Heb 201 Still For Sale!

2009 was a great Hebmüller year! Some nice examples came up for sale. This one is still for sale (1 2 3 4). If I’m not mistaken the seller bought another Hebmüller that was offered on TheSamba a while ago so he decided to sell this one. It needs some metal work as previous owners installed a Karmann Ghia dashboard somewhere in the mid ’70s. It also has an incorrect pan, engine and gearbox. These are from 1957. The good part is that this car will be delivered with the correct parts, like a standard pan complete with axles, wheel drums and gearbox, a 25 hp engine, new chromed bumpers and guards, windows and new wooden rear window frame, original 1949 tail lights, original rear fenders and many more… Still for sale for € 62500…

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…

KdF Era Delivery Van

I came across this original picture on Ebay a while ago showing what appears to be the type 88  KdF era delivery van (see Chris Barber’s book page 191). It must have been built somewhere in the early 40’s and was based on a Kübelwagen chassis. Note the banana style bumper at the front. This was not the only pick-up type car Volkswagen produced during the war but these models never became high figure production cars. Even after the war Volkswagen never developed a pick-up type Beetle. Coachbuilt company Beutler built some pick-ups and another coachbuilder named Fischer converted some Ovals into pick-ups. I wonder what happened to the KdF one on the picture. Is it still among us? who knows…

Want a Hebmüller?

And not just the average type 14A but the ultra rare type 18A police convertible ( 1 2 3 ). When was the last time you saw such a rare car? This is definitely the chance of a lifetime as it’s up for sale right now. According to the ad on http://www.elevenparts.com/ it was built in 1949 and will be delivered with German papers. I’d love to see this one getting a full restoration by professionals  and bring it back to its former glory. Apart from some incorrect parts it looks like a good restoration base. Does anyone know how many of these are still with us today? Probably not more than a dozen. How about the price? A bargain? Nah, I don’t think so…