This is my bug how I bought it in 1998 for £1000 ("for that pile
of scrap???" you might ask). The cab was in a horrific state, the
bottom 3 inches all around need replacing. It had been torn apart where
the bolts had rusted and the hood was missing, although a frame was present.
In fact most of the parts were there exept most were in a box.
We were told it was a 59' though it came with a B plate which would make
it 61'. The chassis number was missing (yup, I said missing) though the
Karmann body number was still intact (00000000000?).
In The Beginning!!
As I started to strip the paint off the body I found a LOT of filler,
3/4" in places. I also discovered that the semiphore holes had been
filled and welded at one side while the whole panel had been replaced
at the other. The reason for this we now believe to be that it was in
a major crash in the early 60's and taken off the road. The car must
have been rebuilt using
later (post 59) parts, hence the rear panel had no semiphore hole, and
then re-registered as a B plate. The car has been modernised in other
ways too. The bumpers are incorrect for a 59' model, wrong handles,
catches etc and the colour had changed from Black to Red.
