Knobs or pulls for early cars

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John Wurner
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Knobs or pulls for early cars

#1 Post by John Wurner »

I have these items and dont quite know where they go.
Earyy glove box?
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Re: Knobs or pulls for early cars

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John, those are for the T1A ash tray.
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#3 Post by John Wurner »

Thank you, Adam.
My earliest car is a 58 T-2.
Did the ash tray have the same knobs?

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These pull knobs and in-dash body color-painted front ash trays phased out around mid-57. The late 57 T2 brought the under dash with chrome pull handle style ash tray. Some very early ‘transition’ T2s may have had the T1 style ash tray.
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Adam Johnson wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:39 pm John, those are for the T1A ash tray.
This style pull was also used for pre-A glove boxes (coupes only) and ashtrays beginning with the model year 1954. The 1955 parts catalog lists knobs available in ivory, beige or grey; typically matching the steering wheel color. According to Dr. Johnson's ver. IV, a very few late 356A and all 356B and later cars had black knobs. Earlier cars used mostly Volkswagen sourced knobs and pulls - all ivory in color.

1955 catalog of spare parts, illus. 39
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1955 coupe, May '55
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1953 cabriolet, Aug '53
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