:roll: In the mid to late 1990's I was the secretary of the Historic VW Club, and at my suggestion we took over the organisation of the Historic Beetle Display at Stanford Hall from Leicestershire & Warwickshire VW Club.
I was given paperwork amongst which was a list of pre-March '53 Beetles, which (at that time) were known to still exist in the UK. Over the years I organised the Display, I contacted several of the owners of these cars, and some very interesting stories, and pictures emerged.
I'm unsure whether the original collator of the list is a member of this forum, as I would like to publish some of the details, (registrations and chassis numbers), to find out what has happened to any or all of these cars. Clearly a great deal of research went into compiling this list, and I don't want to step on any toes. I understand that the person who did this list was unwell, and may now be out of the VW scene altogether, however before I go any further, I'd like to make sure they don't mind me using some of the information.
I do know that several of these vehicles owners are regular correspondents on this forum, perhaps they can help me with this.
As for the cars themselves, several are well known on the current vintage VW scene, however I'm sure that there are a great deal of these cars still languishing in sheds and garages, some perhaps derelict, or in bits, that might have interesting stories attached.
Of course the list is not exhaustive, several very early cars have come to light over the years since, as well as others imported from abroad, however I still feel that it is a viable and interesting topic to explore. Perhaps, we could get some pictures up on the forum at some point.