Mine is a stock 72 and it does indeed have the raised area for the emblem. Mike Morehouse On Jun 27, 2015 12:48 PM, "rayvwbug via VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sounds like you have a 73 or newer hood. 68-72 all had the raised area > for the emblem, > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bert Knupp <[email protected]> > To: Vintage VW Air-Cooled Discussion Group <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Jun 27, 2015 12:58 pm > Subject: [vintagvw] Hood VW emblems > > Volks, > I have just replaced the Brazilian front hood on my 1970 with a beautiful, > straight 1972 German standard hood. I stripped it, then had it painted. It > actually fits. But now my VW emblem’s pins will not fit into the hood > holes. On the Brazilian hood, there were three little vinyl or > polyethylene plastic sleeves (Tüllen) that the pins fit into. > The “new” (’72) hood has smaller holes (appx 3 mm) that are slightly > more closely spaced (their radius is about 1 mm smaller) that hose of the > emblem (which is a 113 852 601 B). The location is flat, not raised; > does that suggest it was an aftermarket hood? Is there a different VW > emblem I should be hunting? I hate to start carving and drilling on a > newly-painted hood. > Bert Knupp > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
