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Fri May 15, 2020 12:00 am

Barndoor51 wrote: Today "the Swedish Binz" get MOTed and ready for the roads :D

YA!

How did it go??
I need to make the trip to see it when all the Corna is outta here.
Ill be in sweden end of this month :)

Fri May 15, 2020 6:53 pm

I made some repop tags. Acid etched like original. Same size too.

Sat Sep 25, 2021 10:35 pm

When was the last Binz known produced?

Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:11 am

Could someone on here could put me in touch with the owner of #498 please?

I've exchanged emails with Joe (VWHILLS on here) and he told me he sold it to a friend of Everett's in Scottsdale some years ago.

#498 has its original seat base which I believe is correct for #540 which I'm restoring, and I could do with a little more info than I'm finding in pictures online.

Mon Mar 28, 2022 9:46 am

Joe Caraway was the owner but I believe he sold it a couple years ago, I don't know who bought it.

His profile page:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=51793

I think Randy of http://www.oldbug.com might have sold it for him but I am not 100% sure on that.
Joe had 2 of them and I know Randy sold his other one (#169), not sure about #498

Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:26 am

So I hear Binz #44 made it to OCTO over the weekend. Anyone get photos of it?

Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:34 am

It was there:

Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:37 am

Did it have the factory rear seat? Any more photos?

And what was the asking price? I am not in the market, just curious where these are at these days.

Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:47 am

cdennisg wrote: Did it have the factory rear seat? Any more photos?

And what was the asking price? I am not in the market, just curious where these are at these days.

Here are the pics I took. This was in the swap meet section but the owner said it really wasn’t for sale. I asked him is $70k would buy it and he told me that he wouldn’t sell it for that price.

Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:33 am

cdennisg wrote: So I hear Binz #44 made it to OCTO over the weekend. Anyone get photos of it?

Is this the Binz that was $500 in the '90s, in North Dakota? If so, I guess I should have pulled off the hwy and looked at it. :shock:

Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:21 pm

Long-roofs wrote: cdennisg wrote: So I hear Binz #44 made it to OCTO over the weekend. Anyone get photos of it?

Is this the Binz that was $500 in the '90s, in North Dakota? If so, I guess I should have pulled off the hwy and looked at it. :shock:

Yep, sitting next to an agricultural repair shop in West Fargo, ND. The photos I posted a few pages back are from when we found it sitting there @ 1991. The guy was asking $1500 for several years, but it didn't have a title. Last I heard, it sold for $500 when he needed it gone. Went to a school teacher in Thief River Falls MN, then to a guy named Max Lemke whom I had met back in the mid 80's. Max died a few years back, and all of his old VW's and other junk was sold at auction.

Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:05 pm

cdennisg wrote: Did it have the factory rear seat? Any more photos?

And what was the asking price? I am not in the market, just curious where these are at these days.

Reach out to Meno Zenitram of Vdubs Upholstery (easy find on Facebook) - he can answer more questions. It's stored in my shop so we can take pictures if you'd like help to restore yours.

Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:12 pm

Nice one in the classifieds at this moment..nicely done..but out my budget.

Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:41 pm

wedgehead98 wrote: cdennisg wrote: Did it have the factory rear seat? Any more photos?

And what was the asking price? I am not in the market, just curious where these are at these days.

Reach out to Meno Zenitram of Vdubs Upholstery (easy find on Facebook) - he can answer more questions. It's stored in my shop so we can take pictures if you'd like help to restore yours.

I do not have one to restore, I was just hoping to see a nice clear set of photos of exactly what that rear seat looks like. Not too many photos of them out there.

Mon Sep 12, 2022 7:09 am

Binz in recent news.
Not VW but good publicity for Binz and the heritage of the Binz VWs

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/queen-elizabeth-hearse-customized

Mon Sep 12, 2022 7:59 am

GarryA wrote: Binz in recent news.
Not VW but good publicity for Binz and the heritage of the Binz VWs

That looks so strange. A British monarch travelling the last journey in a German built Binz Mercedes...

Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:09 am

Tizian wrote: GarryA wrote: Binz in recent news.
Not VW but good publicity for Binz and the heritage of the Binz VWs

That looks so strange. A British monarch travelling the last journey in a German built Binz Mercedes...

The Prince of Darkness is not known to haunt German vehicles...

Mon Sep 12, 2022 11:34 am

ToolBox wrote: Tizian wrote: GarryA wrote: Binz in recent news.
Not VW but good publicity for Binz and the heritage of the Binz VWs

That looks so strange. A British monarch travelling the last journey in a German built Binz Mercedes...

The Prince of Darkness is not known to haunt German vehicles...

Who? Ozzy?

Mon Sep 12, 2022 8:31 pm

Who.Me? wrote: ToolBox wrote: Tizian wrote: GarryA wrote: Binz in recent news.
Not VW but good publicity for Binz and the heritage of the Binz VWs That looks so strange. A British monarch travelling the last journey in a German built Binz Mercedes... The Prince of Darkness is not known to haunt German vehicles... Who? Ozzy? Lucas

https://mossmotoring.com/prince-darkness-joseph-lucas/

Tue Mar 07, 2023 2:23 pm

Quick question about roof panels... will the rear roof panels for a doublecab fit the rear of a Binz? I don't mind trimming them down if they are oversize but my instincts tell me the rear cab in a Binz might be larger. Does anyone here know if this is so?

Also, any ideas where I can buy the grey tarboard if I need to make my own?