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1. Poppy

   May 17, 2019 10:40am at 10:40am

   Are those ashtray and knob labels on the dash factory or some tongue-in-cheek stickers from the ’60s? “Das Schmoken Dunker” too funny

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   • Fred w

     May 17, 2019 11:01am at 11:01am

     I remember them well from the JC Whitney catalog!

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   • CCFisher

     May 17, 2019 12:22pm at 12:22pm

     Given Volkswagen’s whimsical, self-deprecating marketing of the day, it would not surprise me if they were both tongue-in-cheek AND factory.

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   • Dean

     May 17, 2019 12:56pm at 12:56pm

     My Javelin’s said “Ash Receiver”

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   • Art Pauly

     May 18, 2019 10:00am at 10:00am

     “Der Putter Sparken” is one I always liked.

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2. Heather Beck

   May 17, 2019 12:30pm at 12:30pm

   Hey those cigarette butts have been in there for decades!!!

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   • Sparkbutt

     May 18, 2019 4:56pm at 4:56pm

     Maybe those cigarette butts are why there’s an estate sale today?

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3. Bultaco

   May 17, 2019 12:55pm at 12:55pm

   Did VWs have gas gauges in ‘58?

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   • Luki

     May 17, 2019 1:43pm at 1:43pm

     58s did not have a gas gauge.
     That is a Dehne accessory aftermarket gas gauge.

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     • Bill the Engineer

       May 18, 2019 6:24am at 6:24am

       The ’58 had a foot lever on the floor that opened a valve to the reserve tank once you ran out of gas in the main tank (while driving.)

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4. Bill the Engineer

   May 17, 2019 4:47pm at 4:47pm

   

   My late Dad had a blue ’58 back in the day.

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5. Cj

   May 18, 2019 9:24am at 9:24am

   Drop in a Porsche 356 power plant and double the horsepower!

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6. 38ChevyCoupeGuy

   May 18, 2019 10:02am at 10:02am

   Wasn’t 57 last year for the oval? ^^ Someone here will surely know.

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   • Lance

     May 18, 2019 10:07am at 10:07am

     Yes it was.

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   • Little Cars

     May 20, 2019 8:10am at 8:10am

     Karmann convertibles kept the oval a while longer….a lot longer. I don’t think it went away on Cabriolets until the mid-60’s. Probably had everything to do with the way those tops were assembled… like Carson custom tops of the day for us ‘Muricans.

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7. Bob McK

   May 19, 2019 2:30am at 2:30am

   This will be worth a lot restored.

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8. DAVID6

   May 19, 2019 9:13am at 9:13am

   😲I HAD 53 1 OWNER, RUNNING, I GAVE
   $35,00 FOR IN 1966, BODY PERFECT
   EVAN THE SYMAPHORS? WORKED
   28 hp, I DROVE FROM LAWNDALE
   CA. 2 POMONA 4 1 YR. GOING UP
   KELLOGG HILL BYE THE TIME I GOT
   2 TOP, PEDAL 2 THE METAL 25mph
   DOWN THE BACK SIDE, TWISTED
   SPEEDO CABLE, NEVER FIXED THAT
   DROVE THE PISS OUT OF IT 4 THREE
   YRS, TRADED IT RUNNING 4 A 750
   HONDA, BAD MISTAKE, TICKET’S 120
   mph ON THE 10

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