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horty 2
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posted on March 25th, 2010 at 09:40 AM |
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FOR SALE: Swedish Gravel Guards
Gravel Guards from a very early and unique design that was offered in limited numbers in the early 50’s in Sweden. Cast from aluminium or brass
they are a substantial 5mm thick just like the originals.
these will fit on all years of bugs
I have not seen another set of these so nice to have something a little different
These are the chrome plated brass ones

These are the polished aluminium ones

Fully polished aluminium AUS$75 pair
Brass with triple chrome plating AUS$120
shipping to Aus no problem
$20
Paul
location: Derbyshire UK
contact pm or email
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68AutoBug
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posted on March 25th, 2010 at 05:09 PM |
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WOW
excellent looking stone guards....
problem being stones...
[Bolt holes spoil them.. IMHO]
LEE
- [size=4]Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY--- [/size]
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posted on March 26th, 2010 at 07:27 AM |
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Cheers :-)
By the way the the ones on the the bug are just placed against the car so when the bolts go through the holes will not show like in the photo.
Does that make sense
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posted on March 26th, 2010 at 04:34 PM |
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what makes them swedish 
"A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with
courage."
Adolf Hitler At opening of 1934 Berlin Auto Show
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posted on March 27th, 2010 at 08:08 AM |
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what makes them swedish 
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have a look below looks like this swedish style guard might be early 50's difficult to say for sure.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=378370&highlight=
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posted on April 3rd, 2010 at 07:57 AM |
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;-)
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posted on April 12th, 2010 at 04:43 AM |
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I now have some photos of them fitted to a car 



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