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joe h.
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 Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:24 am Post subject: How many pre-50 cars are in the US? |
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bam
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126.3?
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John Moxon 
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RareAir
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| Try to get a hold of Glen Bornhoff (former employee of BFY) He has a registery book of Pre '49 VWs |
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joe h.
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Thanks Glenn,
What year is the oldest in the US? |
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bam
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restojohnny's 43?
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johnshenry
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I think Dick Christiansen still has a '43 also...
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splitwindowguy
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my 47 is almost finished, i hope to have it at effingham ill for the 6-2-7 show.
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coad
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| A bunch if you count Kubelwagens and Schwimmwagens. |
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bam
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| my 47 is almost finished, i hope to have it at effingham ill for the 6-2-7 show. |
thats awesome but... wasn't the question about the oldest?
47 are rare as hell though....
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| my 47 is almost finished, i hope to have it at effingham ill for the 6-2-7 show. |
thats awesome but... wasn't the question about the oldest?
47 are rare as hell though.... |
it's older than yours. 
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RareAir
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| restojohnny's 43? |
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| I think Dick Christiansen still has a '43 also... |
You couldn't compare those two cars to each other. Christiansen's '43 is probably the oldest in the US |
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splitwindowguy
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the question is not who's got the oldest! its how many pre 50s! i was just adding mine to the count.
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erioco
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:00 am Post subject: Oldest VW in US |
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Anyone have the contact info for Glenn Bornhoff?
Also I have a '47 rolling chassis build date April 24 '47, chassis # 1 - 064981
Shipped 14 May '47 to PX Frankfurt Germany
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sgmalt46
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i counted 109 from the split window registry. [2] 43's [2] 45's [21] 46's [25] 47's [4] 48's and [55] 49's. this is old info don't know how accurate it is. this is just the one's known.
steve
my 46 1-055407 oldest 46 on registery. right behind vw of america's 45 1-053814 which was the last 45 built.
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sgmalt46
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probably close!!  |
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Splitdog
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: How many pre-50 cars are in the US? |
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If you're trying to sell one...4
If you're buying...hundreds  |
You mean the other way around. 
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| I think he means if you are trying to sell one you tell people there are only 4. If you are bargaining to buy than you tell the seller there are plenty others to choose. |
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John Moxon
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joe h.
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| Sorry but I'm not a great fan of these posts because it can never be anymore than conjecture. The Split Window Registry figures are meaningless. The cars do exist and it's nice to look at them but any registry will be massively incomplete |
I think this is the best media to get a educated guess. Not conjecture or inference. I think we all know that it is nothing more. I do however believe that here on The Samba we could get in the ballpark.
If you don't like these posts, then move along. |
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i.e. more than you think.