Rare Vintage Rally Accessory

On http://forums.pre67vw.com/ I came across these pictures of a nice Zwitter. The owner has added some really nice accessories to it, especially the  front hood. Ever seen three head lights on a bug? No? Just take a look at this picture. A very nice accessory, don’t you think? When was the last time you saw a front hood like that? This rare Volkswagen accessory could be found on rally bugs in the early fifties. This Zwitter was seen on a local VW event in Bad Rappenau, Germany. The owner is also working on a pre A Porsche 356 engine for it. Talking about a real vintage race monster! It certainly left me with some questions… Who made this accessory and is this the only car known fitted with a rally front hood or do more examples exist today?

Gründmann To The Rescue!

It finally arrived at the right place. The VW38 prototype is now part of the vintage VW collection of the Gründmann family located in Hessisch Oldendorf. The rumor goes this car and an April 1943 KdF Type 92 Beetle were traded for a fully restored 1943 KdF Beetle. Good deal? I think so, because they have the parts (maybe not all, but a lot), the skills (check out their other cars) and the knowledge (impressive collection and of course good connections) to give these cars the restoration they deserve.  Hope to see these cars at the Vintage VW Show in Hessisch Oldendorf in June this year. I wonder at what stage the restoration of these cars will be when the show starts. More pictures can be found on their new web site http://www.vw38.de.

1951 Rometsch Coupe

Drews Delivery Van

What a rare car! I haven’t seen this one before. It was built by coachbuilt firm Drews located in Wuppertal, Germany. Look at that strange front bumper. It doesn’t seem to be a VW part. I found this picture on http://www.sv-drews.de/. You can see some more interesting pictures when you click on the ‘Historie’ and ‘Presse Oldtimer’ buttons. The only thing I have in my collection related to Drews is an original brochure of the VW based Drews convertible. Only one car exists today. Reprints of this brochure are available. I had one but sold it when I received the original one…

Another Hebmüller Sold

And take a look at that price! 10.000 Swiss Francs, approximately 6600 euro. What a bargain! But… It eventually sold for more than double the price it was offered for. The lucky buyer sold it again and earned some extra money. The car is now located somewhere in Germany. It has body number 455 and appears to be in fair condition. I found this interesting story on http://forums.pre67vw.com/. The owner of this site missed the chance of a lifetime. He is looking for a real Heb for a while now. Maybe next time… They are still out there and show up once in a while for affordable money…