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Volkswagen Badge

11CAB - April 13th, 2015 at 07:47 PM

I picked up a Country Buggy "Volkswagen" badge at the swap meet at Dubs on the weekend, and im wondering if the badges were made just for the Country Buggies, or used from another model. It's much smaller than the Kombi one I already have.

bevoracing - April 14th, 2015 at 12:17 PM

Hi Graham
When I was looking for this part I looked at several, but couldn’t find one that matched the holes in the rear lid. In the end I settled for a nice one from something else. When I made the new skin for the rear lid I drilled the holes to suite the one I had.
The parts book calls it “12Y 853 019 Emblem – Rear Lid”
The “12Y” is a prefix put on any part that’s “Country Buggy only”, like body parts and weather strips etc. Why they would cast a special deck lid emblem for this car, when they were ordered by Germany to use as many existing parts as possible, is anybody’s guess? And, if it is an existing part, why use 12Y in the part number? It struck me as very strange indeed. We’ll probably never know.
So, I think the answer to your question is, yes, strange as that may be.
Cheers
Tony

11CAB - April 14th, 2015 at 05:38 PM

Thanks for the info Tony.
Here's the original holes on my Country Buggy Engine lid

And the badge

ArtyP - April 15th, 2015 at 04:40 PM

We sure miss Bill he would have known http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/images/smilies/mad.gif

CBKO294 - April 21st, 2015 at 10:50 AM

Yeah Bill was the Guru of the Country Buggy and an Awesome guy! Don't know if anyone will ever know as much about the Country Buggy like he did.

He is missed by many.

grumble - April 21st, 2015 at 01:23 PM

Have you checked the measurements of the 70 T2 badge,from memory it was a bit smaller than some of the later ones.

bevoracing - April 21st, 2015 at 04:16 PM

Good point Grumble. When they were told to use existing parts, I guess that doesn’t mean just old or current, it could just as easily mean future. 70 was only a couple of years away, perhaps the badge existed already on the prototypes or overseas models etc?
Have you got the actual measurements Graham?

grumble - April 21st, 2015 at 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by bevoracing
Good point Grumble. When they were told to use existing parts, I guess that doesn’t mean just old or current, it could just as easily mean future. 70 was only a couple of years away, perhaps the badge existed already on the prototypes or overseas models etc?
Have you got the actual measurements Graham?

The country buggies that we sold were when they were released and this would have been around the 67-68 models so they possibly used the T2 badges.
Time fades the memories but I still remember us apprentices being passengers & going out to the quarry for wild rides with the dealer principal driving the buggy like he didn't own it.

aircooledjake - April 22nd, 2015 at 12:22 PM

interesting stuff! be nice to know if its the same as something else. i wanted to know about the front badge and if that is the same as anything else? does anyone know

bevoracing - May 5th, 2015 at 10:43 AM

Original front badge "111 853 601 O" doesn't seem to be available in black any more. I bought this chrome one:-
http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?search=C16-113-601B&Submit=
Clips for it are:-
http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?search=C16-113-615&Submit=
Cheers
Tony