Beetle prototype or similar in Egypt

[Egypt Classic Cars]

Hello

I just heard from a friend about old Beetle in Egypt, as he mentioned it is with suicide doors and headlights in the middle and small window (not split) in the rear, trafficators between front door and fender.

I show him picture for VW30 and he says it looks like it? is it possible to find it in Egypt? or it maybe for other VW model I don't know?

Regards
Ashraf
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Ashraf
1950 Split Window
1953 Zwitter

[bakersam]

Sounds more like a Czech Tatra than a VW

[finster]

this one maybe...?

(this is actually Hanzelka and Zikmunds car on their world travels)

[GArBa]

lot of cars from that era adopted streamlined designs and may be mistaken for early beetles... maybe a DKW?

or a FIAT Topolino?

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'97 type 1 1600i
'14 type AA Seat Mii (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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'82 Benelli Magnum 3v

[Martin Southwell]

[Undis]

Hi Ashraf,

To be honest I cannot think of a scenario how would one of the early W30 prototypes could end up in Egypt. In an unlikely event one may be found in Germany or Austria or even more unlikely in the Czech Republic as these were the countries that Ferdinand Porsche took his cars to for testing or visits to family homes. He brought a whole lot of prototype cars and parts with him when he moved to Gmund, Austria. Also all of the W30 cars had been broken up for spares in 1942 and no complete cars are known to have survived.

Whatever it was that your friend saw is most likely something that resembles a W30. We all would love to see photos.

[finster]

about the Tatra trip it was 1947 to 1950 see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHCWtXkPEJg
or wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanzelka_and_Zikmund