Zwitter found in Iceland

[ice-beetle]

Hi guys, I just got a Zwitter here in iceland, one of three spilts we have here
the numbers below the identify plate in the front reads 377676, does that mean that it is a 1952 model?
Can somebody help me :/
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low and slow

1973 Brasilia

[usariemen]

If that´s the body number it is a january 1953.
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Master of my domain!

[Porsche904]

Cool, a Zwitter from Iceland sounds intresting, let us see some pics and history please

[AlanInMass54]

The owner asked if I could help him get pictures of the car on here, here it is:

[ice-beetle]

thank you very much Alan
yes here is the car, it is pretty bad, Iceland does not love old car at all hehe
but I will get most of the repair panels in june,
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low and slow

1973 Brasilia

[Porsche904]

[ice-beetle]

thank you porsche 904, the tank is there, doors and W decklid,I have most of the glass, the rear seats, no gearbox, no engine, no front beam, no gauges, but I have allot of stuff, I don´t think I will make this car original, I want to make him my own, but nothing crazy either
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low and slow

1973 Brasilia

[Martin Southwell]

Any interesting history with the car? What do you mean when you say Iceland doesn't like old cars? People don't like them, or the climate?

[joshbuchan]

Pretty much have to paint it Iceland green then right?

[AlanInMass54]

I meant to ask - what is that cylinder thing in the front there on the shelf behind the front apron?

[peter schepens]

[Patty B.]

Very cool!

[tisius]

[ice-beetle]

hehe it´s the climate that hates cars
I don´t know the story of the car that well, but I do know this, the owner I bought it from, got this car in ca 1955, it was his first car, in 1966 he traded it for a Ford Bronco. The car went from owner to owner until someone took the engine, gearbox, interior and almost everything else from the car, put the car on a field, there it stood for about 30 year, it has been shot at. the in 2000 the guy buys it back and stores it, it has taken me about 4 years to buy this car.
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low and slow

1973 Brasilia

[DDub]

Worse cars then that have been put back together. Looks like you have an interested helper.

[Martin Southwell]

You say that the Icelandic climate isn't very kind to cars, but this one has been sitting in a field for 30 years, and so can't be that bad. Most other places, and there wouldn't be anything left of it, whether used for target practice or not.

It's a very good basis, that's why you bought it, and most people would be happy to have it in their garage.

[Bruce]

[bwaz]

Google says 323,000... Not that tiny

[ice-beetle]

yes the car isn´t as bad as it seems, but you guys are right, Iceland is really small, it takes about 11 hours to drive around it but I still haven´t found the owner who took the car apart :/
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low and slow

1973 Brasilia

[oldbusboy]

... any updates?

Trevor
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1968 porsche