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AlteWagen Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:45 pm

finster wrote: erm...this is a hebmuller not a karmann...

Always appreciate the input. Im learning new stuff every day and losing my eyesight at the same speed.

I wish someone would do a similar thread about Hebmuller. I guess their short production time means less history/documentation available. I try to contribute here at TS hoping it will be here forever for others to learn from. The available information today for these little cars is a million times better than before the internet, now anyone can be a pro if they have the time to read.

AlteWagen Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:58 am


56Cabrio Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:19 am

AlteWagen wrote:
Anybody know what is the round badge above the Karmann badge is ?

finster Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:55 am

the location of the photo is the head offices of Porsche Konstruktionen GesmbH, headed by Dr Anton Piëch, at alpenstrasse salzburg.
maybe it's a badge for their import business - like a dealer badge.


slightly different angle of the line-up

thom Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:26 pm

The truck pulling them is a Mercedes Unimog 401/U25 "Frogeye" which was made by Westfalia



AlteWagen wrote:

AlteWagen Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:42 pm

finster wrote: the location of the photo is the head offices of Porsche Konstruktionen GesmbH, headed by Dr Anton Piëch, at alpenstrasse salzburg.


Were the contract standards shipped from Karmann to this location for final upfit? Wish there were more pics of the police kombi

Blue Baron Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:19 pm

I didn't realize there was a dedicated Karmann production thread.

Here are a few photos from my gallery.





































AlteWagen Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:47 pm

On the right is a stack of kabrio bodies, I first thought they were waiting to be shipped off to Karmann but looking closer seem to be completed bodies with stamped lids and all. Wondering if this is a facility storing spare bodies for wreck replacement?



AlteWagen Tue Jun 04, 2024 12:41 pm





AlteWagen Thu Jun 20, 2024 9:43 am















not Karmann but a prototype vert











random




finster Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:39 pm


AlteWagen Sun Jun 30, 2024 9:34 am


finster Sun Jul 07, 2024 8:09 am

to celebrate germany winning the 74 fifa world cup karmann made 25 special cabrios in cliff green and black


AlteWagen Sat Aug 31, 2024 9:52 am

Some Karmann Brazil mixed in












AlteWagen Thu Sep 05, 2024 10:22 am


AlteWagen Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:25 pm



Looks like the beater the kids were working on earlier in the thread, had strange lid vents and 62 up tail lights as well.

AlteWagen Fri Sep 06, 2024 9:41 am

331,847 total production from 1949 to 1980 at Karmann in Osnabrück



bnam Tue Sep 10, 2024 8:25 pm

AlteWagen wrote: On the right is a stack of kabrio bodies, I first thought they were waiting to be shipped off to Karmann but looking closer seem to be completed bodies with stamped lids and all. Wondering if this is a facility storing spare bodies for wreck replacement?




Is this photo from Wolfsburg? Were the cabriolet bodies made at Osnbruck and then shipped here to be stored as spares? Or were even the Cabrio bodies assembled in Wolfsburg from panels made and shipped from Osnabruck?

kaieric Wed Sep 11, 2024 1:26 am

i came across one vert that was build in may 1955 but not delivered to the dealer until january 1956. bc speaks of an' in-house fleet' where it was stored in the meantime for 'disposition reserve for export'.
may be they also stored less fully equipped cars for other purposes.

AlteWagen Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:45 am

I thought the in house fleet was for promotional use. Shows, pictures for magazines, commercials and technical demonstration/documentation. Some fleet were used for test vehicles as well.

The bodies in the photo do not have pans so no VIN assignments either. The only NOS body Ive seen didnt even have a body number stamp, just holes for the vin plate.

No kabrio bodies were assembled at Wolfsburg, you can see the 1/2 dipped body (primer) which was only done at Karmann



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