Position of Lucas indicators?

[speedwell]

 I Need to Find another Copy of The Hot VW's Mag. CALIF Killers??

it's august 1978 issue

[lowfastbus]

Woohoo, the buggy bars have arrived!!! Thanks to Guillermo from G.A.S.!!!
Try them on this weekend...

[Lee.C]

Cool dude - I'm deffinetly putting buggy bars on my new project 

[speedwell]

yes that's pure cal look guys ,  that's the right way to build a cool cal look   

[Diederick/DVK]

that's a wicked pic!

[speedwell]

  yes cool cal look  ,he came from the DVB vw club 

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

yes that's pure cal look guys ,  that's the right way to build a cool cal look   

That was Mark Sueters 67 Sedan We were in DVB together heres a Picture of Mike Sellers 65 Cal Look also a DVB car the thing that was Cool about mike being in the Club he was a Cop And signed off all are fix it tickets  LOL

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

yes that's pure cal look guys ,  that's the right way to build a cool cal look   

I Remember Installing those Buggy Bumpers see how the back sits up more closer to the car we used to heat them and bend the tubes to get them to fit right then weld straps on them to mount them the rear was hard to mount  because the bumper has to fit between the Rear apron and the QP muffler But I like them when there mounted right the rear looks funny if you dont  heat it and bend it so it sits more upright like the picture  look at the angle of the rear Buggy Bumper Verses the front Buggy Bumper angle.

[speedwell]

he was a Cop And signed off all are fix it tickets 

    .... some cops are cool 

cool story shubbe i want more and picture 
here's some other picture of those car i love the big wheels those are very cal look attitude 

[speedwell]

shubee what's the color of the 65 and the 67 was blue if i remember the report in hot vws

[lowfastbus]

Fitted the front buggy bar yesterday, I'm happy with the results!

[Diederick/DVK]

Cool!! 
But what are those white pieces attached to it?

[lowfastbus]

Those are pieces of the attaches that I made for mounting the buggy bar... they weren't cut to length when I took the pic.
They're cut now and invisible...

[lowfastbus]

Poor photoshop try-out of what it should look like when finished...

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

Car Looks Good the Lights and Bumpers Make It!!  But Those center Wheel Caps Need to Go  they stick out way to far Love the wheels hate the Caps here are pictures of the cap I had made for mine I Copied an Original  But made it to fit the JGE Torkers The Indention in the center is for an American Racing Sticker

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

shubee what's the color of the 65 and the 67 was blue if i remember the report in hot vws

The 65 was VW Mexico Blue and the 67 was a real light blue close to the 68 and 69 VW color

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

Those center Wheel Caps Need to Go  Love the wheels hate the Caps here are pictures of the cap I made for mine I Copied an Original  But made it to fit the JGE Torkers The Indention in the center is for an American Racing Sticker

Here is another Idea Tom Kettle used on his 62 Cal Look he machined the wheels to except porsche alloy caps

[Duck]

Had a play about with light positions this afternoon amd settled on this, wings to weld up next

[deano]

My suggestion to figure out where to install your Lucas 488s, is to take a photo, or Xerox of a Lucas lens with ring and seal, cut it out around the edge, and use that as a paste up against your fender/wing. Tape it on, stand back, and move it around until you have it right....

[speedwell]

more here

[Duck]

My suggestion to figure out where to install your Lucas 488s, is to take a photo, or Xerox of a Lucas lens with ring and seal, cut it out around the edge, and use that as a paste up against your fender/wing. Tape it on, stand back, and move it around until you have it right....

I had originally stuck the lens to the wing in various positions with blue tack.......
Eventually settled on position in pic - 40mm in from wing beading & top edge of indicator lines up with bottom of headlamp mounting.
As said elsewhere in this thread, its down to personal taste.
Now to weld my wings up

[Brian Silva]

Here is where I mounted mine. Took a while to make the positioning look symetrical to the eye. I just made templates with tape and kept repositioning them until I liked where they were.

[Straight Time]

Hi Brian,

They look spot on. Can you tell me if your wings are genuine US Spec 67 wings or the later 68 on. I am looking to replace my wings and will be using lucas 488's but have been told the 67 wings are different to the later ones in shape, thus this will effect the position of the indicators.  Thanks

[deano]

Hi Brian,

They look spot on. Can you tell me if your wings are genuine US Spec 67 wings or the later 68 on. I am looking to replace my wings and will be using lucas 488's but have been told the 67 wings are different to the later ones in shape, thus this will effect the position of the indicators.  Thanks

Yes, that is true. The headlights can be located slightly higher and wider than an OEM German '67 Fender/wing, so beware.

[Zach Gomulka]

You've all got it wrong

[deano]

Just a suggestion... or three. 

[Zach Gomulka]

Ha! Poor car looks like a Christmas Tree!

[Brian Silva]

Straight time, My fenders are actually fiberglass. They are from US spec 67 molds so the geometry is fairly close. I compared the fenders measurements to the originals and they were almost spot on. I did have to fabricate the headlamp buckets and brackets to get the headlamps where they were supposed to be but other than that it went smoothly.