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keithca91
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 Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:24 am Post subject: 1951 Beetle Front Headlight |
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Hi, I have a 1951 /10 (Oct) Beetle and it came with the below headlights, can anyone help me identify period correct ones? I am not sure if the ones I have are correct. Thanks a lot.
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bwaz
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:40 am Post subject: Re: 1951 Beetle Front Headlight |
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| for the lenses, to me the first photo looks correct. The other ones where there's a circled NL and A on the lens are newer than 51 should have. |
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Zwitterkafer
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| Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 5:37 pm Post subject: Re: 1951 Beetle Front Headlight |
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^ X2
The A and NL (Austria, Netherlands) approval markings were added late in 1954, IIRC.
Not sure if the early Bosch should have a VW emblem at the top of the lens. If absent, the lens could also be for an early Porsche.
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sweden
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| Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 10:09 am Post subject: Re: 1951 Beetle Front Headlight |
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None is right. Cromering and glas is wrong on both.
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Two Glove Boxes
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janerick3
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| Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:08 am Post subject: Re: 1951 Beetle Front Headlight |
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Pre-'64 Bosch lenses (usually) are date-coded by roman numeral quarter and letter-coded year on the lip at 12 o'clock. Hella lenses are not date-coded at all.
Bosch buckets are not date-coded. Date codes (month and year) are on the rear of the reflector. All Hella buckets are date coded at the bottom by week number and year letter code.
Pre-'53 sealed beam assemblies of any type are rare. Hella sealed-beam lens types are well-documented from '53-on. If any VW-made, Hella-designed, sealed-beam buckets exist, they would be date-stamped with Hella year letter code and month number, often followed by "18," same as '53-'54 VW. Only one Bosch sealed-beam lens photo has ever been posted on this site and it has the block lettering, so not pre-'53. A semi-fluted style of lens exists. These may be the earliest sealed-beam lens type. They are extremely rare and not well-documented.
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