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RATAFIED Seriously Crusin Dubber

158 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#712648
they clip on to the front guard of the car i have always wanted one and i found it someone told me it was a distance reader





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bushed Wolfsburg Elder

3,541 posts · joined Dec 2006 ·

#712675
parking guage yo tells the short drvrs where the guard is esp for parking
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!

bushed Wolfsburg Elder

3,541 posts · joined Dec 2006 ·

#712676
very common in the fifties me thinks esp on vw's and dkw's

the thing clamps on vertically...easy to make some for you
better ones had a chrome spring base so the would go doinggg when scrapin the gutter....horizontal
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!

RATAFIED Seriously Crusin Dubber

158 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#712707
bushed wrote:very common in the fifties me thinks esp on vw's and dkw's

the thing clamps on vertically...easy to make some for you
better ones had a chrome spring base so the would go doinggg when scrapin the gutter....horizontal
i have the ones that go ding when you hit the gutter they are called gutter alarms
this one gose on top of the guard





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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#712769
that gutter scraper looks fairly substantial...
they were usually thin spring steel with a spring in them so they nake a noise when hitting the Kerb...

Many were fitted to early Holdens and fords etc...
its so You wouldn't damage your hubcaps when they hit the gutter....

the guide that bolted to the front mudguards were also used on early holdens - Morris minors - Austins etc...
a lot had blue lenses with a bulb in them but naturally were illegal to turn on....

Now if you could NEVER park without mouting the footpath.. OR
stay on the road without one of those gadgets on the front mudguards...
I really don't think You should be on the road... lol

It would be interesting to turn up with those fitted to the car that you are doing Your licence test in... lol
although the young people in the DMR probably wouldn't know what they are..... lol


then there was the story of the guy locally who put a V8 into His 6 cylinder car a few years ago...
He took it to get it passed at the Motor Registry..
the young Girl looked at the distributor and counted the 8 wires... he said one extra one was for the choke end the other was a spare.... true story...
He drove away in His V8 car... registered as 6 cylinders...


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RATAFIED Seriously Crusin Dubber

158 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#712794
this a gutter scraper i have 2 NOS ones




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bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#712799
anyone got any full picture of these mounted so u can see how far down it goes? 😏
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RATAFIED Seriously Crusin Dubber

158 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#712800
i dont have mine fitted but they are set at a hight so when you get close to a gutter they hit the gutter to let you know how close you are



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grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#712860
Those gutter scrapers are bloody brilliant,try walking past one while the car is on the hoist and you instantly become one eyed.