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kevfra Samba Member
Joined: August 09, 2010 Posts: 18 Location: CA
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 2:41 pm Post subject: Going for the WWII North Africa look |
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I have a '73, stock, yellow, great shape. I want to dress it up to resemble the WWII look. Basically all I can think of off hand is to paint it North Africa desert camo, and mount the spare on the hood.
Does anybody have any ideas/suggestions?
Has anybody done this and have pictures?
Many thanks! |
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Van-go108 Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2006 Posts: 2995 Location: Southwestern, NM
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Captain Spalding Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2005 Posts: 2519 Location: . . . in denial.
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citroen Samba Member
Joined: February 28, 2010 Posts: 1578 Location: louisville ky
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 4:06 pm Post subject: brothers thing |
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another picture of my brothers thing at the thing show the other 2 are also his |
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Doc*181 Samba Member
Joined: December 09, 2003 Posts: 479 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:08 pm Post subject: Re: Going for the WWII North Africa look |
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kevfra wrote: |
I have a '73, stock, yellow, great shape. I want to dress it up to resemble the WWII look. Basically all I can think of off hand is to paint it North Africa desert camo, and mount the spare on the hood.
Does anybody have any ideas/suggestions?
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Sell your stock 181 and buy a kitcar from Kooblekar? _________________ Thing stuff:
http://vw181.skynetblogs.be/ |
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NOVA Airhead Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2005 Posts: 5221 Location: Richmond, VA
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Going for the WWII North Africa look |
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kevfra wrote: |
I have a '73, stock, yellow, great shape. I want to dress it up to resemble the WWII look. Basically all I can think of off hand is to paint it North Africa desert camo, and mount the spare on the hood.
Does anybody have any ideas/suggestions?
Has anybody done this and have pictures?
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Just curious as to what motivates a person to do this. The car is quite different than the WW2 version. _________________ Ghia Owner Emeritus |
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Pbotsonis Samba Member
Joined: January 09, 2008 Posts: 506 Location: Parker, Colorado
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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I like this one |
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kevfra Samba Member
Joined: August 09, 2010 Posts: 18 Location: CA
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 8:36 am Post subject: |
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Yeah I like that one too, although not the wheels. But hey each to their own look!
It has something, I don't know what, mounted to the driver's front fender. Looks like an air filter.
Two five gallon gas cans on the back is a great idea and costs less than one hundred dollars to accomplish, so that's a good feature.
A brush guard on the front bumper is another, and that is a tad over one hundred so it's another good detail for cheap. |
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Fun 181 Zu Geil!
Joined: October 20, 2006 Posts: 1003 Location: Connecticut
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 6:36 am Post subject: |
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kevfra wrote: |
It has something, I don't know what, mounted to the driver's front fender. Looks like an air filter.
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That looks like what is supposed to be a Notek military blackout light. I think the original Notek has a slightly different (thinner) shape to it (?). They were used on Kubelwagens and other German military vehicles during WWII. Military 181s in Europe had them on the front and back I believe. _________________
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Holy poop, that's full of awesome! |
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yellow73kubel Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2008 Posts: 789 Location: Columbia, SC
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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That is an interesting mix of war-era parts, much later 181 NATO camoflauge (colors are a little off), and modern trends.
Obviously, it is your Thing, but I would advise against going this route if it really is in great shape. On the other hand, if it needs paint, go for it. That is what I did to mine. I'm starting to miss the yellow, so it'll definitely see a real paint job some time in the near future.
You might be surprised at the price of "real" (steel) jerry cans.. Thanks to a set of wonderful new environmental requirements, steel cans might as well be made of gold. |
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Doc*181 Samba Member
Joined: December 09, 2003 Posts: 479 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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yellow73kubel wrote: |
That is an interesting mix of war-era parts, much later 181 NATO camoflauge (colors are a little off), and modern trends.
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Not much war-era parts on that car... except for that shovel maybe. The rest is a bunch of crap.
But it does what is was made for: to fool people. _________________ Thing stuff:
http://vw181.skynetblogs.be/ |
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Doc*181 Samba Member
Joined: December 09, 2003 Posts: 479 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Fun 181 wrote: |
kevfra wrote: |
It has something, I don't know what, mounted to the driver's front fender. Looks like an air filter.
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That looks like what is supposed to be a Notek military blackout light. I think the original Notek has a slightly different (thinner) shape to it (?). They were used on Kubelwagens and other German military vehicles during WWII. Military 181s in Europe had them on the front and back I believe. |
It is not an original Notek. It looks to be made from an upper part from an aftermarket airfilter?
Military 181 had also blackoutlights in front (2x) and back (2x blackout, 1x license plate light), but not such a large Notek. Those on the 181 were Hellas.
Front (mounted on bumper)
Back (mounted on rear panels)
These parts are still available and could be handy if you to make a realistic military car. _________________ Thing stuff:
http://vw181.skynetblogs.be/ |
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BNMike Samba Member
Joined: November 12, 2009 Posts: 333 Location: Hot Springs, SD
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 11:05 am Post subject: |
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Hi Kevfra.....
One of the PO's of my car did what you want, althought with some signifigant body work to change the shape of the car. At one time, it had a coat of AK tan, but right now, it's OD. Here's a shot of the spare tire
He just bolted a mount from another model VW right on the hood, and put some longer bolts to hold the wheel. I'm going to replace that with a "tower" from KoobleKars.
The original style "Notek" blackout headlights, and also the WW2 style tail lights, are for sale on E-Bay.de, I bought a control switch there for my Notek, and it was shipped promptly. I also just picked up the German "owner's manual" to go with the light from: http://ferromil.net/Ger-Uniforms-Accesoires/Notek-...40ff66f137 It's very interesting, and includes a parts list....of course, the parts prices are a little out-of-date
Have fun with your car.....that's what they are for
BNMike
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EODinert Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2003 Posts: 464 Location: PHX, AZ
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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Mines a work in progress.. not trying to fool anyone, just needed something better than dark metallic blue. It's a free-hand adaptation of a WWII Luftwaffe pattern. To facilitate 'the look' I shaved some nipple hubcaps, and painted them to match. Apologies for the crap pic.
_________________ '61 rag top beetle, '73 type 181, '66 13 window deluxe |
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Van-go108 Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2006 Posts: 2995 Location: Southwestern, NM
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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I dig the look. Would it be wrong of me to paint mine?
That's a really hard decision. _________________ "Okay, so there's 6 beers and 5 of us. You know what this means don't you? 4 of you are going to have to leave."
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Van-go108 Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2006 Posts: 2995 Location: Southwestern, NM
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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I know this is a bit too much but, I like it.
_________________ "Okay, so there's 6 beers and 5 of us. You know what this means don't you? 4 of you are going to have to leave."
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mondshine Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2006 Posts: 2765 Location: The World's Motor Capital
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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My first Thing had sort of an eastern front aviation winter camo theme.
Photo is circa 1880-82.
Maybe you young guys want to go digital, like this:
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Semper_Dad Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 3506 Location: Indiana
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mondshine Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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Semper-
Looks like a heck of a masking job! |
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Semper_Dad Samba Member
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