Kamei on Standard

[72marinablue]

Does anyone have any pictures of Kamei spoilers mounted on standard beetles? I have seen lots on supers but not very many on standards. Also, will a kamei spoiler meant for a super beetle fit on a standard? I am willing to modify the spoiler slightly but want to know if there are any dimensional differences.

The car I want a spoiler on.

[oasis]

Standards and Supers used the same bumpers in the same corresponding years -- at least that's so in the US. The Kamei spoilers I have seen including the one on my dearly departed were meant for 1968-73 model year standards and Supers.

I have heard there are Kamei spoilers for later year, big bumper standards and Supers (US reference again), but I have not seen them and I don't know if they are still being made or only available in vintage form.

Years ago, SBO! had a group buy (they're up to their seventh or eighth group buy by now), and I remember seeing someone having a simple but effective adaptation of a 1968-73 spoiler on a later bumper.

If I go to theSamba later today, I will search their gallery for a standard with a spoiler. I can't imagine there's not at least one photo there.

[chug_A_bug]

this is my 74 but without bumpers and Still need to fined a better way to mount it...

http://s41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...99634_2048.jpg

[snader]

aren't there any spoilers for bugs without bumpers?


(sorry for my bad english)

[72marinablue]

Thanks for the pictures and info so far guys! Post up more pictures if you have them.

[oasis]

Much to my surprise, I did not see one pic of a Kamei spoiler on a standard at theSamba or anywhere else. There was one standard with a homemade spoiler that was Kamei-like, but somewhat thinner.

Kamei did make an earlier spoiler that did not attach to the bumper. I have never seen one but there are vintage ads are around. The thing looks like something from a pre-Goldfinger Bond movie.

[oasis]

I didn't want to give up so this is best I could find so far ...

Here's the home-made one:


Sorry for the small pics but this one has "Jose" -- a Mexican standard with a Kamei.

I stumbled across this special edition from South Africa, too. I don't think it is a Kamei, but it is close.

Here is the vintage one in a museum:


Then, there were these two eerie pics from a German site. They are from a 1302, not a standard. What was eerie for me is this is a German version of my dearly departed. Shantung yellow -- a one-year only color. Notice the un-American turn signals? Mine didn't have the extra driving lights, but they were planned. Mine had BBS wheels. The tail lights are un-American, too. Still, very eerie ...

[72marinablue]

Thanks for looking. I came up with similar results. I guess I'll just have to try it out for myself.

[SilverBullet]

Remmele Blue bug has a front spoiler attached to the body, if you can find the article in volksworld or VW speed, there are pictures of this bug with 3.1 T4.

[chug_A_bug]

Seen this Posted on Ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-U...Q5fAccessories

Chris.

[72marinablue]

Actually I just won it!!!

Do you think 190.00 is steep?

[chug_A_bug]

that Seems ok I payed $200 SOmething for my Carbonfiber one from CarbonJoe....


Chris.

[72marinablue]

Well we will soon have picture documentation of what a Kamei front spoiler looks like on a standard.

[oasis]

Originally Posted by 72marinablue

Actually I just won it ... Do you think 190.00 is steep?

No. And congrats!

Originally Posted by 72marinablue

Well we will soon have picture documentation of what a Kamei front spoiler looks like on a standard.

[Joel]

heres the only pic i could find in my GL folder of a kamei on a standard bug