Re: [T3] Insane Prices

[Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>]

<x-flowed>They would probably be legal all over Europe with orange bulbs on the 
inside. I believe our cars are old enough to not need the little E-code, 
but since they are from Italy, they could still have the e-code. You can 
get all white lenses big-nose lenses from several German VW stores.

PerL
73 Variant L


Daniel Baum wrote:

> I wonder how many countries there are where it's actually legal to drive
> with those lenses.
>
>
> Daniel Baum
> 1969 Type 34 automatic
> http://www.qldesign.com/type34
>
>
>
> > I could go either way with something like this.
> >
> > Now, if you paid this kind of money for every part you bought
> > for your restoration/customization, well, heh, yeah, that's pretty
> > dumb.
> >
> > On the other hand, as far as I know, these lenses are very
> > rare.  I have never seen a set on a car, in thousands of classifieds,
> > or among the wares being hawked by many hundreds of swap meet
> > vendors.  I know that personally, I'm seeing them at a rate of about
> > one pair every fifteen years. ;)
> >
> > If somebody woke up this morning and decided that they wanted
> > to come up with another set of lenses like this, I bet that without
> > some incredible luck, it's going to take many hours of
> > posting/searching thesamba, mailing lists, ebay, and club
> > newsletters, combing through swap meets, making phone calls to local
> > shops, and so on.
> >
> > So, if these lenses really tickled your fancy, would it be
> > worth ten, twenty, fifty hours of your time to track down a set?  If
> > so, then $150 would probably be worth it to you.
> >
> > Personally, I wouldn't put these particular lenses on my car
> > if they were given to me for free.  I sure would like to be the eBay
> > seller on that auction, though -- I would be making two people very
> > happy, I'm sure. ;)
> >
> > -Greg
> > (...who recently spent a stupid amount of [gift] money on a NOS
> > rubber floor mat in beige, perfectly matched to his beige Beetle!)
> >
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