I have seen in my bug today it still had the original jack and was wondering if they are worth anything?
Foxy
foxy_fuchsia Insano Dub Head
803 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
Does anyone have an original jack for your bug?
DIY-DUB Custom Title Time!
1,591 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·
ive got more than a few, some may be worth abit, i just got em cause they r useful
byronbus dsk
4,204 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
yep
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Hi Jo,
there were many different jacks used by VW...
Some were made by Bilstein....
Many have probably been thrown away... as there was one for every car.... thats a lot of jacks...
You can usually pick them up at Swap Meets etc... very cheaply...
The one in Your Beetle Jo, is one of the heavy duty type...
they work very well... and I've never seen one slip down...
VW Jacks are NOT used or liked in the UK and other Countries where chemicals are used on icey roads as the chemicals eat the jack mountings away...
So they are considered Dangerous in these countries...
Its Good practice to chock one rear wheel when jacking up the opposite side....
Lee
there were many different jacks used by VW...
Some were made by Bilstein....
Many have probably been thrown away... as there was one for every car.... thats a lot of jacks...
You can usually pick them up at Swap Meets etc... very cheaply...
The one in Your Beetle Jo, is one of the heavy duty type...
they work very well... and I've never seen one slip down...
VW Jacks are NOT used or liked in the UK and other Countries where chemicals are used on icey roads as the chemicals eat the jack mountings away...
So they are considered Dangerous in these countries...
Its Good practice to chock one rear wheel when jacking up the opposite side....
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
bugeyedbabe Wheres her VW heart on her sleeve
3,945 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·
got some
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷
Queen_Bug Seriously Crusin Dubber
163 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·
I got one in mine...its in need of a good clean though...
baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck
4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
yeah, i have a few, damn good things too. if you ever get told that they are dangerous, i was taking a look in the boot of a friends 95 Merc convertible the other day and guess what? the genuine 90's mercedes jack is almost identical to our VW ones!
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
foxy_fuchsia Insano Dub Head
803 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
Cool, I am just discovering all these things in the bug! Things that I never had on my other bug because it was all stripped and really dodgy.
Foxy
Foxy
akean1 Remember To Love
1,088 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·
dont clean it to good, if they are polished they dont grip on themself as wellQueen_Bug wrote:I got one in mine...its in need of a good clean though...
david Custom Title Time!
1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·
get a flat and your up the shit without one
carisma Officially Full-On Dubber
263 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·
i gave away my vw jack to a machnic shop at windsor in brisbane he had some for sale for $90, i put a trolley jack in back,