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Title: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: JS on April 24, 2009, 17:00:13 pm ok guys help me out here...
As we know european spec beetles had semaphores up to the very late 50´s. In other words no turning signals on the front fenders. Traditional cal-look as I see it replaces the og turning signals with lucas etc. Or in very rare occasions keeps the og signals and color codes the housing. ;) If you dechrome a car with no og turn signals, what would look good? Keep the horn grilles? Color code them? Or fill the hole and run a smooth fender? Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: Zach Gomulka on April 24, 2009, 17:48:18 pm What I did...
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: JS on April 24, 2009, 19:24:08 pm But would you mount turn signals on a semaphore beetle?
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: Zach Gomulka on April 24, 2009, 19:27:54 pm But would you mount turn signals on a semaphore beetle? No. I'd shave the fenders clean of the horn grilles. Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: Dave Rosique on April 24, 2009, 19:35:19 pm But would you mount turn signals on a semaphore beetle? No. I'd shave the fenders clean of the horn grilles. A friend of mine had a '59 semaphore car that he filled the horn grilles and installed Lucas lights. The car was in the USA anyway so the semaphores were more of a novelty item... everybody seemed to like it. ~DR. Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: JS on April 24, 2009, 19:36:41 pm So he had turning signals in the rear lenses too? Is that og on the late 50´s us spec beetles?
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: Dave Rosique on April 24, 2009, 19:56:29 pm The car still had '59 tail lights, and the importer added USA style front turn sig's on top of the fender, which were later removed. Oh yeah, the car had the correct USA model turn signal switch installed so the stop / turn lights would work right. We wired the semaphores to a three way toggle switch. I'll be building an Oval semaphore Baja the same way soon. ~DR. Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: speedwell on April 24, 2009, 20:40:21 pm ;)
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: speedwell on April 24, 2009, 20:49:31 pm scott baken /aronson/holmes ;)
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: JS on April 24, 2009, 21:00:36 pm Fabs, I am aware of those cars, the point is what to do if you have a SEMAPHORE car. Would you install lucas anyway? And weld shut the semaphore holes? ??? ;)
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: speedwell on April 24, 2009, 21:05:24 pm i will go with the semaphores and nothing on the fenders , may be the idea of coded color horn grills is not bad ;)
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: lawrence on April 24, 2009, 22:12:45 pm It really boils down to personal taste. If I had a semaphore car I would not add signals in the front and would keep the semaphores. Sometimes I like the look of no horn grilles and other times I dont. They are a nice detail that breaks up the fender in a plain area. This really depends on the car and its color as well.
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: Rocket Ron on April 25, 2009, 06:42:34 am here you go (crap photo though) Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: henk on April 25, 2009, 10:56:22 am hallo,
here is my car no indicators or horn grills. the indicators are in the head lights. henk!!! Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: Rennsurfer on April 25, 2009, 16:18:17 pm It really boils down to personal taste. If I had a semaphore car I would not add signals in the front and would keep the semaphores. Sometimes I like the look of no horn grilles and other times I dont. They are a nice detail that breaks up the fender in a plain area. This really depends on the car and its color as well. +1 for the win. I agree with Lawrence. Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: nicolas on April 25, 2009, 16:59:23 pm Zündfolge still has semaphores if i remember correctly,
but not sure what has been done to the rest off the lights... i am sure someone has a picture. Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: JS on April 25, 2009, 17:18:52 pm Good call Nicolas, as Zundfolge has later oval window front fenders!
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: lawrence on April 25, 2009, 20:01:34 pm I like that orange car without the horn grilles.
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: Neil Davies on April 27, 2009, 15:40:30 pm On my split I'm going to run Lucas indicators AND semaphores...
Title: Re: Horn grilles, Lucas lights, smooth fenders - need pics. Post by: bodgit on April 27, 2009, 16:24:57 pm On my split I'm going to run Lucas indicators AND semaphores... Yep, I'm doing the same on my Oval, Lucas indicators, semaphores and making the rear lights blink too. I want to keep the semaphores as I think they're just cool and I like the look of the Lucas indicators in the front wings, but along with the rear lights, they're probably more visible for other road users. I don't want someone crashing into my pride and joy because they didn't see the little amber light poking out of the door pillar. Just have to make it all work at once as I can't be bothered with having extra toggle switches all over the place. Matt |