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pre67vw
Administration Topic Starter

15 years ago

incredible... looking forward to seeing this finished!! 154252_1491249880746_1218964179_31111994_3732585_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 163222_1491251960798_1218964179_31111998_284551_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.

Rob Amos
Happiness is a stock VW

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WayneMcCarthy
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

Great Car , Can't Wait to See it in The Flesh.

"Mr Stock"

pre67vw
Administration Topic Starter

15 years ago

looking good and getting nearer!! 63522_1413634955613_1674742408_772101_6150715_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 156862_1413631875536_1674742408_772094_2787341_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 162790_1413624275346_1674742408_772085_4153467_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 163665_1413631155518_1674742408_772093_3814145_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 165037_1413633475576_1674742408_772096_1249372_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.

Rob Amos
Happiness is a stock VW

pre67vw
Administration Topic Starter

15 years ago

You can not possibly tell me that this is worse than leaving it as it was found... 165197_1413633915587_1674742408_772098_6441083_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 163455_1413628475451_1674742408_772090_2024360_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 63459_1413628755458_1674742408_772091_5885553_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.

Rob Amos
Happiness is a stock VW

Rattletrap
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

Looking very good :beer:

I find the many detailed differences to the production car, if correct, very interesting. In particular, i notice the rear window has two ribs inside and a sharper profile on the inside too. And as for the front luggage, tank area, fantastic :beer:

You can not possibly tell me that this is worse than leaving it as it was found...

pre67vw wrote:

Wouldn't have minded it sitting in my garden :lol:

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Undis
Regular

15 years ago

I notice the rear window has two ribs inside and a sharper profile on the inside too.

Rattletrap wrote:

Yes, that is the correct pattern, in fact that panel is one of the areas that was still intact when the car was found. The team managed to save that piece:wink:

Rattletrap
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

Yes, that is the correct pattern, in fact that panel is one of the areas that was still intact when the car was found. The team managed to save that piece:wink:

Undis wrote:

I'm amazed, I thought that the rear window area was all lost :?
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pre67vw
Administration Topic Starter

15 years ago

I think probably a lot of the bottom section was saved, but the top part re-constructed...? 527720.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.

Rob Amos
Happiness is a stock VW

Rattletrap
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

I think probably a lot of the bottom section was saved, but the top part re-constructed...?

pre67vw wrote:

Even the inner-widow panel is different with a much more defined edge :?

Si Med
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

#10

Even the inner-widow panel is different with a much more defined edge :?

Rattletrap wrote:

I think the lighting/angle and amount of dirt on the pre resto shots make it appear this way

54 UK rhd

pre67vw
Administration Topic Starter

15 years ago

#11

Glossy primer... this is already a better finish than my car :? :lol: 163148_1504169483728_1218964179_31136000_5817023_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 165266_1504172403801_1218964179_31136002_4240871_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 39463_1415686406898_1674742408_775761_5281469_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.

Rob Amos
Happiness is a stock VW

JD
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

#12

Even the inner-widow panel is different with a much more defined edge :?

Rattletrap wrote:

I rather doubt they just glanced at one blurry photo and then bashed out a panel that looks a bit like it. You can be sure they have many pictures of how it originally looked and have studied them very carefully indeed. And the same applies to you or I making any kind of judgement based on one single photo of the finished article in a different paint finish. And not forgetting that these cars were all hand made one offs, so a certain amount of variation would be present between the different cars in any case.

"John, you need to get a grip and STOP MOANING AT EVERYTHING. ThumbDown "

Rattletrap
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

#13

JD wrote:

That's my point. I think that the inner-window was different inside to the production cars. If archive images that I've seen are correct, they've matched it close to the original style.

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pre67vw
Administration Topic Starter

15 years ago

#14

more paint... 163775_1431729727971_1674742408_806169_4129112_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 165383_1431730087980_1674742408_806173_6824950_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 165743_1431730007978_1674742408_806172_210107_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content. 169015_1431730207983_1674742408_806174_3597621_n.jpg You have insufficient rights to see the content.

Rob Amos
Happiness is a stock VW

oval56
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

#15

this work and the reconstruction of the rest is over the top:idea:

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Kids taxi
Guest

15 years ago

#16

Im throughly looking forward to seeing it finished

KT

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Ovaltine
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

#17

The workmanship is great - the fate of the last known surviving VW38 isn't. It is now gone absorbed into a rebuild.

You cannot call this car a restoration, hardly anything of the car remains.

Its had replacement chassis, all mechanicals, electrics, seats, fittings, body panels, windows, seats etc, etc, etc.

The car is a 2010-11 build using period parts 😳

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mrsherbie
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

#18

I agree with you to some extent, I cant decide which I find personally more interesting the before or after car. I know it was ugly :lol: but I am still undecided. To me it was 'historical art' before, and now it will be a car again. I can only think that is the better outcome.

But I also place real faith in the Grundmann's far better wisdom & choice to restore it and I can see that 99.9% of the population both in and outside the scene will far prefer to see it this way.

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"it'll wreck the patina you haven't worked so hard to create" - 50Karmann

Rattletrap
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

#19

mrsherbie wrote:

There's something really fascinating about a rare discovery dug-up, dragged out of a pond or whatever. The wreck of the VW38 was a mess but told a story.

The rebuild is excellent, but so also are Volkswagen's reconstructed prototypes. I feel that this is how the VW38 should have been with the discovered wreck preserved as found.:o

Unfortunately, Ovaltine has taken a kicking for having a different view from others here – on a forum for free discussion of Vintage VW related subjects.

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JD
pre67vw Junkie

15 years ago

#20

You cannot call this car a restoration, hardly anything of the car remains.
😳

Ovaltine wrote:

There is as much of the original car left as when it was discovered, and a huge quantity of original VW38 parts added back to it. I don´t see why you are unhappy about what the Grundmanns are doing - they didn´t wreck the car. Until someone finds a better VW38, this is as good as it´s going to get.

"John, you need to get a grip and STOP MOANING AT EVERYTHING. ThumbDown "

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