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Hello All,
I am the latest owner of this 1976 VW (IRS, ball joint front end) based Apal speedster.The car now resides in Western Australia but came to Australia from the USA.Car has the original low-bow hood and glass side windows.
I know it's a long shot but I would love to trace its history.Gauges might help to identify it (VDO gold and cream).Perhaps the reversing light is unique? Since arriving here the car has had replica Mangle wheels, a Monza exhaust and different seats fitted by the PO.

Thanks,
Phillip
1957 Apal(Speedster)
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Hello All,
I am the latest owner of this 1976 VW (IRS, ball joint front end) based Apal speedster.The car now resides in Western Australia but came to Australia from the USA.Car has the original low-bow hood and glass side windows.
I know it's a long shot but I would love to trace its history.Gauges might help to identify it (VDO gold and cream).Perhaps the reversing light is unique? Since arriving here the car has had replica Mangle wheels, a Monza exhaust and different seats fitted by the PO.

Thanks,
Phillip

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Hi Troy,
Would that be it's lack of protrusions perhaps ?:)
PS: Having looked at the photos of your car I would have to say that for me your car...doesn't look wrong, it looks very nice and may I ask what sort of muffler you have on it? -I would like to source something similar for mine with its 1700cc type 1 to replace the Monza exhaust.
PPS: Don't wish to hijack the thread, just can't see how to send a PM.
Which pic do you speak of, Troy?
I can say if it's the 1st, you may be noticing the difference of the front fenders and the headlights. IIRC, the molds in England were modified to raise the headlights higher on the fender due to some regulation. You can see more space between the horn grilles and the headlights as opposed to ours here in the colonies.
Not sure if the beehives are placed properly but they look ok to me where they are.

~WB
Philip.
I was just jerking your chain because of what you said about widebodies in that newbies thread. You have a nice car and there is nothing "WRONG" with it!

My muffler.
It depends on which picture you are looking at. If it's any of the pictures on my website, it's a Tri- Mil, but it was replaced about a year ago (when I had a header made) with a MagnaFlow or something like that.

By the way. Welcome to the madness!
Troy
The @ is already there. I don't know why others didn't type this instead of "at sign" or "at symbol"

In any case, you don't need to add @, just delete ANTIVIRAL.

According to Wikipedia, both at sign and at symbol are used.

The (@) amphere sign is known by various names in English, including "at sign","at the rate", "at symbol", "at mark", "commercial at" or "ampersat". This is not to be confused with the ampersand.

In Italian, the symbol is informally called the "snail" (chiocciola); its French name is "arobase" or sometimes "arrobe" or "arobe" (from the arroba, an old Spanish and Portuguese unit of weight); in Dutch it is called the "(little) monkey-tail" (apenstaartje); in Hebrew, it is informally called Strudel ("שטרודל"); in Japanese it is the "at mark", and similarly, in German it is called the "at symbol" or "spider monkey" (Klammeraffe); and in Chinese, it is known as the "little mouse".[1] In Spanish and Portuguese it is the symbol for arroba, an archaic unit of weight, and in some Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries it is still pronounced this way, even when related to an email address.

In Russian, the symbol is informally called the "dog" (sobaka (собака)) or "doggie" (sobachka (собачка)). The Finnish sometimes call the symbol "miukumauku" (meow meow) owing to the symbol's resemblance to a cat and its tail. In Bulgarian it is called "maimunka (маймунка)," "little monkey" and in Polish, it is called "małpa," meaning "monkey," for its resemblance to a monkey with its arm extended over its head.

In Swedish and Danish the sign is known as the "snabel-a" (literally trunk a), owning to the resemblance between the sign and the trunk of an elephant. In Norwegian the term most commonly used is "kr
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