Hi all. Richard Cotton emailed me recently, great to hear from him again! I emigrated to Australia in 2001 and have been busy with all sorts of things other than VW's. Anyhow, I still have my ex-Rhodesian January 1952 Standard RHD and have discovered that there are two others in Australia which is good to know. Every ex-Rhodesian standard split I have seen has been medium blue. Haven't driven my split for ages, but a couple of weeks back got her a new battery and enjoyed using the crash box again. Still not that mad keen on cable brakes though.....

Cheers, Andrew.
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Welcome to the forum! Lovely looking '52. :thumbup:

I wonder how many RHD splits there are left?

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Welcome to the forum Andrew.

I often wondered if you still had that car! Glad to see you are using it again.

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Absolutely beautiful:beer:

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Awesome8)

That is lovely

Richard Cotton and I got back together recently after around 14 years. We talked solid for 5 hours about old Beetles.:smile:

I've known him for over 30 years, its good that he's getting back into the vintage VW scene of which he is very knowledgeable and respected.:beer:

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There is another rhd drive car here about to come up for auction at the end of this month.
https://www.shannons.com.au/auctions/lot/CB5VB5125X2P3B23/ 

Seems very nice for the 8 -10.5 gbp estimate (even with the deluxe bits)

Interesting body number on it: 9 2 17
Doesn't seem to fit in with the normal production run. Do all Rhodesian splits have similar?

A good price for sure, but how much by the time its imported to the UK?

More Deluxe than Standard:?

Hydraulic brakes:thumbdn:

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From what I understand it was raced early in its live and was smashed. It may have a later front clip?

I often wondered if you still had that car! Glad to see you are using it again.

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