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eric b
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 12:43 pm    Post subject: do you know what is it? Reply with quote

hello,
I discover this car a few weeks ago, but I have no Idea of what it could be.
Asking the question to the french VW's website, I cant obtain any positive answer.
The "rumor" says it was a car offered by porshe to the best dealers and that there was only ten of them ever build..
The numbers on the body are :1 5(or 7?)26731
engine is 1854467
thanks for your help, and sorry for my bad english
the links to see the picture on the french website:
http://www.flat4ever.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=28572&forum=11&93[/img]
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

looks like someone made a a four doorless no top oval bug. someone may have made 10 or so and stoped. there where hundreds of coach builder customizing vws
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try getting a birth cirt. for it
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

At least two German coachbuilders made police vehicles of this type during the split era (up to 1952). Sometimes they had doors, sometimes not. I have never seen an oval-era version, and this particular example looks pretty crude.

I would guess this car was a one-off custom made for use as a tour, parade, or promotional vehicle, probably in a tropical climate.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

who are this coachbuider? Papler? karman?
this car is not a Karman jolly, this one has two"doors"
this car spent it's life in Cannes, in the Volkswagen/Porsche dealer, and was use to drive customers from or back home...
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Similar but different!!?
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 10:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

almost the same, but this is the "Karman Jolly"
And what is mine???
A new information confirm that an unknown coachbuilder made a few and that ther were all delivered in France..
Could someone tells me more about it???
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