A beauty. Looks like a great resto has been done on this one. RHD though...?
By my reckoning that's about £16,500. A good deal! (plus the shipping of course) :d
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=911778
Love the number plate!! :beer:
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 26 January 2010 12:50:30
That is beautiful- I think it is a South African assembled car. I saw it up for sale a couple of years ago- can't remember how much it sold for though.
Price landed in the UK?... I guess you would be looking at around £1500 for RoRo shipping now + optional insurance £500-ish? Duty for a non-Euro assembled car (inc shipping) @ £1800, VAT at 17.5% (new rate as from 2010) @ £3150 (5% VAT rule 9705 for 'cars over 50 years' or 'historic vehicles' has all but been abolished), plus plus customs handling fees ~ £100. I guess you would now be looking at £23-24k to get it into the UK.
Posted by: vintagebug - 26 January 2010 13:23:43
Wow, that's a lot of money in customs/ duties. What a shame it isn't in the UK (or even in the EU).
:(
Posted by: JD - 26 January 2010 14:22:32
Drive it home. 8)
Posted by: mrsherbie - 26 January 2010 15:02:49
[quote=JD]Drive it home. 8) [/quote]
Just needs a little prep for the trip
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Posted by: mrmagyar - 26 January 2010 16:43:24
Beautiful car but weren't all splits left hand drive?
Posted by: vintagebug - 26 January 2010 16:50:15
[quote]Drive it home.[/quote]
Yep- I'll be back in time for tea... :wink:
[quote]Beautiful car but weren't all splits left hand drive?[/quote]
See Rich Oakley's post above: "I think it is a South African assembled car". I think all SA-assembled cars were RHD.
Posted by: JD - 26 January 2010 18:42:32
[quote=mrsherbie]
Just needs a little prep for the trip
[/quote]
The Ovals finished then? Came out nice! 8) :lol:
Posted by: Standard split - 26 January 2010 18:55:43
[quote=mrmagyar]Beautiful car but weren't all splits left hand drive?[/quote]
I used to own the first VW built for the UK, a pre October 1952 RHD Split reg MRT308 here from new (it was built in Wolfsburg RHD and not converted!). Others were assembled in Ireland also RHD:wink:
Posted by: Standard split - 26 January 2010 18:58:29
Every angle of this car is pictured except the rear view which is the main feature:?
Excellent car – until you spot the seat belt fittings:x
Posted by: GKL 7 - 26 January 2010 19:23:59
There's a few bob to spend in that engine bay.
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 26 January 2010 19:58:19
[quote=Standard split]
I used to own the [B]first[/B] VW built for the UK, a pre October 1952 RHD Split reg MRT308 here from new (it was built in Wolfsburg RHD and not converted!). Others were assembled in Ireland also RHD:wink:
[/quote]
Second, not first :wink:
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 26 January 2010 20:00:51
[quote='50 Karmann]There's a few bob to spend in that engine bay.[/quote]
Cripes! You're right. Looks like an early 30bhp motor to me. There's another £3k+ to add to the list for a complete 25bhp motor.
Posted by: Standard split - 26 January 2010 21:22:02
[quote=Rich Oakley]
Second, not first :wink: [/quote]
MRT 308 built February 1952, imported brand new, I had every documentation with the car :wink:
I'd like to see good concrete info on the RHD one that was supposed to have come here before MRT 308 brand new from Wolfsburg :evil:
Posted by: GKL 7 - 26 January 2010 21:27:49
[quote=Rich Oakley]
Second, not first :wink: [/quote]
X2
Those in the know,know:lol:
First was found in a hedge,and i think,cut up.
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 26 January 2010 21:54:42
[quote='50 Karmann]
X2
Those in the know,know:lol:
First was found in a hedge,and i think,cut up. [/quote]
The one in the hedge was number 3, built a few days after MRT and found in Lincolnshire. Number 1 was found in N.Ireland in 1993-ish with a lower chassis and body number than MRT. Definitely RHD Wolfsburg built and not an Irish CKD car.
If we're also including RHD Wolfsburg/Karmann built Cabriolet '52s, I think MRT gets relegated to no.3, but you [i]really[/i] have to be in the know to know about that one :wink:
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 26 January 2010 21:58:06
[quote=Standard split]
MRT 308 built February 1952, imported brand new, I had every documentation with the car :wink:
I'd like to see good concrete info on the RHD one that was supposed to have come here before MRT 308 brand new from Wolfsburg :evil:
[/quote]
I have pics of the remains of the earlier car and also chassis and body numbers. Neal Anderson in N.Ireland found it and has all the details.
Posted by: GKL 7 - 26 January 2010 23:28:30
So John?
Posted by: 55Kab - 27 January 2010 08:25:51
[quote=Rich Oakley]If we're also including RHD Wolfsburg/Karmann built Cabriolet '52s, I think MRT gets relegated to no.3, but you [i]really[/i] have to be in the know to know about that one :wink: [/quote]
And boy, we're having to wait so looooooooooong for photos! :lol: Now, where's that magazine shoot!!!:wink:
Posted by: 55Kab - 27 January 2010 08:26:58
[quote=Rich Oakley]I have pics of the remains of the earlier car[/quote]
Can you post them Rich? Are they the same pics that appeared in the IVVM?
Posted by: Standard split - 27 January 2010 09:09:54
[quote='50 Karmann]So John? [/quote]
MRT 308 [b]IS[/b] the first one :evil:
It was my car, I discovered all the info on it back in the late 1970's – it had so much recorded history, some I traced to Canada where a retired Wolksburg worker lived who knew all about this car, he sent me loads of photos of the import of MRT 308 at Dover in 1952[-x
An older RHD VW here proves nothing:twisted:
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 27 January 2010 09:12:24
[quote=55Kab]
Can you post them Rich? Are they the same pics that appeared in the IVVM?
[/quote]
Same ones as in IVVM. I don't know Neal, but I'm over in N.Ireland in a few weeks time so I'm hoping to make contact before then.
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 27 January 2010 09:14:17
[quote=Standard split]
MRT 308 [b]IS[/b] the first one :evil:
It was my car, I discovered all the info on it back in the late 1970's – it had so much recorded history, some I traced to Canada where a retired Wolksburg worker lived who knew all about this car, he sent me loads of photos of the import of MRT 308 at Dover in 1952[-x
An older RHD VW here proves nothing:twisted:
[/quote]
MRT is a great car and one of my all-time favourites, but that doesn't make it the first if there's clear evidence to prove otherwise :wink:
Posted by: Richard - 27 January 2010 13:02:34
Surely the first car built for the UK isn't necessarily the first RHD car brought into the country.
There is also a Karmann RHD car built in Wolfsburg in 1950, but that wasn't technically brought into the UK. Is that the one you're referring to Rich?
Posted by: Rich Oakley - 27 January 2010 14:07:17
[quote=Richard]Surely the first car built for the UK isn't necessarily the first RHD car brought into the country.
There is also a Karmann RHD car built in Wolfsburg in 1950, but that wasn't technically brought into the UK. Is that the one you're referring to Rich?[/quote]
No, there's another.
Posted by: Standard split - 27 January 2010 14:16:06
[quote=Rich Oakley]
No, there's another.[/quote]
The first VW in RHD to arrive here new is the one.
Wrong thread – MRT 308 has its own thread – 'ave a butcher's there :wink:
