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reminou75
15 years ago
First delivered to the Polizei, then used as a Firefighters vehicle.

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pre67vw
15 years ago
WOW! Looks fantastic!
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Dereck-J
15 years ago
Now that's a great find.
pre67vw
15 years ago
is it a 2 door? I thought 18A's were 4 door...?
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six-o-one
15 years ago
Wow! :shock:

I've only seen pics of 4-door Type 18As too. Don't think I've seen an Austro-Tatra built one for real?
This one looks more like a 15A M47.
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vintagevw
15 years ago
Was that a car of the "Landesgendarmeriekommando" in Austria?
Very nice find.
Is there a register of those cars?
Did you bought it?
Just curious :lol: :lol:
Wat is het fijn om lesbisch te zijn!
reminou75
15 years ago
It appears as being a real 18A on the VW plate...

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All pics here:

https://karmann1952.de/html/austro-tatra_.html 

And some brainstorming here:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=307004 

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YanRami
15 years ago
Surely thats a Karmann. Only Hebmuller had official factory support so how could Austro Tatra police cars have had official VW id plates with type 18 on it? Paplers did not.
I think we call these cars type 18 because of the similarity with the official type 18 VW: the heb police car.
Looks to me like a police Karmann with some ID plates riveted on there from a Papler and a police heb.
Actually that sounds like I'm talking nonsense.
But what an insane barnfind. Love it!
The cream is the Heb, and you know it.
pre67vw
15 years ago

Surely thats a Karmann.

YanRami wrote:



They don't look like Karmann doors...

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or Karmann vents...

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Rob Amos
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karmann1952
15 years ago



They don't look like Karmann doors...

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or Karmann vents...

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pre67vw wrote:



You´re right Rob. These doors are no Karmann doors. When you look at picture "12" on my website, you can see that the doors are completly flat from the top to the bottom. This is definetly no Karmann style. It is courious that this car has only two doors. It seems that Austro Tatra had also this version for sale.
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- 1951 Split sedan Export
- 1952 Karmann Kabriolett
- 1952 T1 barndoor transporter
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- 1965 Karmann Ghia convertible
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pre67vw
15 years ago
It does look like a Karmann back window, and the inner front quarter strengthener panels look like Karmann. Very odd...
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six-o-one
15 years ago

and the inner front quarter strengthener panels look like Karmann. Very odd...

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Or Hebmüller!

One explanation might be it started it's life at Hebmüller destined to be a 18a, accounting for its 18- body number, official VW tag plate stating 18A, front windscreen frame etc.

Many believe Karmann completed 14a cabrios after Hebmüller closed, so why not a similar scenario with Austro Tatra and this cabrio?

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YanRami
15 years ago
Just to say that Karmann finishing off the last few hebs is a fact.
Anyway...
The cream is the Heb, and you know it.
mrsherbie
15 years ago
That is a dream car. What a super find, I wish it were mine!
"it'll wreck the patina you haven't worked so hard to create" - 50Karmann
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