Kubelwagen

Zylinderkopf · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 4:46 am Post subject: Kubelwagen

what do you think - real or fake?

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1729951
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GI Joe · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:33 am Post subject:

I was looking at that yesterday..... I am inclined to say the body is real, but has been placed on a later pan(IRS).. They most certainly had RGB originally.

Kind of odd to have such an item and Not know the legitimacy....(?)
Maybe it was inherited?

Not in a position to buy right now, but curious either way.
Fantastic price, wether it's fake or not... Sure looks the part.

If it's fake, then kudos to the builder! Wink

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Zylinderkopf · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:16 am Post subject:

Tempting, isn't it? The dual port motor can't be original. The new advertiser and the lack of paperwork are certainly red flags.
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1963 Beetle
1966 Beetle 1300
1970 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1971 Super Beetle
1974 Thing

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NOVA Airhead · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:20 am Post subject:

GI Joe · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:44 am Post subject:

Deckard · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:35 am Post subject:

It might be a movie prop...

citroen · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:54 pm Post subject:

here is a real one from the Patton Museum in Ft Knox Kentucky to compare

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Zylinderkopf · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:14 pm Post subject:

have to say...looks a lot like an original.
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1966 Beetle 1300
1970 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1971 Super Beetle
1974 Thing

"A lot of people never use their initiative because no one told them to."

Ron Domeck · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:55 pm Post subject:

What I am seeing is the front skid plate is not ribbed, front fenders are narrower, speedo 68 beetle, and no hole in the rockers for the jack. Maybe a Kubelcar made in N.M. a few years back or like was said a movie prop.

Joe 20 · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:01 pm Post subject:

"Not sure if body is authentic" usually means it's not...still the price is attractive. Wish I was in Texas to go look at it.

Zylinderkopf · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:19 am Post subject:

Ron Domeck · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:30 am Post subject:

Yes it is, they have both there. Big brother has more pics of the Kubel.

jjrannauro · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:27 pm Post subject:

Hello gang! I would like to share with you some Kubel Wagen Pictures with you. Last Summer 2014 I went to Germany to visit some friends, and I wrote in the FB to the German 181 gang if I coud meet with someone while I was there. So I got a message and I was invited by Tomas Bomba to visit Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, how cool is that?

I'm standing next to the Kubel

mondshine · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:44 pm Post subject:

TME9_803_1944...Some interesting reading:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&am...1339,d.eXY

GI Joe · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:21 pm Post subject:

Just love the raw metalwork on that Kubel!! So utilitarian!

I've slowly gotten over showy/shines/smooth.......
Rough and rugged is easy and unique!
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mondshine · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:02 pm Post subject:

Utilitarian is the word, Joe.
When BMW and Zundapp were making sidecar motorcycles for the German military, the Zundapp was preferred because the sidecar wheel was driven.

Once in full production, 2 1/2 Kubelwagens could be built for the cost of one 2 wheel drive Zundapp.

GI Joe · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:27 pm Post subject:

GI Joe · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:57 pm Post subject:

Awesome link for some reference material!
http://schwimmwagen.free.fr/vw82/chrono/chronoen.php?tpc=27

Looks like a Lot of little detail changes over the years...
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'71 Beetle RPU
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www.NLEOMF.com
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Arkansauced · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 7:19 am Post subject:

So...anyone know the guy that bought it? He should start a thread.

citroen · Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 7:35 am Post subject:

I did find one more picture I had of the inside of the one in the Patton Museum


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