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Diecastmolester wrote:The bus is way too clean to be messed with.

Ghosty.

The oval window VW looks way too good to mess with! Who made it?

Dinky. And it's a not very good repaint. I thusly shall mess with it.

Diecastmolester wrote:It's a not very good repaint.

In that case, it absolutely deserves better. Only just before I started typing this post did I notice it has semaphores cast in...very cool!

The semaphores prevailed in Germany until 1957, when they were replaced by indicators. By then, the Beetle had the rectangular rear window.
The reverse logic is, that all oval window Beetles had semaphores.
It looks like the example I have is a late one what with its spun wheels.

Diecastmolester wrote:The reverse logic is, that all oval window Beetles had semaphores.

The Beetles that were sent Stateside had indicators after 1955 (the "bullet" type also used on Buses and Karmann-Ghias). Some European countries got Beetles with semaphores until 1959.

Those bloody foreigners.

I know! Sometimes being an American is a pain in the rear...

I had a '55 VW with canvas sunroof and semaphores. They still worked great. I did the proverbial body off pan full restoration on her in the early 70's. Kept it for a few years and got a pretty penny for the car when I sold it. Wish I still had it today.