Update your Oval

Carl and Emily Officially Full-On Dubber

349 posts · joined Apr 2012 · 25 Jan 2013, 2:56 pm

#940662

So,...

I found this advert whilst reading through an old 1960's VW Mag.

My question is,..

How do you cut that hole without needing to repaint???🙄

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vwjon Fahrvergnugen

914 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 25 Jan 2013, 3:04 pm

#940664

i guess its like those folks who put a green door on a red car.... respray not necesarry!!!

it might mean "whole car" respray? only the roof section.

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Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 25 Jan 2013, 3:29 pm

#940668

Heh - love the "increased car value" claim... definitely not the case now !!!

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vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 25 Jan 2013, 4:05 pm

#940672

People bought that ???? What the 🤓

Doug Sweetman Nil Bastardo Carborundum

2,128 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 25 Jan 2013, 4:05 pm

#940673

Anyone got an oval with updated rear window ? Would be very uncommon I would imagine ?

ClockworkMonkey Seriously Crusin Dubber

199 posts · joined Oct 2009 · 25 Jan 2013, 4:15 pm

#940676

Sides wrote:Heh - love the "increased car value" claim... definitely not the case now !!!

🤪

+1 hahaha yeah that's a good one 🙂

farkengruven Seriously Crusin Dubber

167 posts · joined Jan 2006 · 25 Jan 2013, 4:44 pm

#940682

LOL, thats hilarious.
Back in the 1950's I suppose there might have been the appeal to give your old car a facelift.
I wonder if they ever sold one?

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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 25 Jan 2013, 6:19 pm

#940697

there is a photo (I'm sure Joel posted) that shows a garage with a metre high pile of oval and split rear window cuts that were from conversions

I will dig round and see if i can find it

Futue te ipsum!!!

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 25 Jan 2013, 6:22 pm

#940698

My Dad worked at a used car dealers back in the early 60s... he swearss he saw Ovals back in the late 58's that had larger windows put in.

Plus there's the "make the rear window larger" ad.

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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 25 Jan 2013, 6:24 pm

#940699

here - check this out

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Futue te ipsum!!!

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1,698 posts · joined May 2004 · 25 Jan 2013, 6:25 pm

#940700

here ya go

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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 25 Jan 2013, 7:12 pm

#940708

Hi

In the 70s when I started driving bugs, people were always trying to give me Ovals.

I had a 63 Austerity model and I always thought why would I want an older bug, slow motor, no synchro on 1st etc.

One friend wanted me to take away his mums old oval, it had a push button starter

Boy was I dumb.

Steve

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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 25 Jan 2013, 7:16 pm

#940710

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vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 25 Jan 2013, 7:45 pm

#940717

those oval remind me of that cars we have now. tiny back non existent window that can't see shit though and improved by have golf club looking plastic head rests in the way 😂 oval would be an improvement on what we have now coz there is nothing in the way of the view 👍👍

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 25 Jan 2013, 8:13 pm

#940720

Bizarre wrote:there is a photo (I'm sure Joel posted) that shows a garage with a metre high pile of oval and split rear window cuts that were from conversions

I will dig round and see if i can find it

was really common in parts of Europe, people are still now finding lots of big window bugs in junkyards there that have oval dashboards lol

its not much different to the guys these days putting VY/VZ front ends on VT commodores, see it all the time

people were just trying to make their bugs look newer, ive seen lots of 60s model bugs fitted with late aprons and decklid/hoods and late bumpers.
Some have even had the crescent vents added in and fuel doors, all 70s and 80s victims I bet.

pfillery Insano Dub Head

734 posts · joined Dec 2011 · 27 Jan 2013, 9:05 pm

#941070

If you can cut them out and fit a bigger window it goes without saying that you could also fit a piece similar to the cutout into a large window bug and make it look like an oval or a split.

Seen it done with an oval made to look like a split window.

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 27 Jan 2013, 9:08 pm

#941071

ask grumble i know he did a few.

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