[T3] Beauty Rings

[Dave Hall]

All our aluminium brightwork - window trims, side trim, wheel trim and
badges - is adodised and polished.  I think the door sill trim plate is
maybe just anodised.  The later sill (rocker) trim strip is stainless steel.
Other shiny bits are chrome-plated (on nickel and copper plating) onto steel
or zinc alloy castings.  Higher spec vent-wing frames and vertical
separating bar are stainless steel.

Our 1964 1500S Variant had the grey valve protections on the trims.  I think
the other design may have had rolled over edges for that opening.

No wonder the parts cost so much!

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Forsmo
Sent: 02 July 2013 01:54
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Beauty Rings

>Yes, because it's an electrolytic dip process. It's hard to dip just 
>one side. There are places who do anodizing in Milwaukee and also Green 
>Bay. I don't think there are any in Madison. I don't know if there are 
>problems with re-anodizing.

Jim, do you have the anodizing source names?

>I probably have a few of these somewhere. They would just be Monets (as 
>in, they look good from a distance, but not close up) but that's all 
>you need for a car.

What?  Are you referring to Oscar-Claude Monet ... as in the impressionist
painter?
Having been trained as an artist, art teacher, commercial artist, I happen
to think Monet's paintings look great up close, as well as at a distance.
I want MY beauty rings to look close up.  "all you need for a car"?
It's not JUST a car; it's a Type 3.  :-)

>VW had different part numbers for trim rings for beetles and for type 
>3s. The real VW ones have the # stamped near the inner edge. But they 
>had at least 2 different versions, probably from different vendors and 
>probably supplied in parallel at the same time. So just getting another 
>original one from another '69 Type 3 does not guarantee getting a 
>match.

My "originals" have a very small part number stamped in the edge.
I'll have to look at them and make a record of the VW number.

>The major difference I can remember is whether they had the grey rubber 
>grommet around the valve stem hole or not. Some did, some didn't. Both 
>were OE.

All of my beauty rings DO have the gray rubber grommet in the valve stem
hole.

And, Dave, thanks for your input.
So after the aluminium is anodized, the anodized surface can be polished?

Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
Rockport, TX (winter)
Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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