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 XXX-1.8T
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| posted on February 14th, 2009 at 02:23 PM |
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Did Beetles either in Oz or Overseas ever have VOLKSWAGEN script on the hood from factory?
Or was it an aftermarket option?
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| posted on February 14th, 2009 at 03:34 PM |
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Hood? Do you mean the front bonnet? No. Only the VW roundel at the top, in front of the windscreen. You can buy angled chome 'Volkswagen' scripts as
an accessory, but they only really suit early 6V Beetles, style-wise.
Or the rear engine lid? US Beetles had 'Volkswagen' script on the engine lid from around 1966, but Australian Beetles had 'VW 1300' badges
instead. In 1968 this was updated to 'VW 1500'. When the Superbug came along, the rear badge said 'Volkswagen S' in Australia, or 'VW 1302' in
the UK. The later Superbug had 'Volkswagen L' (VW 1303 in UK). The '76 Beetle had no engine lid badge.
I can't find a photo of Australian 'Volkswagen' rear badges at the moment, but I did find this US one (ours weren't like this).
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| posted on February 14th, 2009 at 03:40 PM |
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Canadian dealer optional accessory I think.
Customer service is not dead in Australia.
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| posted on February 14th, 2009 at 05:49 PM |
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Did Semi-auto Beetles come with a 'VW AUTOMATIC' badge on the rear decklid?
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
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| posted on February 14th, 2009 at 06:35 PM |
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Did Semi-auto Beetles come with a 'VW AUTOMATIC' badge on the rear decklid?
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mine has one on there
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| posted on February 14th, 2009 at 07:29 PM |
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only 1500 semi autos had VWautomatic and possibly Sbugs but Lbugs autos still had VolkswagenL
Phil the volkswagen script in the US was the same one that aus had on S and L bugs
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XXX-1.8T
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| posted on February 14th, 2009 at 11:32 PM |
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sorry should of been clearer i meant on the front bonnet not the rear.
I was watching a 60's tv show and the bug had the script on the front and didnt know VW did it from factory.
not sure if it was US or Canadian so if anyone can shed some light it would be great!
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| posted on February 15th, 2009 at 09:37 AM |
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ive seen em in US pics but think there after market badges ,make one like joel has Costa ,carve it out of jewelry wax and get it cast in brass and
polish then chrome plate $100 approx
show us your gates
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| posted on February 15th, 2009 at 10:15 AM |
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That cast in brass comment made me think back to a car show I attended in Port Macquarie years ago, a bloke there had an Austin 7 and I commented on
some nice pollished brass plates he had (I think on the running boards), he told me he makes his own from brass he gets from melting down old taps,
seems they melt almost as easy as lead, and they polish up better than the originals was his comment.
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| posted on February 15th, 2009 at 10:24 AM |
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yeah then u electroplate them and wal la
show us your gates
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| posted on February 15th, 2009 at 02:20 PM |
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who's joel?
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| posted on February 15th, 2009 at 03:06 PM |
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5 posts up user name"joel" however joel may have bought that ? not sure but Costa i could do one for you but it will costa bit , time wise = $$
show us your gates
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| posted on February 15th, 2009 at 04:47 PM |
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yea dunno who he is...... i hear he's a loud mouth tho 
just to clear things up the volkswagen script on my decklid is the one that my bug rolled out of the factory with i didnt make it or the supercharged
badge, that is from the VT supercharged commodores
what costa is talking about is the script that ppl put on the front hoods, one of the gurus on samba can confirm it but pretty positive they were
never factory just add ons ppl fit
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| posted on February 19th, 2009 at 01:17 AM |
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canadian fitted from memory, they had the sweet hood script. dont know what years but 60's for sure. was a while back when i read this detail...
our type 3 got the front fender "TYPE 3" badges on either side. both 'rare'........
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| posted on February 19th, 2009 at 05:31 AM |
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no badges on the front boot lid
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