Skip to content
Aussieveedubbers

what year

0 likes
Share Share on Facebook Share on X Share on Reddit

aussiebaja Insano Dub Head

738 posts · joined Jun 2006 ·

#514235
hi guys in what year did they stop using semaphores in the vw's beetles ,thanx

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#514239
1959ish
Futue te ipsum!!!

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#514317
Early 1960 or about halfway thru 1960....
Australian Beetles changed to these tail lamps which were used only in Australia and Italy in late 1960-1961...only

They were made by Hella in Germany and are very rare...
After VW sort of disintergrated in 1976-77 in Australia...
these tail lamps were virtually impossible to buy or find...
I did see someone with a pair of NOS lenses last year somewhere....
and a couple of people had one only NOS...

So, a 1960 Beetle can have semaphores - actually called trafficators back in 1960....
or clear narrow front indicators and these tail lamps...

Lee

1 attachment · Log in to view

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

aussiebaja Insano Dub Head

738 posts · joined Jun 2006 ·

#514352
thanx guys just perfect