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ovalbug Officially Full-On Dubber

262 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#619094
Needed for oval bonnet with wolfsburg crest. Can collect at the shootout on Sunday.

regards
Wayne
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bushed Wolfsburg Elder

3,541 posts · joined Dec 2006 ·

#619112
dunno if oval ones were ever stainless...think it was 1300 66 onward

but u can cut a later one down

talk to me if u r still standin after the shootouts, he he
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!

kombikim disfunctionally capable

1,521 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#619126
I think all the short ones, that is the one if you have a bonnet badge, were aluminium, but they do make them in stainless steel now, I was able t get one from George at Classic Vee Dub, but when he gets them in he sells out of them pretty quick, you could give him a ring & if he had one I am sure he would take it to the shootout for you
Please, I need drivers side window regulator (winder mechanism) for my '54

ovalbug Officially Full-On Dubber

262 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#619225
I've been told they do exist because the 61-62 model was the first to go stainless and it also had the black wolfsburg badge?? If you cut down a later trim one end will be square not rounded at both ends. I've tried Classic Kombikim, George tells me that a you were able to get yours because someone had bought a whole set but didn't need the bonnet trim, so it was left over. Stainless trims can only be purchased as a set. Thanks for your help anyway.

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#619230
You can cut down the long strips...
You then file down the end, so it fits over the wolfsburg
crest mounting piece [which is aluminium..]

You would need a good pic or an old one to see how its cut and filed...
as You have to shape the end...

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

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#619243
Wayne

No they dont exist you would have to cut n file an origional Stainless strip to suit the badge

The stailess strips didnt come out until 64
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#619364
vw54 wrote:Wayne

No they dont exist you would have to cut n file an origional Stainless strip to suit the badge

The stailess strips didnt come out until 64
yep they do........my 60 model has one.


vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#619424
yep they do........my 60 model has one.

Its been modified then Staino didnt come out til 64
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#619435
IN2VWS wrote:Also this documentation also proves that they were available for the 1962 model year. In another VWA Technical Bulletin from 2/1963, it says for production reasons, approx 800 vehicles will have Aluminium trims instead of the stainless trims.
How about some more info from that documentation..

I love reading them
and I'm sure other VW owners would too....
I never have enough info about beetles...

oddly enough, the early narrow trim was also aluminium..
its very easy to damage... and isn't as bright as stainless steel...

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