@imperial posted:Originally there were Hazel stamped ones and VW stamped ones from Germany ,
Empi just sent on of those to China to copy ,
There was also a company making replica VW ones with VWs blessing , but that was probably 20 plus years ago
I think I first started getting interested in them as the pre-EMPI reproductions were becoming scarce. You could still find them on The Samba and eBay for ~$200. But I was still hoping one of my brothers would confess to having ours rat-holed somewhere. By the time I gave up, the EMPI ones were all that was available, other than the odd OEM one for $750-$1,000.
ps: it’s Hazet, not Hazel.