Semaphores
wilderness - December 31st, 2009 at 09:12 AM
hey everyone, just wondering if anyone has heard of or knows of anyone repairing/reconditioning semaphores??
glider69 - December 31st, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Look up bugboy he supplies new ones
http://tinkdf.webs.com/history.htm
57oval - December 31st, 2009 at 07:14 PM
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hey everyone, just wondering if anyone has heard of or knows of anyone repairing/reconditioning semaphores??
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What sort of repairing do you need, might be able to help?
68AutoBug - January 1st, 2010 at 12:49 AM
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hey everyone, just wondering if anyone has heard of or knows of anyone repairing/reconditioning semaphores??
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they were called trafficators...
never ever called semaphores... except by the Americans...
whose beetles never ever had them...
so, naturally, never knew what to call them...
they were also used on many European and UK made cars...
during the 50's and called trafficators...
LEE
wilderness - January 4th, 2010 at 03:57 PM
Thanks Lee,
I think it came from working for a Pommy for many moons??? haha
Also cheers glider69, looked at the link and he sounds like da man!!!
Thanks again.
HappyDaze - January 4th, 2010 at 06:40 PM
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posted by wilderness
hey everyone, just wondering if anyone has heard of or knows of anyone repairing/reconditioning semaphores??
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they were called trafficators...
never ever called semaphores... except by the Americans...
whose beetles never ever had them...
so, naturally, never knew what to call them...
they were also used on many European and UK made cars...
during the 50's and called trafficators...
LEE
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When I worked for a (Sydney) VW dealer, 50 or so years ago, we called them semaphore arms.
Cheers, Greg
Phil74Camper - January 5th, 2010 at 06:39 AM
Greg you'll have to sit down and write me your VW life story for the Club VW magazine - I would love to publish it.
Trafficators is a British name for the same thing (like spanner/wrench, boot/trunk, windscreen/windshield) - Australia in the 1950s was a lot more
British than American but we seem to have an interesting mix of both.
Lee the US-market Beetles DID have semaphores, up until 1955, when they were replaced by flashing blinkers. Australian models had semaphores until
halfway through 1960.
Bookwus - January 5th, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Hiya All,
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posted by Phil74Camper.....the US-market Beetles DID have semaphores, up until 1955, when they were replaced by flashing blinkers. Australian
models had semaphores until halfway through 1960.
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It's true, it's true. We have semaphores all over the blinking place up here (no pun intended 
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