https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-1951-VW-BEETLE-ALL-ORIGINAL-PARTS-/160445621615?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item255b4de56f 

hmmm,genuine with all original parts...:wink:

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Must be another one of those experimental '51s...

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[-x Sri Lanka only export model

Close, but Rattletrap IS an experimental '50 :beer:

By the time they got to '51, they were starting to think of adding the oval rear window :d

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It doesn't even have ribbed doors:?

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I'm sure I heard of an experimental '53 with a curved screen and K-jet injection system. That's the amazing thing about VW in the '50s, they so forward thinking that they were testing bits which hadn't even been invented.

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I just put the guy out of his misery (or ignorance in this case) by sending him some facts. Let's see if I receive abuse in return!:lol:

In my experience people get very defensive and then rude if you try and point out the reality of what they in fact have :?

He'll probably insist he's right and you and the rest of the world including Volkswagen are wrong. They then become the proverbial ostrich :evil:

Best of luck Nicholas :!:

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