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Posted by: Blue6 Jul 30 2015, 09:01 PM
Found in my box of goodies a driving/ fog light switch which looks new. Anyway it's an ugly kinda faded orange looking color. Is this for early or late cars? Thank you.
Posted by: Jonathan Livesay Jul 30 2015, 09:42 PM
Found in my box of goodies a driving/ fog light switch which looks new. Anyway it's an ugly kinda faded orange looking color. Is this for early or late cars? Thank you.
I think they were green through 1972 and then amber/gold/yellow/ugly faded orange after that. And I think they are all fog lights based on the lens fluting, except maybe on the 6's?
Posted by: SchwarzHorse Jul 30 2015, 10:01 PM
1973 and newer, or "late"
Posted by: Larmo63 Jul 30 2015, 10:20 PM
For some reason, to me, the yellow looks more Porsche and the green looks more VW.
Posted by: Tom_T Jul 31 2015, 12:13 AM
I differ with some replies above, as I've done a lot of research on this for my early 73 2L's resto, & the "Amber" is 74 - 76 & Green is 70 - 73, with some mixing in the late 73 & early 74 cars when both were in the parts bin. Same switch component - just a different bezel insert AFAIK.
p914.com has excellent info on this sort of what MY stuff folks, but nothing on the fog light switch AFAIK.
Cheers! 
Tom
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Posted by: 914Sixer Jul 31 2015, 06:44 PM
Both of the inserts carry VW parts numbers.
Posted by: steuspeed Jul 31 2015, 06:55 PM
My fog light switch is yellow 1973 2.0L.
Posted by: JawjaPorsche Aug 1 2015, 04:18 AM
My 73 is green. Build date 10/72.
Posted by: maf914 Aug 1 2015, 05:58 AM
The 914 and 914/6 Restoration Guide by Dr. B. Johnson indicates that the switch was green through 72 and yellow/gold from 73 on. Accurate?
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Posted by: mepstein Aug 1 2015, 06:30 AM
All my early cars have been green and mid or late have been yellow.
Posted by: Mark Henry Aug 1 2015, 06:31 AM
I differ with some replies above, as I've done a lot of research on this for my early 73 2L's resto, & the "Amber" is 74 - 76 & Green is 70 - 73, with some mixing in the late 73 & early 74 cars when both were in the parts bin. Same switch component - just a different bezel insert AFAIK.
p914.com has excellent info on this sort of what MY stuff folks, but nothing on the fog light switch AFAIK.
Cheers!
Tom
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Bingo except it wasn't "some mixing" it was a common place event at the factory.
VW didn't care, what ever was still in the bin got used in many cases. VW mid year changes were always because they had too many parts left over.
This happened right from the 1940's till likely the time supply became automated.
Posted by: anderssj Aug 1 2015, 02:20 PM
I differ with some replies above, as I've done a lot of research on this for my early 73 2L's resto, & the "Amber" is 74 - 76 & Green is 70 - 73, with some mixing in the late 73 & early 74 cars when both were in the parts bin. Same switch component - just a different bezel insert AFAIK.
p914.com has excellent info on this sort of what MY stuff folks, but nothing on the fog light switch AFAIK.
Cheers!
Tom
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Bingo except it wasn't "some mixing" it was a common place event at the factory.
VW didn't care, what ever was still in the bin got used in many cases. VW mid year changes were always because they had too many parts left over.
This happened right from the 1940's till likely the time supply became automated.
There was another aspect of color mixing going on too--the amber switches sometimes had a green translucent diffuser behind the amber lens . . .
Maybe VW did that to decrease the illuminated switch's reflection in the windshield?
Posted by: Kansas 914 Aug 1 2015, 02:39 PM
Both of the inserts carry VW parts numbers.
Mark that is good to know as I need some of each.
Now to do some Googling to get those numbers - cheers!
Posted by: anderssj Aug 1 2015, 03:14 PM
Both of the inserts carry VW parts numbers.
Mark that is good to know as I need some of each.
Now to do some Googling to get those numbers - cheers!
I think the yellow cap was 111 941 543H
hope this helps!
Posted by: PancakePorsche Aug 2 2015, 01:36 AM
My very early 73 is still green. Appeared to be mid year change to yellow.
Posted by: Mark Henry Aug 2 2015, 05:25 AM
My very early 73 is still green. Appeared to be mid year change to yellow.
I wouldn't be surprised if late in 1976, when they got to the bottom of the bin, some green inserts got installed.
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