One super clean, original, unrestored and very low mileage (kilometerage?) 62. First paint, naturally! This is one of those cars that you need to look at to see how these things really were when they came out of the factory. I´ve seen very few cars this nice.Photos don´t do it any justice.
And then there was this car - best of show for me. It´s a 1949 Export and this was it´s first drive in 30 years (on some seriously rotten East German crossplies!). The first of the Export cars, although it still had cable brakes. It had been owned by a film studio in Austria and used as a prop, until the studio went broke and everything was auctioned off. The current owner bought it at auction about ten years ago, but hadn´t done anything with it until now - but he had promised the show orgainsers that he would bring a split Beetle along. He said the worst part were both rear wings which had to be reconstructed using some parts from some spare split rear wings. Aside from that, a new sunroof cover (the old one was in tatters) and a replaced rear valance, it was pretty much as it left the factory. I asked if he had done much to the motor. "Nothing" was the answer. "Well, I cleaned the carb".
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"John, you need to get a grip and STOP MOANING AT EVERYTHING. ThumbDown "
