Hi Guys,
I've been chattin with Harrington's about thier stainless steel towel rails and as an idle thought I asked them what they would charge me per set if I were to buy 5 sets--obviously fronts and rears , I did'nt mention AVD or anyother affiliation before anyone jumps up and down about that one, anyway the figure is Aus$549 per set all air frieghted to one address here in Australia ,heres a link so you can have a nosey if you're interested, http://www.groupharrington.com/  they've got some good stuff from the look of it , anyway is anyone interested in maybe a group buy-I'll take one set--so it would need 4 more to get the deal , don't get me wrong I'm not pushin this it's just something that came up I thought could be of interest given that the best price I could find on rechroming a full set was $740 + frieght/ courier if I did'nt want to spend the better part of a day to--ing and fro--ing the things myself---Oh yeh --and not counting the cost of the bumper set as well.
I have kept a copy of all the emails to an fro with Harringtons if anyone needs to sight them and as an idle thought my company is Triple-D Media if anyone wants to do a company search--and no--we don't have anything to do with motor vehicles except for me spending far to much on them---like the majority of us I suspect,
Oh yeh the stainless it 1.5mm I couldn't find the spec in thier stuff so I asked and the price is the one they gave me not + a mark up.
If anyones interested post or give me a hoy,
Cheers ,
:beer
Al.

I've just noticed these on fleebay the buy now price is $699+ $99 frieght again I'm not pushin these--just noticin'-Al .

Moderators--I'm not sure whether this should be in parts F/S & wanted etc or what so I've duped it .
Cheers , Al


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[ Edited on 7-4-2007 by BASHOdi ]

pics? is stainless steel polished??? or chromed? or neither?...

can you get early oval style, blades with small overiders or just 60s towel rail type?

nick

oh - at $550 you can tentatively book me in for a set if you can get oval style in chrome. thanks

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Back in the good old days.... middle of the 60s...

standard Beetles had painted blade bumpers...

then the Custom Beetle had stainless steel bumpers..
no overriders...

so I'm presuming stainless steel was cheaper than chrome back then....??

Good quality polished stainless steel...

Doesn't rust.....

and looks as good as chrome....

it could also be stronger than chromed steel ????

Lee

Hi Lee,
interesting observations about the stainless mate, the quaterlight frames on my car --64-- are stainless--but the door handles cast alloy, go figure, probably easier to throw the cast in alloy than steel--good points to remember--no rusty and dents can be knocked out and repolished--wouldn't know on the tensile strength though,
Cheers, Al .

Here is a link with pics,
The bars are not chrome, but highly polished & are etch primed and painted in black 2 pack on the back. They do US style with large overrider's & towel rails, euro style with the small overrider's and plain blade with no overrider's.

They also have bumpers for late & early Bay Kombies as well as Karmann Ghia's.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VW-Volkswagen-BEETLE-BUG-new-STAINLESS-STEEL-BUMPERS_W0QQitemZ250101163045QQcategoryZ72456QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewIte m


Have a look at their UK ebay store, they do lots of other cars as well and have some nice restored Lambretta's for sale.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Harrington-Group


Matt.





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from the pics - the euro style and the blade style look like the same bar. there are 4 holes in each bar regardless so could position overiders further apart on the rear and closer on the front. or whichever way. but there will be two spare holes in either case from the look of it...

still seems more coste effective than getting a bar straightened/knocked out etc for $x then rechroming once straight and spending $800.

strongly thinking about this

nick

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I could be interested in a set of towel rails for my 66.

I need to buy a set of blades for my 67 resto.. Only want new.. Also polished instead of chrome.. Also brackets..
Any local suppliers yet?

yeah id be interested in a set of ss blades with small overiders for my 54 oval if they have any yeah..
let me know how it all goes pls..
cheers paul

OK guys
I only got the price for 5 sets of towel rails and some people want blades, some with overiders etc so that we get the best price --and the right price---- and if your dead set serious em me on--- dialbashford@bigpond.com--- with exactly what you want--probably best to have a look at the Harrington site first--give me the Harrington description and part No if there is one along with your contact No.
I'll get them all together and EM Harringtons with the list to get the prices for the buy.
I'll then email each of you with a copy of thier reply and also post it on here.
Please ONLY GO ON THE LIST IF YOU ARE SERIOUS AND CAN AFFORD THEM, DONT EVEN GO NEAR IT IF YOU'RE THINKING OF SELLING THE CAR OR DROPPING OUT WHATEVER, THE PRICE WE GET WILL DEPEND ON THE QUANTITY WE BUY AND IF YOU DIP OUT YOU WILL BE SCREWING WITH EVERYONE ON THE LIST WHO IS SERIOUS.
If everyone is happy and confirms thier order I'll set up a bank account for payment to go into-- we all pay-- Harringtons gets the order and payment and I'll get the bumpers delivered to me and resend them here in Australia.
I'm away in Singapore the week after next for 10 days so if you want me to get the ball rolling before I go you'd best em me pretty quickly-- if your not fussed --I'll fix it all up when I get back--which quite honestly I'd prefer,
Cheers,
:beer
Al .

mate - sounds good. just curious though. can anyone on the forum vouch for who you are? just im not overly keen to put $ in an account of someone who recently joined who noone knows of.... dont mean to be harsh.

nick

nick good point.. no offense yeah..

btw i gave a looksee at thier site and it appears to be down a bit..
no joy so an alternative to that link at there wares would be good so i can have a detailed look pls.. cheers

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Has anyone imported a set yet?
Does anyone do repro bumpers (blades) available in Aus?

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we'll meet up for a chat when you get back from the trip. hows that sound? no rush that way. and ill be settled knowing where my $ are going. and if i can put a face to you if anything goes belly up it'll be a little easier to hunt you for sport......

nick

my cars got harrington bumpers and interior, very happy with all and harrington were great to deal with, you could just all pay harrington seperately but go for a joint order they take paypal and have international bank a/c's

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