Rare & Extinct VW Beetle tail lamps....

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 31 Aug 2002, 10:23 pm

#1097

Here is a photo of the Very Rare & Extinct late 1960-1961 Australian Tail Lamp Assy. Amber 50% Red 50% slightly shorter than the 1962-67 Tail Lamp assy. These tail lamps were only used in Australia & one other country,even though they were made in Germany by Hella.

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

VWFOOL King for a day, Fool for a lifetime.

3,436 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 3 Sep 2002, 2:21 am

#1373

hey lee,
i just saw these tailights on a beetle here in newcastle just the other day.
they are pretty cool looking, how rare are they?

sam
VWFOOL

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
One man's junk...

Herbie Down Under VW club of Victoria

152 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 3 Sep 2002, 6:49 pm

#1453

They were on Italian VWs as well. Good lenses are hard to come by these days.

.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 9 Sep 2002, 8:13 am

#2206

They are NOT available anywhere Sam, the Pic I took was on a Car at Valla but You just don't see them,as they would be badly crazed by the Sun,and the whole tail lamp assy has to be replaced with the later model. The top amber section actually magnified the light ,so it was very bright. There would have to be some NOS somewhere.... maybe in Italy...

VWFOOL wrote:hey lee,
i just saw these tailights on a beetle here in newcastle just the other day.
they are pretty cool looking, how rare are they?

sam
VWFOOL

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---