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WTB: Pope\'s Nose for \'54 Beetle

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crsedge Wolfsburg Wizard

687 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#615686
Looking for Pope's nose and glass for '1954 Beetle, glass underneath that illuminates number plate covers entire underneath section (not small glass post '1955/56)

Cheers

Craig
May '55 Oval

crsedge Wolfsburg Wizard

687 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#616072
Bump!
May '55 Oval

Turbo54 Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#616111
Hey mate, try the samba, these are pretty hard to get and if you do find one you'll proberly hang onto it like I have with a few. The glass / plastic is near impossible to find as they become brittle with age ang crack and fall out. I know you can get aftermarket ones from places, try west cost metric etc.
Best of luck,
T54

Haven't got a spare 54 bonnet you want to part with?
C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.

Pete Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#616180
i have a housing but no glass
pete - Custom Vee Dub
28 Hayward st stafford 33564356

crsedge Wolfsburg Wizard

687 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#616333
Thanks Pete, U2U sent!

And sorry T54, only have the one bonnet which is required!!

[ Edited on 13-10-2007 by crsedge ]

[ Edited on 13-10-2007 by crsedge ]
May '55 Oval

aussiebaja Insano Dub Head

738 posts · joined Jun 2006 ·

#616344
theres one on ebay under vw beetle and noone has bid on it
BETTER TO BE THOUGHT A FOOL THAN TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT:puke

crsedge Wolfsburg Wizard

687 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#616379
Thanks SpLiTmEiStEr, that would be good!

Aussiebaja, couldn't find the Popes Nose on Ebay, there is a post '57 nose that expires tomorrow, but as for Noone? and a '54 model nose I couldn't find!

[ Edited on 13-10-2007 by crsedge ]
May '55 Oval

bushed Wolfsburg Elder

3,541 posts · joined Dec 2006 ·

#616400
can improvise the glass for u and a later nose to fit w lid if u are stuck for rego or show

until gen. one turns up

[ Edited on 13-10-2007 by bushed ]
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!

crsedge Wolfsburg Wizard

687 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#616409
Thanks anyway Bushed but will wait for correct Popes Nose, not hurrying for reg or show! :thumb
May '55 Oval

bushed Wolfsburg Elder

3,541 posts · joined Dec 2006 ·

#616695
can get the glass for u to fit Pete's from Germany
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!

crsedge Wolfsburg Wizard

687 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#617374
Still looking!

Unfortunately Pete's was wrong year model..... anyone else??

🤪🤪
May '55 Oval

Pete Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#617679
post a pic of the one you want
would be easier to see what you want then
pete - Custom Vee Dub
28 Hayward st stafford 33564356

crsedge Wolfsburg Wizard

687 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#617688
Sounds like a good idea.... here it is:

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May '55 Oval

volumex Officially Full-On Dubber

389 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#618365
According to "The 1949-1959 VW Beetle" by Bob Wilson, that style pope's nose was used until October 1952.
The same source states that the ones with the flat light cover underneath and the crease in the top were used from Nov 52 to March 55.
I would have thought this is the one you were after:

kombikim disfunctionally capable

1,521 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#618408
no, looks the same from outside top, but 53-55 one he is after has large flat lense covering whole of underneath
Please, I need drivers side window regulator (winder mechanism) for my '54

Pete Officially Full-On Dubber

251 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#618635
thats the one i have in the second pic
pete - Custom Vee Dub
28 Hayward st stafford 33564356

dvs_vw Wolfsburg Wizard

433 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·

#618649
crsedge, the one you have pictured is for a split beetle, not a 54!

Petes is a 54 early 55 one with the crease.

crsedge Wolfsburg Wizard

687 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#618655
Yes,

I stand corrected, I posted the wrong one, I initially thought all pre '54/55s were the same!

I have spoken to Terry (Pete's alais) and have purchased the outer nose section, now I need the internals (electrics and bulb) and lense.

Again, any out there?? 🙅

Cheers

Craig
May '55 Oval