Hey Jim,

Got a pic of a sapphire v he
http://www.geocities.com/veedub1967/sapphirev.jpg

As for the crank knobs, I got a pair from germany but just simply too
precious to put on as i believe they crack easily.. no wonder vw changed
them after a year.. I'm pretty confident they're the right ones as the user
manual shows them to be chrome and black..:
http://www.geocities.com/veedub1967/7.jpg Anyway, wolfsburg west claims to
have reproed them, but they're never in stock! :
http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/De...?ID=113837581e

Thanks for all the much valued info!

Ken


"Jim" > wrote in message
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> Monday, February 14 2005, @ 10:01 AM (-0800 GMT)
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> I've only seen Sapphire IV and Sapphire VI "ALL TRANSISTOR," made by
> Bendix, here in the U.S. I suppose, like you say, the Sapphire V is
> here also, it has to be, but I've never seen one. Both the IV and the
> VI are EXACTLY as you describe below. Both have fake "chrome" buttons
> and knobs. Judging by what I've seen over many years, the "IV," which
> is AM only, was the most popular. Only a small percentage of Bugs had
> the "VI," which was AM/FM. The reason for that, I suspect, (other than
> a higher price), was that in 1966/67, there were relatively few FM
> radio stations here.
>
> The window crank knobs you show on your web page "look" original,
> certainly more original than the smaller diameter black plastic after
> market types I had. I've never seen the originals. I've just been told
> they are "rubbery" and large diameter just like the dash knobs. I
> assumed they were all black. I'm surprised to see yours
> are/silver/black.
>
> Jim
>
> http://www.ClassicVWBug4Sale.info
>
> Many fotos - many links - many pages. <g>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:11:10 GMT, "veedub1967" >
> wrote:
>
>>Thanks for that. Sapphire was only available to the US market, while UK
>>and
>>Asia were offered Blaupunkts and Beckers. I'm rather confused, I thought
>>67's in the US used Sapphire V, which had chrome buttons and chrome knobs.
>>
>>As for the door knobs, were the ones I have on the site orignal? I had
>>those
>>on my car when I bought them, and I managed to find another pair at a swap
>>meet when I was in the US for a holiday. They have a tendency to bend over
>>time, but I got spares!
>>
>>Thanks again, and please clarify if you can..
>>
>>Ken
>>
>>"Jim" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> Monday, February 14 2005, @ 6:28 AM (-0800 GMT)
>>>
>>> I've seen pics of the black knobs. My '67, which I just sold, had the
>>> original black knobs on the radio, but "after market" types on the
>>> doors. The original door knobs were rather large in diameter, about an
>>> inch I believe. Finding these original door knobs is virtually
>>> impossible in the U.S.. I tried with no success. I did manage to find
>>> an original Sapphire VI AM/FM radio but it took quite a while and cost
>>> a pretty penny.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13 Feb 2005 19:54:17 -0800, "bill may" > wrote:
>>>
>>>>dont forget 1967 one year only generater(push on terminals),3 differant
>>>>inside door lock knobs.
>>>
>>
>