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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#821348
if you can get the chassis number, it will help. but it sounds like the oval body that the old man use to have which had the bigger window cut in to it.
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rebel Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#821351
no it has a later decklid tombstone taillights big vw logo on glass of headlights doesnt look grafted in will try and get chassis no it has no semaphore holes either but the one next to it does shoved with half a dozen bumpers still have the jacks that i scored for free and has white steering wheel

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#821357
Oval Dash and big rear windows never came out that way

some one mush have fitted an Oval dash to the body

whats it look like ???
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

rebel Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#821362
looks like a 60 from outside but has features of early bugwhite batwing steering wheel fatter tailight housing no w on back decklid early type frontend hupcaps have a slight lip half way from outer to inner floor rusted out old guy said take what parts i want going to scrappers apparently
[/img]some parts already scored

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#821366
rebel wrote:what years did the oval dash come out with a square back window
None, but it might be one of the ovals that got the modernising process of fitting a big back window.
That used to happen alot..

Or it may just be a big window dash smoothed off

rebel Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#821391
dash looks like this
[/img]taillights are like this
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rebel Seriously Crusin Dubber

181 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#821438
had a good look today has later rear decklid and no backwindow amazing what you can see in the daylight have taken out speedo dated 56
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still has engine gearbox interior and seats seat belts tailights headlights etc

barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#821450
pod wrote:looks like an oval to me🙄
was just thinking the same thing
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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#821476
looks like an Oval to me as well with late engine lid and 40hp taillights
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

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#821491
thats all oval cept the taillights.

W decklid is oval.

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#821645
rebel wrote:looks like a 60 from outside but has features of early bugwhite batwing steering wheel fatter tailight housing no w on back decklid early type frontend hupcaps have a slight lip half way from outer to inner floor rusted out old guy said take what parts i want going to scrappers apparently
[/img]some parts already scored
Hi
that is an oval beetle with W deck lid -
batwing steering wheel -
early jack... vw off the bonnet is a late one...
should have been pressed aluminium -
what is the round thing in the dash next to the speedo..>?
type 3 handle on handbrake upside down...lol

tail lamps are NOT tombstone but 1962>1967 tail lamps..

No semaphores [trafficators] is strange... to take them out??
no holes at all???


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

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#821646

Definately a W deck lid.....

what does the number plate look like.??
does it have a flat piece of plastic or glass for lens?

oval steering wheel horn button and wheel...

ignition key should be on the LEFT hand side..
where the 3 white knobs are....

Headlamp lenses with VW at the top are old type lenses...
vertical flutes.... no cut off...

LEE



hubcaps sound early too..
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#821667
68AutoBug wrote:what is the round thing in the dash next to the speedo..>?

No semaphores [trafficators] is strange... to take them out??
no holes at all???


LEE
Square thing to the left of the speedo is most likely an old period fuel gauge that was availble back then, and the other round thing to the right is another gauge probably temp or ammeter.

It wasnt uncommon for people to bog over the semaphores and fit later indicators, seen several like that over the years

All ovals had the ignition key on the very right hand side of the radio where this one does, it was only big window cars that have them on the left.

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

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#821690
Square thing to the left of the speedo is most likely an old period fuel gauge that was availble back then, and the other round thing to the right is another gauge probably temp or ammeter.

It wasnt uncommon for people to bog over the semaphores and fit later indicators, seen several like that over the years

All ovals had the ignition key on the very right hand side of the radio where this one does, it was only big window cars that have them on the left.
My Son has a 1956 beetle and the ignition switch is in the furtherest hole to the LHS...
same as LHD cars...
never been moved...

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

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#821697
Joel wrote:
rebel wrote:what years did the oval dash come out with a square back window
None, but it might be one of the ovals that got the modernising process of fitting a big back window.
That used to happen alot..

Or it may just be a big window dash smoothed off
In the late '50s, early '60s - when I worked for a VW dealer -
we had to fit the 'big window' turrets to oval Beetles, when the original turrets became un-available.

As spares became obsolete; such as the front guards with the steel wiring tube, we had to use whatever new parts were available. NRMA Insurance had a policy of replacing damaged parts with new parts only.

Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#821727
68AutoBug wrote:My Son has a 1956 beetle and the ignition switch is in the furtherest hole to the LHS...
same as LHD cars...
never been moved...

LEE
No LHD bugs had the ignition switch on the left, was always furthest on the right







As were RHD for that matter