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vw vw1500 skip to main skip to sidebar vw vw1500 sunday july 10 2011 the confusing world of type 3 oil strainers last year i bought an nos type 3 oil strainer when it arrived i realized the design of the strainer was different from the one in my ghia which raised some questions was the one in my car not a type 3 strainer how are type 1 and type 3 strainers different and how are the various type 3 versions different from each other here s the old one from my 62 for comparison it seems to be an oem part with vw and mh mann hummel stamps the vw type 3 workshop manual points to the oil pickup tube diameter as the defining characteristic of the different versions the diameter is larger in the 1500s engine 14mm than it is in the 40hp 12mm and the manual warns of dire consequences if the wrong one is used my car seems to have the 1500 strainer identified by a ridge stamped into the filter screen i then checked a later copy of the parts book and it lists only the following 311 115 175 a to july 1969 111 115 175 b from august 1969 the strainer i bought is 311 115 175 a so according the later parts book it should work 311 115 175 a is just a later development of the strainer design new replacement type 3 strainers also conform to this later design use them with confidence while researching oil strainers i found this note so that s what that open space under the strainer is for the magnetic oil ring was listed in the 1961 parts book as a standard part for the vw 1500 12 they come up for sale every once in a while though the 36hp version 111 115 195 seems much more common than the 40hp 1500 one 113 115 195 i ll buy one eventually if i can track one down posted by scott at 9 23 pm no comments labels nos parts friday june 24 2011 l 469 anthrazit i found this 1 kg can of anthracite lacquer at the vw classic swap meet i ve always told myself that if i saw an original factory can of anthracite for sale i would buy it on first seeing it i assumed it would be completely dry but it s still liquid and fairly full i think my car is trying to tell me what color it wants to be posted by scott at 9 06 pm no comments labels restoration tuesday may 31 2011 california central coast 1500 ghia sighting ivan pang sent me these pictures of a 63 1500 ghia he encountered on the road near san luis obispo in may 1975 it must have had a rough life as it s looking a little the worse for wear for a car that was only 12 years old at the time i wonder if it s still around today one thing a really like about these photos is the fact that more than half of the cars in the background are aircooled either vws or porsches that s just they way it was in california back then if you d like to help increase the aircooled population of san luis obispo in 2011 you should consider joining the type 3 type 34 50th anniversary central coast cruise this fall details are being finalized now so it s time to start planning posted by scott at 10 31 pm no comments labels old photos sunday may 15 2011 getting reacquainted with the front brakes it s been many years since i ve done a front brake job on an old vw the last time the front brakes were done on this car was about 12 years ago when nos wheel cylinders were installed by a local mechanic initially i thought i d be able to get away with a brake fluid flush and adjustment but the right front brakes were locking up stuck wheel cylinder s collapsed brake hose the car has probably only seen 1000 miles since the brakes were done so how bad could things be i was stopped in my tracks soon after starting by an odd thing both lock nuts turned together when i tried to loosen the outer one on the right side that shouldn t happen i didn t have a thin 24mm wrench so had to source one luckily lanner kahn at vdubengineering in canada offers a nice purpose made 24 27mm spindle wrench so i ordered one up once i got things apart the problem was obvious someone had used a larger diameter lock plate from another vw this is the kind of hackery that can cause you to lose a wheel on the road not only that all the expendable parts were shot bearings seals the whole lot luckily with a little help from bill and steve s i was able to find everything i needed to put things right here are the old and new parts for comparison it s as if the last bearing repack was done using only a crow bar and a sledge hammer nothing like seeing someone else s shoddy work to remind you that you re better off doing it yourself turned out it was the wheel cylinders that were the braking problem gummed up from lack of use i cleaned and honed them and i think they ll be all right for awhile though i m going to start searching for another complete set of nos front cylinders just in case posted by scott at 10 01 pm 2 comments labels restoration saturday april 9 2011 early vw 1500 wheels new and improved a few years ago i found five nos vw 1500 wheels they re the early 4 slot version meant only for 1961 63 models unfortunately while nos means new old stock it doesn t necessarily mean cosmetically perfect while these wheels have never been mounted on a car they had picked up some surface rust and shelf wear in the many years they were warehoused off to the powder coater after some online research i decided to use andrews powder coating in chatsworth california they focus on powder coating for cars and motorcycles and they are a supplier to icon that s good enough for me the wheels came back looking like new i had andrews match the oem semi gloss black they masked the lug bolt and brake drum bearing surfaces at no additional charge which saved me the trouble of scraping the paint off later wheels can come loose if these areas are powder coated so it s best to keep them unpainted one interesting thing about these wheels is that they re all factory replacements made after 1964 the newest one has a september 1970 date stamp three of them are safety rims with additional bumps that keep tubeless tires from breaking the bead on very hard cornering i really like the idea that vw was still making parts specifically for the earliest vw 1500s into the 1970s and incorporating safety improvements into them too i still have all five of my ghia s original april 1962 stamped wheels but i ll keep them in storage and use these newer ones on the road i found a very nice used pirelli cinturato cn 36 tire recently and i had it mounted on one of the newly powder coated wheels as a test pirelli has reissued the early 70s vintage cn 36 and i m thinking about buying a set of them for the ghia but since they re slightly wider than the original size 175 15 rather than 165 15 i wanted to see if there were any fit issues there aren t a bit more expensive than the comparable michelin xzx but with an extra helping of awesomeness my car now has a very cool spare posted by scott at 4 56 pm 3 comments labels nos parts restoration vintage performance saturday march 26 2011 we don t need no stinkin badges but we buy them anyway some time ago i found an adac enamel badge commemorating the 40th internationale automobil austellung iaa the 1961 auto show where the vw 1500s were first shown to the public it s an enamel interpretation of the 1961 iaa poster the poster looks great i d really like to find an original one someday but the design was clearly hard to translate into enamel let s just say that it s the kind of thing that could only have been created in 1961 so in that way it s perfect the question now is if i were to install it where would it go normally a badge like this might be mounted on a car s radiator grille but that obviously doesn t apply here on other rear engined cars like porsches badges sometimes get mounted to the rear air intake but the 1500 ghia s flat rear deck doesn t really lend itself to that solution what to do luckily great minds tend to think alike so there are a few other 1500 ghia owners who have already taken up this very same challenge lee hedges opted for the classic vintage vw badge location low on the right side front fender between the wheel opening and the door looks good and it s historically appropriate but the downside is that it requires drilling into the fender making the installation a fairly permanent decision andy holmes chose to mount his badge above one of the front overriders on a custom fabbed bracket this looks great and has the advantage of being close to the traditional location on a front grille or badge bar but there s already a lot going on visually on the front of a 1500 ghia so i m just not sure i m currently leaning toward mounting it on the glove box door i found a good strong magnet that will keep it in place it s not permanent it will keep the badge out of the weather and i ll get to look at it occasionally while i m driving and remind myself of where and when the 1500 ghia had its debut photos by lee and andy of their cars borrowed from other sources posted by scott at 6 08 pm 3 comments labels accessories sunday march 6 2011 the loved one ivan pang sent me these great 1976 photos of his anthracite 62 1500 notchback at forest lawn memorial park in glendale california forest lawn a k a whispering glades to fans of the loved one does a pretty good job of standing in for the old country ivan has been a part of the vintage vw scene in southern california since the early days and he has also made it his practice to photograph interesting cars he has seen in los angeles east side neighborhoods over the years he has owned this particular low mileage notchback since the mid 1970s other than the vintage porsche 356 wheels and hubcaps shod with what appear to be michelin zx radials the car is unmodified from original ivan still has the original vw wheels and hubcaps in storage he says the seats have been protected by factory accessory seat covers since the car was new so the upholstery is in perfect condition i asked about the clear taillight lenses and he says they were that way when he bought the car here s ivan at the wheel on a road trip to san francisco back in the day the notchback has been in long term storage for many years and has seen very few miles since these photos were shot 35 years ago i hope it sees daylight again this year for the 50th anniversary of the vw 1500 posted by scott at 12 19 pm 1 comment labels old photos older posts home subscribe to posts atom historical information about the vw 1500 and a journal of my progress in restoring a 1962 vw 1500 karmann ghia parts i d like to find uncracked 62 type 34 lower dash pad from chassis 0 042 251 or earlier uncracked type 34 upper door pads view by category accessories advertisements articles coachbuilt vws engine overhaul events nos parts old photos press reproduction parts restoration road tests road trips styling tools video vintage performance vw 1500s i have known vw literature blog archive 2011 11 july 2011 1 the confusing world of type 3 oil strainers june 2011 1 may 2011 2 april 2011 1 march 2011 2 february 2011 1 january 2011 3 2010 30 december 2010 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