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Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:39 am

PROTOTYP wrote:

Cars ready for delivery to the Stuttgart RETRO CLASSICS: The Rometsch and the Otto Mathé Fetzenflieger.

I would also be very interested in the batch and what rometsch build number is on there?

Will they also be at the Techno Classica Essen?

Regards
Patrick

Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:19 pm

Hi.

I just come back from Germany. I was ther by Grundman museum and by Prototyp Museum Hamburg. Where I build for Rometsch Porsche Race Car new Wiring harnesse, As you can see it is ready and I was also glad to help to this project and to Thomas and Oliver :) Thanku guy for all :)
I have now next place where I really happy :)

Tomasz Sobkowiak
KdF-service
www.kdf.cp6.win.pl

Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:21 am

hey guys,
your display at the retro classics was pretty impressive. the work you did to the rometsch car in such a short time is stunning! sadly i couldn't find someone to talk to at your display so i have to appreciate your work through here - maybe someday in hamburg ;)
Keep on the good work!

cheers

the rometsch racecar and the mathe racer in the background at display

Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:29 pm

Does anybody know more about the prototype bodies that Rometsch officially made for Porsche?

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_550_Rometsch_Spyder

Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:53 am

SplitPersonality wrote: It gets better...

The unique Rometsch Porsche was built for a little group called "Renngemeinschaft Berlin" in 1952-53, possibly 1954. This was a sort of race team, but with common ownership and shared driving. The car was raced extensively in 54 and 55 and has been found on participant lists at Nurburgring and other known tracks.

Here are some period pictures of both action and victory from a race in the city of Leipzig in 1954. The driver was/is Mr Schroder and it raced in the 1100ccm class.

As can be seen, it has been made more "street smart" over the years, yet the shape and aluminium has survived remarkably good. Notice Porsche A-drums and 16 inch wheels.

It's history is being discovered and researched as we speak - more to be published over at www.rometschregistry.org

thats cool, I was just in Leipzig

Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:36 pm

ho33swesh wrote: PROTOTYP wrote:

Awesome! Which kind of tires did you used on this car...?

looks like my old VREDESTEIN 5,5x16?

Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:54 am

[quote="surfindo
Awesome! Which kind of tires did you used on this car...?[/quote]

looks like my old VREDESTEIN 5,5x16?[/quote]

Not rain tires, not slicks bur intermediate tires like they use now in Formula 1... Halb-afgefahren :lol:

Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:54 am

PROTOTYP:
I do not think we ever heard any build-number for this car... did you find the 3-digit Rometsch build number on it anywhere? What is stamped into the tag/plate that you put on it behinde the seats?

Would be very interesting to know this for the Registry.

Also - if you recorded any such build number on the restored Rometsch Goliath you had on display for a while.

Thank you in forehand.

Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:46 am

the number on the rometsch plate is RS01

the number on the chassis tunnel is still a late 40´s volkswagen chassis number.

the number on the other plate is the one which is mentioned in the papers and was added later for german TÜV when the car was road registered for the first time.

and there is also another number only mentioned in the Rometsch commision books which is owned by Christian and Traugott. There is also the price of the car mentioned in there.

Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:13 am

PROTOTYP wrote: And there is also another number only mentioned in the Rometsch commision books which is owned by Christian and Traugott. There is also the price of the car mentioned in there.
Well, that's interesting! Are you willing to share that information with us?
Probably the costprice in 1952 was only a fraction of what the car is worth today... :wink:

Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:34 pm

I would like to see construction which is under the aluminium body.Very interesting car.Could you ( Prototyp ) share with us about more details of this car.Seams that topic is sleeping from long time :) Any news?

Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:56 pm

What`s the thicknes of the aluminium used for body?

Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:53 pm

Ignore the red arrow.Look on the left corner

Fri May 23, 2014 1:33 am

Rometsch Spyder Replica from the Netherlands:

Wow...lots of hours have gone into this one:
http://www.keversite.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=29059

(well worth to flick through the 16 pages)

Fri May 23, 2014 7:13 am

SplitPersonality wrote: Rometsch Spyder Replica from the Netherlands:

Wow...lots of hours have gone into this one:
http://www.keversite.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=29059

(well worth to flick through the 16 pages)

true, very nice, a little hard to read even for a german, but nice

Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:00 pm

You discovered the build topic of my Rometsch Spyder replica. If there is any interest I will make a topic for my buils in the kitcar section and post the link here ...

Tue Oct 28, 2014 2:50 pm

What is the car nr.46 on first GTI1977 picture, and the one (to ignore...), designed by the red arrow? Is it a sort of Rometsch "copy", by Harry Merkel, or someone else?

Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:00 am

Finished tribute with racing no. 72;

Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:13 am

Looking good - what wheels and tyres have you used?

Cheers,

Dave

Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:24 pm

Front are 15 inch smoothy's drilled with the pattern of the originals, rear are 67 Beetle wheels. Tyres are Camacs 5.20-15 with old style profile.