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Bruce Amacker
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:09 pm    Post subject: Aftermarket Engine Lid and Apron Reply with quote
Has anyone used Cip1's engine lid? It looks like a good deal, but you know how it is when something looks too good to be true. Their apron is also interesting, as I need both for my '66.

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=TAB%2D401%2D600

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=TAB%2D401%2D620

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Aftermarket Engine Lid and Apron Reply with quote
Bruce Amacker wrote:
Has anyone used Cip1's engine lid? It looks like a good deal, but you know how it is when something looks too good to be true. Their apron is also interesting, as I need both for my '66.

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=TAB%2D401%2D600

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=TAB%2D401%2D620

Thanks!


I'm not sure of the cip1, but i bought a Autocraft apron for my 1966 and it was spot on. Same as the original in terms of the metal and the construction. It was not cheap, but the quality is there.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
the decklid is wrong for a '66 it is modeled after a mid 70's fleetline bus
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Doesn't have the rounded bulge for the license light.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:31 pm    Post subject: Aftermarket apron Reply with quote
Go with Autocraft. You will know the quality as soon as you hold it in your hands. Amazing how accurate they make aprons looks so like the originals..
Great product.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The link below is to my bus project page. If you scroll down you will see the original compared to the Autocraft. Time permitting, I will bolt it up and take a few shots of the fit on the bus, it is currently not on the bus.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4...p;start=20
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
We tried one of those CIP rear aprons, it kinda worked out ok, we blogged about it too - comparing a German one with that repro one;

http://www.busandcamper.com/rear-apron-comparison-new-brazil-or-original-german.html
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