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blue star
Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 15:47
by xriss
anybody ever come accross a genuine bluestar syncro,was there ever any produced...

Re: blue star
Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 20:43
by syncropaddy
xriss wrote:anybody ever come accross a genuine bluestar syncro,was there ever any produced...

AFAIK 2WD only, like Redstar and Whitestar
Re: blue star
Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 20:44
by xriss
hmmm was thinking much the same andrew...but hey one never knows
Re: blue star
Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 20:47
by syncropaddy
xriss wrote:hmmm was thinking much the same andrew...but hey one never knows
Well I once heard that the Bluestars and Redstars were offered to VW employees a special prices but I dont know how true that is. Maybe in Germanyland someone did a conversion .....
Re: blue star
Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 20:50
by ..lee..
didn`t the syncrospares boys build a bluestar syncro.
Re: blue star
Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 21:02
by xriss
yeh i guess no wasent an option form vw back in the day eg like the three one off caravelles in electric blue that were put together for franz beckinbuer sepp myier (1974 world cup goal keeper with the large hands) and the head of the shop floor @ hannover cant recall his name,i thnk paul aka sir 2 u has one of the three or did have, there is a pic also in the "schrader typen chronik" vw transporte book of a nice jagdwagen tristar set up...wonder what ever became of it...ahh well moment of nerdness overwith for today

Re: blue star
Posted: 12 Apr 2012, 21:21
by xriss
correction not caravelles...three carat's in blue full leather etc etc
Re: blue star
Posted: 13 Apr 2012, 07:55
by jes*b
[quote="sepp myier (1974 world cup goal keeper with the large hands) [/quote] Unlike Alan Rough Sepp Maier was one of the true greats and along with German company Reusch developed the first pairs of goalie gloves. I think I read he used to wear oversized gloves and put plastic tips in the ends for extra reachability. Also wore silly long shorts and sometimes mitten style gloves.

Re: blue star
Posted: 17 Apr 2012, 10:12
by syncro4wd
Hi,
There is a blues mettalic syncro 14" with an original bluestar interior in the Netherlands. Its also used on broschyres from VW but the name Bluestar was never put on it! It came original with this interior.
Besides the 3 carat syncro 16" you mentioned there are between 20-40 syncro 14" produced with carat interior and a few are delivered with oettinger specs.
Erwin
Re: blue star
Posted: 17 Apr 2012, 10:30
by hugomonkey
how hard is the conversion?? if i have a donor syncro??
Re: blue star
Posted: 17 Apr 2012, 13:04
by KarlT
Never mind that old chestnut, But can you have 3 one-offs?

Re: blue star
Posted: 17 Apr 2012, 21:25
by Roving Rich
AFAIK, VW never built one.
Syncrospares have certainly built one and reinforced it to syncro spec. Jon claimed it was the only Bluestar Syncro in existence.
Cheers
Rich
Re: blue star
Posted: 18 Apr 2012, 15:49
by syncropaddy
Roving Rich wrote: Jon claimed it was the only Bluestar Syncro in existence.
You can convert a Syncro to Bluestar using Bluestar stuff and you can convert a Bluestar to Syncro but it will never be a Bluestar as VW never made them. By claiming its "the only Bluestar Syncro in existence" simply shows what you are dealing with.