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My '47 has a lot of similarities with the VW38 as I've mentioned. Then there's those KdF style seats it has…:wink:

Rattletrap wrote:

Perhaps it was a 1947 Prototype of the 1938 VW38! :unsure:

Mike :thumbup:

Mike Peckham wrote:

No wrong way round. As it has a lot of pre 1947 fittings I'd say it could have been part of a pre-production batch. In 1947 the factory were still organising for full-out production, parts were in short supply with early parts being salvaged to get the first few cars out.:mellow:

Rattletrap which I guess you are referring to, on the other hand was kitted out with all 'later' pre-production parts to create the experimental batch of cars that Tony Levy referred to. Rattletrap was part of a batch of 100 units according to Tony.:smile:

Rattletrap wrote:

Maybe you should see the 38 with your own eyes so that you understand that the car is in EVERY detail completely different to a regular KDF. And a 1947 is also completely different in most of to a KDF as my Mangogreen or a mexican beetle. But I trust you if you say that the panels on your car are original - and curious for a 1947 too. In the early years after the war, Ivan Hirst tried to build the beetles with a lot of improsivation in reason of the unclear situations of the deliverers. But Porsche build the first Prototypes by Hand in Stuttgart, which is round about 400 Miles far Away from Wolfsburg - and Stuttgart was not in the British sector After the war. There can't be a large stock with untouched prototypeparts in Wolfsburg,

Bjoern wrote:

… But Porsche build the first Prototypes by Hand in Stuttgart, which is round about 400 Miles far Away from Wolfsburg - and Stuttgart was not in the British sector After the war. There can't be a large stock with untouched prototypeparts in Wolfsburg,

Bjoern wrote:

Are we still talking about how your door card looks 'similar' the the '38?

It looks similar, in the same way my car has been mistake for a 2CV...

54 Gertie wrote:

I don't see how you can even consider a 1959 or absurdly, a Mexican Beetle (hugely manufactured cars in highly organised production lines) in a debate between a 1938 and 1947 saloon.

The 1945-47 cars were often put together with whatever parts were available as large parts supply from manufacturers were still difficult until around 1948.

Excess prototypes parts such as seats, card cloth panels and carpets would seem reasonable to me, unlike body and mechanical items.

I can't see that it was so unlikely that whatever was available at Stuttgart would not have been put on a train to Wolfsburg.:wink:

Rattletrap wrote:

Sometimes I feel just like packing everything away into old ********** and driving off into the sunset…:unsure:

Rattletrap wrote:

You can't get a bunch of door panels made up for doors that haven't been made yet and that may vary from any previous doors made.

pre67vw wrote: