Hazet Tool Kits?

Did Aussie Beetles come with Hazet tool kits in the spare wheel or did they get a pouch of tools?

How come they are so rare ie all have gone missing?

For at least the 50's & early 60's, the Beetles came standard with the pouch of tools.

Hazet boxes were an accessory. If it had VW on the box it had to come from a dealer. Could also come with "Tourist" or "Hazet" on the cover. Modern repros can have "Empi" on them.

Some good info here: http://www.356.ca/tools/roundbox.htm

XXX-1.8T wrote:Did Aussie Beetles come with Hazet tool kits in the spare wheel or did they get a pouch of tools?

How come they are so rare ie all have gone missing?

VWs in Australia only came with a pouch of tools..

one or two open ended spanners.. 10-12mm ??
box spanner for generator nut/wheel bolts..
and spark plugs..
long steel bar for box spanner and jack..
screwdriver..

I don't know why these were never sold with a used car..??

most used VWs didn't come with tools or manuals...

Hazets were sold in Europe and the USA...
as accessories...
Not sure whether they were sold by VW or just dealers??

were they ever sold in Australia??

Cannot ever remember seeing them years ago...

Lee

Hi
I'm NOT sure which is cheaper..?

GOLD or HAZET tool kits... ??

LEE

hazet tourist kit sold as an accessory in Australia, early ones had hazet on tin, later ones had vw. hazet kit shared with 356. as it was an accessory not many of the early kits around. heard value 2 to 3k in nz or 1000euros in germany, not sure of price in aus? is this correct info? still learning this stuff...

Here is one, claimed to be an Australian set. Can anyone verify?

my precious...

Wow that is nice!

Anyone know of any incomplete ones for sale?

XXX-1.8T wrote:Wow that is nice!

Anyone know of any incomplete ones for sale?

hens teeth!!

have seen single tools for sale (ebay etc) but not full kits

I have a complete early kit with hazet tin stamp and felt lining, i used the spark plug spanner for first time ever i suspect the other day.. precious all right

Uber Kafer wrote:Here is one, claimed to be an Australian set. Can anyone verify?

Hi
I have seen those kits...

trying to think what car they came with...
1960 or 1964 beetle??
with the short socket spanner...??

My long socket for spark plugs, generator nut and wheel studs
came from a type 3 I owned... lol

I do have some of the spanners...
VW stamped on them...

some a grey color?? [not paint]
some chromed...
I think the VW Australia sidchrome ones were chromed..

LEE


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Hi
Should get the hazet tools gold coated...

as their value is about the same as GOLD.... lol

If You had them....

You wouldn't really use them... lol


LEE

I have picked up NOS round toolkits from dealers in the past. They were sold through dealers as accessories, but only up to the mid 60's.

68AutoBug wrote:

XXX-1.8T wrote:Did Aussie Beetles come with Hazet tool kits in the spare wheel or did they get a pouch of tools?

How come they are so rare ie all have gone missing?

VWs in Australia only came with a pouch of tools..

one or two open ended spanners.. 10-12mm ??
box spanner for generator nut/wheel bolts..
and spark plugs..
long steel bar for box spanner and jack..
screwdriver..

I don't know why these were never sold with a used car..??

most used VWs didn't come with tools or manuals...

Hazets were sold in Europe and the USA...
as accessories...
Not sure whether they were sold by VW or just dealers??

were they ever sold in Australia??

Cannot ever remember seeing them years ago...

Lee

gee I hope thats a typo Lee and you didnt really mean to hit the number 2. No 12mm on a vw.

Funny how the jap cars seem to get a 10-12 spanner and a phillips head screaw driver. Not sure how I got them but I have a few nissan/datsun versions. I dont know why manufacturers bother putting tools in. Waste of effort. I mean... ford dont even put in a real wheel brace in their falcons, just a really stupid tube spanner that turns into normal round tubing when you try to get a wheel nut off.

68AutoBug wrote:

VWs in Australia only came with a pouch of tools..

one or two open ended spanners.. 10-12mm ??
box spanner for generator nut/wheel bolts..
and spark plugs..
long steel bar for box spanner and jack..
screwdriver..

I don't know why these were never sold with a used car..??

most used VWs didn't come with tools or manuals...

Hazets were sold in Europe and the USA...
as accessories...
Not sure whether they were sold by VW or just dealers??

were they ever sold in Australia??

Cannot ever remember seeing them years ago...

Lee

OK so if you found one what would be a ball park figure for a 60,s complete kit.

depending on condition between $400 to $1000

If its advertised in an international forum such as ebay the top-end condition complete kits will sell for around $1500 Australian, as the Americans and Europeans are very interested in those ones.

This not speculation or dreaming, thats my spare tyre kit shown above and I have been following the market with keen interest since I bought it several years ago.

Uber Kafer wrote:If its advertised in an international forum such as ebay the top-end condition complete kits will sell for around $1500 Australian, as the Americans and Europeans are very interested in those ones.

This not speculation or dreaming, thats my spare tyre kit shown above and I have been following the market with keen interest since I bought it several years ago.

agree, was told by a friend living in germany a early good kit is $1000euros. saw copies at the nats for $200, good idea to have one if displaying your car etc, dont want the goodun going walkies!

The ones at the nats were EMPI which im not a fan of as they have the EMPI symbol on the front.

I ended up buying this proper VW repro which they havent made for 10 years due to copyright laws.

http://i.ebayimg.com/20/!BrQl5L!B2k~$(KGrHqEH-C8EvDW(ZQSUBLy5Ojmvcg~~_12.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/02/!BrQl4nQCGk~$(KGrHqMH-C0EvE()Hm1VBLy5Ogm)iQ~~_12.JPG

This should do me for now till i find a real one 🙂

Would you believe it 5 months down the track i own a VW hazet kit (1 spanner away from being complete bought in the USA) and a incomplete Tourist which I bought in Australia last week.

Not sure if ill keep the Tourist though.

if anyone can point me in the direction of 7 x 9 Hazet spanner it would be great.

Yes these kits were available for order from Lanock Motors in the late 1950s and early 1960s as an official Volkswagen accessory. They had their own VW part number - 111012025. No prices were listed as these were subject to change. There was also a version for the Transporter, with similar tools but in a canvas container. 211012025. This is a a page from the October 1959 Lanock Motors accessory catalogue.

Later Australian accessory catalogues from the mid-'60s-on didn't list the Hazet toolkit.

phil74
does the catalogue also show a plastic front windscreen (attached with suction cups) ??

No, nothing like that I can see - probably an aftermarket accessory for something like that. The VW catalogue does list a number of weathershields, sun visors and mesh grilles.

thanks 🙂

got my Tourist up for sale:

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=86372

At Sandown swapmeet ,I saw a certain person purchase an original Hazet tool kit for $80.
He gave the seller $100 & told him to keep the change.
The seller ran after him asking questions.
The person selling it didn't know it's true value.This happened after I had done the rounds being s seller that day & I missed it
😀😀😀