of the rail.
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aa390392 Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2007 Posts: 3602 Location: So.Cal
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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 7:01 pm Post subject: Curious educated guess on amount of 56/57 Kabriolets still |
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getting grumpy & less tolerant!
55 ragtop
56 delux sedan
56 Kabriolet
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panel67 Samba Member
Joined: June 21, 2006 Posts: 300 Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 10:18 am Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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Maybe I can find the answer elsewhere in this thread, but I haven’t read all 195 pages yet....
I’m trying to determine the year of my vert poster. Based on two-tone color combo etc.
Is it early oval or perhaps zwitter??
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AlteWagen Troll
Joined: February 23, 2007 Posts: 8503 Location: PNW
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56Cabrio Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2008 Posts: 1899 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
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BulliBill Samba Member
Joined: July 09, 2004 Posts: 4572 Location: St Charles, MO
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 6:41 am Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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AlteWagen wrote: |
Nice to see these available, are the pins and hinges different so that they accept grease? The PO was very excited to have had the hinges 'updated' with later mirror studs.
Ad states up to 59, the latest Ive seen was 56. Anyone know when the cutoff was?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2470726
Any repro springs and caps? |
None of the three pairs of Kabrio doors (1957) in my storage have the door hinge grease fittings/pins.
Does a modern-day grease gun fit onto and hold onto those smooth sided repro fittings and then accept grease. I would have thought that todays grease guns needed that round ball type grease fitting head to work? Anyway, my '57 doesn't use 'em...
Bill Bowman _________________ I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
Thanks for any help! |
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56Cabrio Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2008 Posts: 1899 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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BulliBill wrote: |
AlteWagen wrote: |
Nice to see these available, are the pins and hinges different so that they accept grease? The PO was very excited to have had the hinges 'updated' with later mirror studs.
Ad states up to 59, the latest Ive seen was 56. Anyone know when the cutoff was?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2470726
Any repro springs and caps? |
None of the three pairs of Kabrio doors (1957) in my storage have the door hinge grease fittings/pins.
Bill Bowman |
Wow Bill, how many verts are you building _________________ F#CK CANCER
Make a donation
1956 Rag Top owned since 1988
1956 Convertible owned since 2000
1963 Hard Top
RIP Dad 4/20/1951 - 2/4/2023 |
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BulliBill Samba Member
Joined: July 09, 2004 Posts: 4572 Location: St Charles, MO
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 9:43 am Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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Ha!
Only one complete Kabriolett, but three used pairs of doors, two used decklids, two used roof frames and lots of duplicate used parts to pick from when the project kicks off in earnest...
Bill _________________ I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
Thanks for any help! |
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ruvwen Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2010 Posts: 272 Location: spain
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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Gentlemen, what color options were available in 1953 for convertibles? Pictures of each option would be appreciated. Thanks!!! _________________ 50 11A
52 11C
52 11C
52 Pre-A convertible
53 11G
54 113
54 151
54 Pre-A
58 typ14
61 typ14 convertible |
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AlteWagen Troll
Joined: February 23, 2007 Posts: 8503 Location: PNW
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ruvwen Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2010 Posts: 272 Location: spain
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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Many thanks!
Does anyone have pics of 53 convertibles painted in L273 Metallic Beige and L210 Beige-Green?
thanks _________________ 50 11A
52 11C
52 11C
52 Pre-A convertible
53 11G
54 113
54 151
54 Pre-A
58 typ14
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BulliBill Samba Member
Joined: July 09, 2004 Posts: 4572 Location: St Charles, MO
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Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 8:45 am Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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BulliBill wrote: |
I have an NOS offset spoke 1956 and newer steering wheel here for use on my project Kabrio. I bought it from VW themselves over twenty years ago during a visit to the Volkswagen "Siftung Automuseum" parts department in Wolfsburg... I about took a dump right then and there when I saw it on the shelf, asked if it was truely available and immediately put it in my shopping cart (yes, they had small rolling shopping carts back then to roam the dimly lit aisles of the dusty old VW parts department!) and I purchased it for well under a hundred dollars! A great score!
As you can see below it does not have an cancelling ring for the USA spec turn signal lever attached to the lower/underside. Those two countersunk holes do not look like they are threaded. Did Euro-specification "semaphore" steering wheels have a self- cancelling system?
My original patina'd '57 steering wheel original to the car does have the cancelling ring in place but I see no screws holding the self-cancelling ring in place onto the wheel. Could it be pressed in place or maybe glued in place? It doesn't look like there are any screws to remove or install the cancelling ring and then screw it to the NOS wheel.
If I decide to keep this convertible a USA-spec turn signal Kabrio (I have all the stuff stashed away to mount up convertible semaphores), does anyone have an idea of how to best add a cancelling ring to this NOS wheel? Thanks for any advice! For that matter, does anyone have a already removed USA Oval-era self-cancelling ring that I could buy rather than mangle one off this old wheel?
Thanks for any tips you can share!
Bill |
Just as a follow up, I was able to find an Oval steering wheel self-cancelling ring with both correct original screws from a Samba ad in Holland, and bought them. Took a while with pandemic affected postal service across the Atlantic, but they arrived safe and fit perfectly on my VW Automuseum parts department offset spoke NOS steering wheel, ready to be installed on my 'Dec '56 produced (1957 model) Kabriolett. Thanks to another great Samba.com seller.
I'm still on the fence as to the way I want to restore this old Kab. It was USA spec from the factory in black with the red interior, but from the time that I bought her all apart and in boxes back in 1993 I have been jones-ing to build it as a German-spec Kab complete with Kab semaphores, KPH speedo, Euro-bumpers/guards, etc (all of which I already have stored away). If I go Euro, I won't need the self-cancelling ring as well as other USA spec parts I have. Decisions, decisions!
Bill _________________ I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
Thanks for any help! |
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ruvwen Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2010 Posts: 272 Location: spain
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 4:35 am Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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ruvwen wrote: |
Many thanks!
Does anyone have pics of 53 convertibles painted in L273 Metallic Beige and L210 Beige-Green?
thanks |
anyone?
thanks _________________ 50 11A
52 11C
52 11C
52 Pre-A convertible
53 11G
54 113
54 151
54 Pre-A
58 typ14
61 typ14 convertible |
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bally Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2006 Posts: 1182 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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I’ve looked through this thread and couldn’t find a definitive answer so am posing this question:
When exactly did the chromed window frames become an option? Was it during the zwitter production or purely post zwitter?
Cheers. Dave
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BulliBill Samba Member
Joined: July 09, 2004 Posts: 4572 Location: St Charles, MO
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Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:50 am Post subject: Re: Official Oval Convertibles thread and Registry |
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I recently dug out a nice used windshield SIGLA AS-1 convertible windshield I had stashed away for my '57 Kabriolett.
When I took a few measurements, it looks like the glass is about 305 or maybe 306 mm tall in the center of the glass at it's narrowest point. The glass is about 1,038 mm or so wide at it's widest point low on the glass. I crudely tried to measure the inner opening of the Kabriolett's window frame in about the same locations, I came up with approximately 320 mm tall in the middle and approximately 1,060 mm wide at the widest point down low. Looks like I probably have the right sized windshield glass for the car.
Next question is about the AS-1 watermark. Does this indicate laminated "safety glass" or will it shatter into sharp flying shards if struck? I think I'm leaning toward having a laminated safety glass windshield, if I have to hunt one down. Not sure what type of glass windshield (safety or shatter) Kafer-Nostalgie" is selling in their Samba.com classified ad. Also I noticed what I assume might be a "date code" of some type along the bottom edge of the glass: 406 Translation?
Last question: anyone have an idea of what type and brand of watermark/logo a USA delivery Oval Beetle windshield should have in the 1957 model year??? I guess I could live without a watermark, as long as I can find/buy a new 5mm thick newly cut Kab windshield somewhere. Thanks for any info you can provide...
Bill _________________ I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
Thanks for any help! |
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