What did you score at the swap meet today ?

[fish]

keep it hush hush at home mate

[modnrod]

Very un-Cal-Look, oops, oh well!  
I've always hated these things, but might be slowly coming around...........mesh visors.

This one though, was removed from a completely dry, mostly rust free, early-60s Beetle I was led to stashed away in a shed, it was parked there in 1982.
Interesting dust layer, and this is after being bounced around in the boot over dirt roads, and also after being waved around to get rid of a lot of dust.

There are still bits and pieces of treasure out there to find.........

[mungouk]

I found this aluminium speedwheel dealer plaque at Dorset steam fair (UK) !!
unexpected to say the least....

[restojohnny]

Good score early this morning...nothing like taking that dirt road into the high desert......Ansen wheels,stock wheels, streaker wheel, NOS Norris valve springs still in the box and a KEP stage 1 NOS pressure plate/clutch, hurst shifter, etc......

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[restojohnny]

Scored this today .... it's super rare because its a front HARRY HILL license plate frame. I've never owned one so I guess I'm good now front and back : ) for this style...

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[Lids]

Scored this today .... it's super rare because its a front HARRY HILL license plate frame. I've never owned one so I guess I'm good now front and back : ) for this style...

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The real Harry Hill

[restojohnny]

Is he Benny Hill's offspring 

[restojohnny]

NOT the pomona swap but the craigslist ad...I just had surgery so no show's for johnny but saw the c/l ad for VW wheels & parts $30.00 for all of it. Obviously just looking at the 2 rare 15x5.5 ET wheels it was a no brainer. My son picked up the stuff and the guy gave him a bucket full of brake parts and a couple of drums. When My son came home I was stoked but almost passed out when he dumped the bucket and under all the brake parts were 2 rare nokof rudge spinners  

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[Lids]

It was Slough Swapmeet today.  Managed to pick up some Hella Euro rear lights for the bus, Front bumper deluxe trim and some random tinware for the engine.

All i need now is the rear bumper trim.  Johnny?

[restojohnny]

It's been awhile since I could leave the house and do stuff so today I went on the hunt to all the local yardsales and here's what I found and it's all good and all for sale. Empi, DDS etc.....

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[restojohnny]

scored a few cool things today. Friend stopped by to say hi and asked if I could use or sell this stuff and I said OFCOURSE   53-55 complete oval beetle headlight assembly (1 pair) , redwood city dealership frame, half an empi steering wheel suicide knob (only half of it), and a few misc. items.

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[Frank LUX]

Bug In scores last sunday....original 15x10 sprintstars, original empi 4 lug cap (Thanks Mark) , uber rare Huls type 3 camping recliner hinges, NOS empi 5 spoke lugnuts and inserts, racetrim valve cover
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Hey Johnny, still got those Lugnuts...?

Frank

[restojohnny]

Got this straight 67 fasty on a trade from an old friend and we are both happy campers  good deal for both of us 

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[restojohnny]

scored this 54 oval shell on a straight trade a few day's ago from Dylan in Orange County.....
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[modnrod]

Cool!
Looks like all the prep work for the new panels has been done for you!
 

[restojohnny]

The firewall has rust but everything is solid the kid cut the clips off because the other body he was using was baja'ed and rust free traded him my 53-55 headlights for his shell 

[restojohnny]

Was at pomona swapping yesterday didn't walk around but the swap space next to me had these 2 steering wheels for practically nothing....I got the GT deluxe empi steering wheel missing the wood (the guy said it was wood) and the burnt 56-57 steering wheel. Got both for $25.00  

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[RobtheManx]

Do you want to sell it ?

Rob

scored this 54 oval shell on a straight trade a few day's ago from Dylan in Orange County.....
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[Vdubchef]

Mail finds. Keith Seume's cal look bible and some early porsche 912/912 mirrors for my bug. [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]

[youngnstudly]

I've never been too fond of the Coach wheels from the 70's, but I was able to talk the owner down to $10 (from the $25 he wanted) by offering to exchange the coach wheel for an old crusty stock wheel I had laying around (so he could still drive the car).....plus I did the R&R labor for him. The chrome cleaned up nearly flawless, but the horn button and plastic housing that the horn button snap into are a little scratched and warped from the heat of the sun. Too bad the wood grain is completely worn through too. Plastic spoke covers are intact though and not damaged. I thought about doing some minimal filing/grinding on the 12 o'clock crack, filling it with epoxy, and brush painting the repair area as narrow and unnoticeable as possible. I need to see about finding a replacement horn button and the plastic part below it first, then decide if I like it enough to install in my car. Still a cool vintage find regardless.

-Andy

Before I cleaned it:


After washing and polishing it:


Backside:

[Zach Gomulka]

Nice swap! I once traded a guy a stock shifter straight across for his EMPI Eliminator. It was his idea!

I was never a fan of those wheels either, until I saw (and later bought it) one restored in black. It completely changes the look of the wheel

[youngnstudly]

Nice swap! I once traded a guy a stock shifter straight across for his EMPI Eliminator. It was his idea!

I was never a fan of those wheels either, until I saw (and later bought it) one restored in black. It completely changes the look of the wheel

Haha, that's a sweet deal! The funny part is my stock steering wheel that I traded him was really messed up. Before I got my repo flat 4 wooden wheel years ago, I had a really nice original wheel that I had polished out and installed a new horn button and chrome half ring on (before the aftermarket stock wheels were out being produced), but my dad wanted to use it in his restored car so I gave it to him and installed the messed up wheel with a half-assed "restoration" (term used LOOSELY here!) done to it.....which included super gluing the cracks, sanding the super glue down, and then spray painting the wheel satin black. The cracked horn button was painted that color too, and the broken portion of the horn ring was ground down flush  and painted aluminum color (to look like it was supposed to be just the straight bar going across the spokes).

 I'm pretty sure that was one of my worst "hack" jobs ever ($3 super glue + $1.99 "Do-it-rite" hardware store brand spray can = Restoration  ). He thought it was professionally restored, and I forgot to stop and correct him on that. I always like that feeling when you score big and the other person thinks they're screwing you over royally.  

I thought about doing a proper restoration on this wheel and either painting the rim black as you mentioned, or painting it the color of the interior (grey), or the color I'd like the interior to be (red). Another horn button would look better too, preferably not a coach button.  I'm still laughing at him for calling the coach wheel a "off road dune buggy" steering wheel. He must know some guys with really nice dune buggies!

[restojohnny]

AWSOME score for sure....Good candidate to paint black  just take the plastic horncover part off and heat it with a heat gun and reshape it round again....That has alway's worked for me 

[restojohnny]

my wife actually found these today and brought them home and they came with 13 of the original empi sprintstar lugnuts   

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[restojohnny]

was at my dads place yesterday for the superbowl. Saw an ad for free vw parts. It was a few blocks away so I walked over before the game started and came away with a single Italian polished 48 IDA carb and a couple of brand new 4 & 6 disc racing clutches how cool was that.

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[restojohnny]

spent the weekend with my family at Big 3 Swapmeet and scored a few goodies to re-sell to my fellow enthusiasts on saturday  

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[alex d]

what are those manifolds? 

[restojohnny]

what are those manifolds? 

48 IDA manifolds with honeycomb inserts 

[Paul Bahnstormerz]

what are those manifolds? 

48 IDA manifolds with honeycomb inserts 

I thought they prevented wildlife getting sucked through the 48

[restojohnny]

scored a few goodies yesterday on a family outting   it's all for sale so check my ads or just message etc...   vert glove box door, Lotsa 67 seatbelts for type 1 & 3 univent etc....

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