Wind-up Bugeye

[HealeyRick]

Remember when JC Whitney used to sell wind-up keys for "foreign cars"? This shot was taken in Palm Springs in 1960 (credit Robert Doisneau). Note the factory fitting of the bonnet.

 

[number6]

I seem to remember the first time I saw anything like that, it was on a VW bug.

 

[Gliderman8]

I always thought that's how the rear engine models worked.

 

[Boink]

They're still available: https://www.windupkey.com/

 

[nomad]

They're still available: https://www.windupkey.com/

Only now it has gone high tech!

Kurt.

 

[Boink]

Expensive too. There are cheap ones out there but they don't rotate.

 

[HealeyRick]

The JC Whitney ones just had a suction cup on the bottom.

 

[Boink]

The JC Whitney ones just had a suction cup on the bottom.

The makers of the new (fancy, electrical) one discuss the various means of attachment. Magnets and suction cups don't work (well, at speed).

 

[SaxMan]

Still see them periodically on the new Beetle. That would be a fun little option to have, especially since the paint on Baby Blue's trunk lid is already faded.