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63 vwnotch Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2002 Posts: 734 Location: Riverside,CA Econo Motors
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 10:25 pm Post subject: Body Parts Compatability Years.. |
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I'd like to know what year body parts are compatible with each other...
front/ back fenders, hoods, lids ...........
say for example up to what year donor fenders can I use on a '60 Coupe?? _________________ BUS WANTED: 13 window BUS any year considered.. |
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Mellow Yellow 74 Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2014 Posts: 1615 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 3:07 am Post subject: Re: Body Parts Compatability Years.. |
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If you do a search on the KGPR website for the various parts this will show the applicable years for each. Even where parts are not available as new reproduction the web site still shows used parts even if they are not available. _________________ 1962 Karmann Ghia
1974 Deluxe Microbus
1985 Caravelle (Vanagon) |
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63 vwnotch Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2002 Posts: 734 Location: Riverside,CA Econo Motors
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 10:04 am Post subject: Re: Body Parts Compatability Years.. |
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I ordered their catalog in hope there are more pictures than the site
I like pictures
they do however seem to be the goto site for our KG's..... First time owning a KG and find parts as hard to come by than a type 3..... are there other sites that have KG parts readily available that you guys use?? my search function needs to be improved apparently... I seem to find little to nothing... _________________ BUS WANTED: 13 window BUS any year considered.. |
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motorhead364 Samba Member
Joined: November 04, 2008 Posts: 715 Location: Amarillo Texas
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:20 am Post subject: Re: Body Parts Compatability Years.. |
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The major parts, doors hood deck lid etc will interchange. Doors are basically the same up to 63, 64 inside door pull changes. You have to look at the hood latch when hunting for a hood. Deck lid will pretty much be identical except for badge size. Fenders will be 56-59/ 60 to 69 or 70. Then they switch to the big lights.
And on the doors. You can put say 66 doors on a 60 but when ordering parts you'll need to order for the year of the doors. _________________ 63 ghia coupe |
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63 vwnotch Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2002 Posts: 734 Location: Riverside,CA Econo Motors
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 1:53 pm Post subject: Re: Body Parts Compatability Years.. |
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motorhead364 wrote: |
The major parts, doors hood deck lid etc will interchange Deck lid will pretty much be identical except for badge size. Fenders will be 56-59/ 60 to 69 or 70. |
awesome... so now I have options as I was afraid if I bought thing I would be stuck trying to obtain near to non existent parts as it has a lot of metal to replace, most important is passenger front fender... _________________ BUS WANTED: 13 window BUS any year considered.. |
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motorhead364 Samba Member
Joined: November 04, 2008 Posts: 715 Location: Amarillo Texas
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: Body Parts Compatability Years.. |
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do you have pics of your project up? _________________ 63 ghia coupe |
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63 vwnotch Samba Member
Joined: December 31, 2002 Posts: 734 Location: Riverside,CA Econo Motors
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: Body Parts Compatability Years.. |
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motorhead364 wrote: |
do you have pics of your project up? |
I have yet to obtain one, had several on the line in varying states of repair... just thought I'd do some home work before I pull the trigger, would like to turn one around in less than a years time otherwise I tend to lose interest for a while... _________________ BUS WANTED: 13 window BUS any year considered.. |
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Mellow Yellow 74 Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2014 Posts: 1615 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Body Parts Compatability Years.. |
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63 vwnotch wrote: |
I ordered their catalog in hope there are more pictures than the site |
If you like catalogues rather than websites, the House of Ghia catalogue has useful drawings (even though they don't sell parts any more)
http://www.house-of-ghia.com/catalog/ _________________ 1962 Karmann Ghia
1974 Deluxe Microbus
1985 Caravelle (Vanagon) |
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