A few months back, while preparing for the Beetleball, I was in Lordco ordering parts for the '69. After telling my guy the year and parts I needed another customer turned to me and asked "do you need anything else for that '69?". Turns out he had a shed full of VW parts from his racing days. There wasn't any time before the Beetleball, and things got busy as they always do. Today, however, I finally met up with Paul. After shoveling the out the shed in Whistler we started going through the parts. I left much of it there for a future trip, but still scored on the items I took home. Started sorting through the stuff I actually did bring home, as much of it was "oh, I could use that...", 'great - take the box'.
So, here's the rundown... Large photos can be found on my flickr stream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhdynamics/3179389580/in/set-72157612312706056/
The initial stack after unloading into my garage.
First thing I pulled out - an old can of used spark plugs. "uh oh...this is going to be a long evening."
Tin of points and condensers. Most were used, found at least four of each brand new.
The gasket tin...before
And after sorting. Between this and the couple of kits I have, I'm not going to need to order a gasket set for some time!
Electrical Fun!
Not all the parts are used... (this is a headlight relay - low to high beams)
Flasher relays, headlight switches
Hazard switches and more
Aiight, what year(s) are the ivory-knob bits from?
Not my taste, but brand new!
This was one of my "scores of the day".
Awwww yeah. Lang.
I had heard about them here on Airspeed, but now I've got one. And low profile too, thank goodness.
Anyone need a set of Type-2 Mirrors?
I'm keeping the Type-1 mirrors!
My '69 has holes in the dash where the fresh-air controls should be. Now I have a set for the '69
and a set for the next Beetle. This was another of my 'big scores'. I really need a set of the controls to finish off my dash.
My engine in the '69 doesn't have the flaps. This set is complete, slide easily and just need a cosmetic retouch. My third big score for the day, now I just need to find a thermostat mount...and my cooling system will be factory fresh.
There is a lot more I haven't gone through yet. Cylinder heads, fresh air hoses, etc. Not too shabby! Now I just need to find a '59, and the space to store it. Then I can go back for things like the German bumpers and all the early beetle parts
-Dave
