Hi Guys n' Gals, I found a really nice "Leftie". I had just ordered a left-hand Vibroplex 100th Anniversary Original when a friend emailed me a URL for a 1951...
Hello everyone! Hard to believe that it's the 3rd Sunday in November already! Before you know it, Thanksgiving will be upon us. So we have something for you...
NAQCC Sprint Wednesday night! This coming Wednesday evening will be the monthly NAQCC Sprint for November, 2008. I will refer you to the proper URL: ...
I'd like to replace the gold-plated brass plate on a Vibroplex Presentation bug. My question is, how difficult is it to replace the rivets which hold down the...
Hi, Jack - While I have not done the operation that you are describing, here is one suggestion. A very narrow punch is going to be hard to obtain, especially...
Hello Jack, Go to any hardware store and purchase a 1/16 inch pin punch. Take it home, and unassemble your bug - you might want to download the exploded...
I'd just like to add to what David has said. I have removed several of these pins. If you're lucky, it will cooperate with your pin punch as David described....
Thanks gentlemen, I appreciate the details in what to do, and what not to do. First I'll have to buy the pin punch. I'll punch the pins only as far as I ...
As I recall, all the Bug parts on top of the Gold Plated Brass Plate (GPBP) act like "nuts". Then the screws go into the Bug parts from the bottom of the...
Present day serial number Vibroplex aren't riveted, they're glued with Duco. That makes them much harder - if not impossible - to restore. Similarly, the "red...
Hi, Dave R. and all - I would like to tap into your expertise regarding maritime history. A group in Indianapolis is in the process of constructing a...
Richard, Here is my recommendation - get a WW2 Vibroplex Lightning Bug (or Original). It is unique as it has jeweled movement in the trunnion, but it has a...
No Glue - understood! First I'll have to flatten out the front lip of the plate (it was caught and bent up a bit by a previous owner), then decide if it will ...
David, May I add a correction: the standard "flameproof" i.e. xxx26003A type keys were not signal light keys, except for the one variant which can be...
Hello All, I was just emailing a friend of mine, Bill, W4HEX and he has a response to this topic. I am attaching it below. We are both bug nuts, along with...
Thank you for the correction, Meir. And indeed the xxx26912B is the one that I was thinking of, but I couldn't find a picture or a description of it anywhere!...
... There's one in the files section of this group -- <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs/files/> -- the actual file is at courtesy of DR himself. 7 3 Earl ...
I was able to borrow a pin punch, which worked very well indeed. After inspecting the gold-plated plate, I decided to buy a new one from Vibroplex because the...
Hi, Jack - To protect against "slips", get a flat piece of metal or plexiglass plastic and drill a hole through it just the diameter of the rivet's head. Put...
I called Vibroplex and I was told they are in the process of changing the vendor who does their chrome and gold plating, so they can't provide a finished gold...
If you don't want to do this, contact Vibroplex and ask them to sell you an unplated brass overlay used on the Presentation model of the Vibroplex Original...
... I suspect they didn't get the results they wanted from the old plater. Remember, they had NUMEROUS "seconds" for poor plating, pitting, etc., during the...
Hello All on this Thread In September I got a old '54 Blue Racer that was in really nice shape except the Paint was peeling off it it was not primed properly...
My new gold-plated brass plate has been plated with "electroless nickel plate, .0003 min thick, followed by bright hard gold plate, .000010 thick". I don't...
