My 71 bus came with two replacement door handles. One, as illustrated by letter "G" as shown on
Are there other, better, handles?
aha! I couldn't see that description matching a door handle and now I see why. I personally consider that to be a window knob, but the name is unimportant. What's important is that I've had to purchase a number of those l'il doodads over the past 17 years and I can't remember any of them as having been very sturdy - which is why I've purchased so many of them.
Stoxk ones. All the aftermarket ones are crap, just like the replacement mirrors. Unless you can find NOS, I would call Interstate VW in San Marcos and see if they can set you up with a set.
--Dan E
That's the second time someone has mentioned Interstate -- what's the scoop on those guys? What do they do differently than, say, Aircooled?
So the replacement mirrors are total crap? I bought 2 for my Bus from Bus Boys...... think I should scuff the chrome and paint them they are that bad?
.....................They're a really big VW salvage yard.
Used parts aren't sold by Aircoole.Net
Kewl. Shades of my ill-spent youth -- poking around a junkyard looking for a used but functioning generator or something.
Crap is a relative thing(no,my relatives are not crap).Some reproduction parts are somewhat lacking,but look all right for a driver.My bus came with several sets of mirrors(as an example).They all look presentable and fit.The old german ones shine up best though.The "spare set"(brazil or?) are just that.If the need ever arises they are better than nothing.The more important things,motor,electrical,brake parts OEM is best.But even here,Bosch rebuilds quality is suspect lately.Steve
We talking window winder handles??? Ford Sierra door handles fit. Very handy if you live in the UK, Europe, NZ or OZ - they are all rusty pieces of shit :-) I believe the Merkur (sp?) XR4i was sold in the US - it's a sierra. The handles fit straight on, and are a lot bigger - you'll never break one!
Allan :-)
Cool Idea.This forum has some original thinkers.Steve
I still do that. For fun!
Go to your local wrecking yard and grab all the Rabbit window cranks. Look for the 4 doors and grab the rear ones, they were not used as much. A neat thing about Rabbit cranks, they came in different colors.
Uh -- I do, too. Mental vaporlock when I wrote the original post.
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