The mystery ring

[8bit Innovations]

Hello guys! I was scrolling through some vintage ads and found this special horn ring. It is labelled as “signal ring”. I never knew beetle steering wheels had this feature. I wanted to clarify something: What regions and years was this accessory available??

[VOLKSWAGNUT]

It's an accessory full circle Type 3 horn ring made by VDM. It was also marketed to other VW models

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[Sharp64]

Aircooled Accessories in the UK pops out a reproduction of it. I have one on my 60.
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[8bit Innovations]

Thanks for the quick replies. I had another question. Will beetles have the pass signal from the factory even without the special ring?? I swear it doesn’t say anywhere in the manual about that feature and it is something completely new to me

[KTPhil]

I think "signal" and "pass signal" are just polite terms for "horn." All VWs had horns.

[tasb]

Exactly
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[EverettB]

Yes, it's only a fancy horn ring.

It doesn't do anything else or change anything on the car.

[8bit Innovations]

Thanks to everyone for the replies! I was asking because I have seen that Porsche 356s have that feature where the upper part of the horn ring serves as a pass signal.

[hitest]

Looking at that ring from the back- it makes contact with the grounding ring for the full 360 degrees. Thus, if held down anywhere- the polite passing horn becomes a hellish first shot at rage. Perhaps it's referred as a passing signal in the sense that it is not as comfortable to hold down the ring above the spokes (a farther reach too)- but any of us can push the lower ring down until the car runs out of gas or someone punches us.
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