Seeking ashtray handle replacement

[justinekins]

I've looked on eBay, jBugs, and ISP, but I can't find an ashtray handle replacement anywhere. I have an imported '64 Variant.

Any help would be appreciated.

Here's a pic

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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2400551

Here you go
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[justinekins]

Very nice - thanks!

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[W1K1]

I need one too, mine snapped a couple years ago, my parts car only had a generic knob screwed in place
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1965 squareback 1500E
1971 bay window westy- subi swap

[Yabbadubbadoo]

The metal and plastic ones have different hole spacing. Plastic ones are maybe 4 or 5mm wider holes. The metal handle area will only just cover the holes on the ashtray front originally meant for a plastic handle.
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Sydney, Australia.
66 Type 3 Fastback

[Peters Van]

are the ones in the add 3d printed ??????
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1965 Type 3 Panel Van
1963 EH Holden Station Wagon

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Don't discard your crusty chrome ashtray handles. They come back to life. This one is the same one from the above pics after a mild polish.

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[Clatter]

I thought those ended in '66..

My late (November?) '66 -actually '67- had the later ash tray with no handle..


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[Yabbadubbadoo]

I recently wanted a new ash tray front in order to keep my original as an original colour swatch.
This is the one from my Australian built 66.

So the only ashtray I could find was one with a plastic knob. It was crusty and the knob was cracked but that didn't matter cause all I wanted was the metal front plate. But when I put my chrome metal knob on it the holes in the front were wider by about 5mm. The metal knob just barely covered the holes. I checked the width of the holes in the plastic knob compared to the metal knob and they were wider by the same amount.
So either nobody has actually pulled out a vernier and measured them or my plastic knobbed ashtray is extremely early model or im seeing a wacky difference in an Australian built type 3's.
In the end I welded up the holes and re-drilled them.

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Sydney, Australia.
66 Type 3 Fastback

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Can you please post a pic from the underside of the knob? and what's the parts #?

Does it look like this?
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/8520992.jpg

Martin
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I recycle old cars and parts, other than when I rot, that's as Green as I am going to get.

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[Yabbadubbadoo]

Here you go.
I dont have the faceplate at the moment but btm is 66 Aus ashtray with metal knob.
Top im not sure age or origin but plastic knob.

Here are the two knobs part numbers

Here are the hole spacing c/c.

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Sydney, Australia.
66 Type 3 Fastback

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