| L21pearlgrey |
Fri May 09, 2025 5:08 pm |
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finster wrote: kubel and a 46er at stanford hall show
Fantastic show |
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| finster |
Sun May 18, 2025 5:38 am |
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| sinclair |
Sun May 18, 2025 6:03 am |
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| Love those Captured Vehicle markings. |
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| finster |
Thu Jun 26, 2025 11:39 am |
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nice 46 at a recent show in japan, although that nearside banana is catching my eye...
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| Martin Southwell |
Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:50 am |
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That's unusual, the front of the vehicle, and therefore heaviest, being lifted to facilitate a good gradient for the car to come off. Would seem to work well, but I don't think I've seen this type of set up before.
Do we know the history of this car? |
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| finster |
Fri Jun 27, 2025 3:35 am |
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| I only know that it is part of the flat 4 vw shop collection in honmoku |
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| Who.Me? |
Fri Jun 27, 2025 4:40 am |
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Martin Southwell wrote:
That's unusual, the front of the vehicle, and therefore heaviest, being lifted to facilitate a good gradient for the car to come off. Would seem to work well, but I don't think I've seen this type of set up before
There are a few (lengthened) splitscreen single cabs with a similar setup used as classic race car haulers. Think one is Porsche-logoed. I guess it works, but always seems to me to be an unnecessarily risky approach. If I were building one, I'd use longer ramps, or add a lifting bed, like the splitscreen tippers. At least if the ram failed, only one vehicle would get wrecked. |
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| B_vdd |
Sat Jun 28, 2025 2:30 am |
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Martin Southwell wrote:
That's unusual, the front of the vehicle, and therefore heaviest, being lifted to facilitate a good gradient for the car to come off. Would seem to work well, but I don't think I've seen this type of set up before.
It's typical for Japan. I saw them un/loading a tractor like this on a bigger truck |
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| finster |
Wed Jul 09, 2025 4:13 am |
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dec 43 schwimmer for sale on oldbug...$200,000
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| finster |
Wed Jul 23, 2025 10:04 am |
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recently found under a tarp in connecticut :shock:
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| finster |
Thu Jul 31, 2025 9:29 am |
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a march 45 kubel (as stated in advert) currently on milweb for sale...
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| T2_681 |
Thu Jul 31, 2025 9:41 am |
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| Authentic late war...with beetle floor pans and body number higher than 100 000? |
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| Martin Southwell |
Thu Jul 31, 2025 3:39 pm |
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| How come the windscreen is almost vertical? |
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| T2_681 |
Fri Aug 01, 2025 8:26 am |
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| I noticed that as well. |
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| wagen19 |
Fri Aug 01, 2025 11:01 am |
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T2_681 wrote: I noticed that as well.
It´s at least the old style widow frame with rounded corners before body nr 31 000. Towing hooks, spider arms, WL-plate, size of head lights, shape of spare wheel pot, March of 1945?
A nice car any way. |
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| sinclair |
Sat Aug 02, 2025 12:39 am |
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T2_681 wrote: Authentic late war...with beetle floor pans and body number higher than 100 000?
The body number seems high. Is there a date list anywhere? |
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| finster |
Sat Aug 02, 2025 2:22 am |
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according to this thread a march 45 body number would be 48*** so maybe they've misread it or misquoted. I have sent them an email to query it so perhaps they will answer.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;start=20 |
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| finster |
Sun Aug 03, 2025 6:32 am |
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today I looked in my junk email file and found his reply -
Good question indeed.
It’s a 100% original number.
The bodies production line switched from Berlin(?) to Wolfsburg, Volkswagen factory, beginning of 1945.
This due the destruction of the original factory:
This resulted in a new body manufacture line , with new numbers, like this one.
So yes, for the ‘standard’ body number it’s incorrect, but this is a early Wolfsburg body, made by Volkswagen, which is correct for 1945.
so, is that correct? :-k |
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| T2_681 |
Sun Aug 03, 2025 10:05 am |
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What is the original source of this info???
It would be probably the very first body from the end of war production with number 1xxxxx. Maybe a rebuilt older body? |
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