 Backpad light, Is a correct light available? |
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| 914sgofast2 |
 May 20 2022, 02:09 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 613 Joined: 10-May 13 From: El Dorado Hills, CA Member No.: 15,855 Region Association: None  |
QUOTE(wonkipop @ May 19 2022, 01:58 AM)  exact same light is in a 70s beetle beyond a certain date. its a junkyard job if you want to find an original one. go look for beetles. good luck. otherwise get the repro with the black switch. @StarBear is right i believe. its been a while since i was in the back of mine but that backpad has been repaired i think. probably fibreboard let go and got chewed up from replacing melted lights too many times. Don't know about where you live, but out here in California you don't find any VW Bugs in the junkyards anymore. They are worth too much. |
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| burton73 |
May 20 2022, 02:42 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,486 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California 
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Who really cares? These stupid lights get way too much conversation. Just put in what you can get new for a low, fare price and leave these special lights for the concourse guys. You can keep looking for the unicorn light and can move on to more important things
Most guys have so much else wrong with their cars I guess picking on a little light make some guys feel better. Best to you 914 Brothers Bob B I do not know where I got these lights but the price was around $10 i few years ago   (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stirthepot.gif) |
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| TJB/914 |
May 20 2022, 02:49 PM
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Mid-Engn. Group: Members Posts: 4,325 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Plymouth & Petoskey, MI Member No.: 346 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Now paint that black switch white for CW (IMG:style_emoticons/default/w00t.gif) I have a broken one with a white switch if wanted (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif) Tom |
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| TJB/914 |
May 20 2022, 02:53 PM
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Mid-Engn. Group: Members Posts: 4,325 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Plymouth & Petoskey, MI Member No.: 346 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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| Front yard mechanic |
May 20 2022, 03:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,153 Joined: 23-July 15 From: New Mexico Member No.: 18,984 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(TJB/914 @ May 20 2022, 12:53 PM) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) I have the same light 8.99 |
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| wonkipop |
May 20 2022, 04:17 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,238 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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QUOTE(914sgofast2 @ May 20 2022, 02:09 PM) QUOTE(wonkipop @ May 19 2022, 01:58 AM) exact same light is in a 70s beetle beyond a certain date. its a junkyard job if you want to find an original one. go look for beetles. good luck. otherwise get the repro with the black switch. @StarBear is right i believe. its been a while since i was in the back of mine but that backpad has been repaired i think. probably fibreboard let go and got chewed up from replacing melted lights too many times. Don't know about where you live, but out here in California you don't find any VW Bugs in the junkyards anymore. They are worth too much. i guess so. they are still to be found here in up country junkyards. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) but not in numbers like 30 years ago. beetle kooks don't do resto here. they build slammed empi part look-a-likes and wear mouth guards on the drive to cars and coffee. 70s bugs/super bugs are considered un-interesting. you will find the lights in those. buses - a different matter. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) thats a tip for those guys who want to go find one without paying $3,000 on ebay. they are out there and are not unicorns. nor special to 914s. but they weren't on anything except 914s and beetles. the type 3 light is the same as the 911 light burton73 has put up. its a nicely made light and there are plenty around either repro or second hand. with a bit of mucking around they fit in too. probably should have been the light they put in 914s to begin with but were penny pinching at VW. burton's light looks pretty good --- it will probably last 50 years without breaking. |
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