These look so familiar... makes you scratch your head and wonder.
Dan
I can't help but wonder (Brake Drums)
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Posts: 7024 (07/16/08 02:37 PM) Mr. Monte Carlo |
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Posts: 117 (07/16/08 04:14 PM) |
Makes me wonder who is the redneck tardo that would paint brake drums white. But that is just me.
oooooh The winner! Sorry Bro. too easy. Could'nt resist. |
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Posts: 5936 (07/16/08 04:21 PM) Traveling VW ambassador |
Are you thinking Monte Carlo Herbie? A long shot, but it would be cool.
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Posts: 3451 (07/16/08 05:22 PM) Part of the Canadian cabal |
hmm... Curious and more curious. Too bad the seller didn't know where he got them.
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Posts: 181 (07/16/08 06:00 PM) |
that is a bit of a long shot, but an interesting one nonetheless. you can sort of make out white paint on the lugnuts too, which i think would sort of hint at
the possibility of a disney quick spray paint job. very cool find Dan, and no one better than you to investigate these either!
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Posts: 7325 (07/16/08 06:14 PM) Drives a Big One |
Sorry, but it just means someone was lazy when repainting the car, and the wheels...my brake drums are the same, lug nuts and all...still fun to wonder, but an
aweful long shot!
 
Tony, 1967 Beetle (Rusty), Greely, Ontario, Canada
"Aus Liebe zum Automobil" "For the love of the car" Rusty's progress photo album
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Posts: 7025 (07/16/08 06:15 PM) Mr. Monte Carlo |
They just look particularly familiar to me because they're identical to how Herbie #12's brake drums looked when I first got him.
Dan
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Posts: 24619 (07/16/08 06:33 PM) Hometown Herbie
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...and the paint's still mostly there and glossy, so it was decent paint and they were well cleaned before painting.
You never know. Parts is parts. That's how I scored my Herbie glove box door. Complete fluke.
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Posts: 7028 (07/16/08 06:46 PM) Mr. Monte Carlo |
I don't really think they're from an original Herbie (though anything's possible), I just thought the comparison was striking. Dan
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Posts: 1184 (07/16/08 09:37 PM) The Dollar General |
They should not have stopped using that white paint with just the drums. Then car would have held up better.
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Posts: 5066 (07/16/08 09:38 PM) Rocky Mountain Herbie |
Dan53 wrote: I think this comparison is striking:
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Posts: 3453 (07/16/08 11:34 PM) Part of the Canadian cabal |
yup.
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Posts: 962 (07/17/08 03:06 AM) Found by LoveBugFans |
Well, this drums are for the king-pin suspension spindles, right?
The 5 wide drums & the ball joint suspension will be '65 to '67 original drums. If I want to retrofit 5 wide wheels to a newer car I can just bolt on '65 to '67 drums?  
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Posts: 7338 (07/17/08 08:50 AM) Drives a Big One |
Jose - You probably need the ball joint spindle, but I could be wrong...Tim did the conversion on Scruffy...
Tony, 1967 Beetle (Rusty), Greely, Ontario, Canada
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Posts: 36448 (07/18/08 01:59 AM) Didn't get 17 cents.
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Someone just popped off the hubcaps and repaited the rims. It's happened thousand of times, including cars I've owned. (non-Herbies)
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Posts: 24645 (07/18/08 01:00 PM) Hometown Herbie
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No, Doc, I'm sorry.
Jesus, Helen Hayes, and Walt Disney appeared to me in a vision last night and confirmed that these were from an authentic Herbie.
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Posts: 36458 (07/18/08 03:57 PM) Didn't get 17 cents.
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Can't argue with that. BUY THEM AT ALL COSTS.
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Posts: 1002 (07/20/08 07:03 AM) Found by LoveBugFans |
$ 75 U.S. Dlls. (Pay-pal users, 5% more, shipping not included)
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