54 handle?

[surfindo]

anybody know the part number for 54 driver and pasanger door handle??
can I use other handle from later bus or bug?? which type or year??
Thanks.

[Yustrn]

I think they are the same to 55, then 55-59 I think they got a little ridge put in them if I remember correctly.
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[ambu55]

Hi Surfindo, yes, 55-59 is different, but they will fit on your bus, I know several people have them on their barndoor busses... when you grab these handles, you'll feel the difference on the inside: they feel much thicker on the inside of the handle itself, later models are not that thick or heavy... I can't give you the exact 211-.... numbers now, the only bus handle I could find here at home, is a very early one I believe, it's a L-211.052 from HUF which also shows the old KDF logo instead of a regular VW... but it came of a Barndoor... I checked the barndoor.dk also, in the 'details and changes', but there where no numbers, sorry!! I'll try to make a picture of that old handle and post it later this week, ok?

[ambu55]

....sorry for the poor photo quality !! the handle above is a later one, 55-59, under it the old one with KDF logo, from a very early barndoor, this just to show you the difference in thickness of the handle itself...

[surfindo]

Hi ambu55&yustrn Thanks for all the info!
I know its not easy to find 55-59 but maybe lot easier than the real BD handles.
from what year this #211 837 201??

thanks.

[thebucket]

[ambu55]

[thebucket]

[ambu55]

hi "thebucket", yes, that's what I tought, yours is passengers side, pair numbers in the end ...052 should be driver's side, odd numbers, like your ....051 is passenger... and, yes, you say yours was chromed once, so it was for a standard beetle... busses never had unchromed ones as far as I know...

Surfindo, I hope you'll find the correct ones for a 54, I can't find the correct numbers, someone else maybe...?

[surfindo]

[thebucket]

[ambu55]

[Clara]

the key for 54 is the same through 63.
through 53 there is a smaller key. I am not sure exactly when the change was, actually. But you can compare with your rear hatch and cargo door locks. It is not the same as the ig key.

The ridged handle is beetle. the bd one is cruder on the inside than the 55-later ones. Through ~53 they used the earlier style partnumbers, 54- on the later... dunno exactly when that changed either, could be when they changed the key
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[Hebster52]

Not to open a new thread I'll ask this here.
I bought this pair this week and was wondering if they are early BD handles?

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[Rusting Hulk]

I posted some info here
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=264689&highlight=handle

I'm still looking for locking handle myself
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[ambu55]

hi Hebster, I've got the same one, same number, also with KDF logo, but it came from a '51 barndoor bus... if you need them for an early bus, I think you found the good ones! ...try them first G.

[ambu55]

[Barndoor Mafia]

Etah Pravdah Tovarish! Those are 50-51 Bus, but also early beetle? I think, cuz of the KDF logo?? I found a few set's while in Plook, Poland. During the Invasion of the 3rd Panzer Division.

[ambu55]