I'm not trying to be controversial here, but I always understould that it had a place earmarked in the VW Museum but VW decided that after it had been rebodied it couldn't realistically be considdered to be the same car and thus no longer felt that it should be in the museum.
I love Rateletrap too, but I think one has to take much of what Tony said with a pinch of salt. VWM used to say that Rattletrap didn't necessarily add up on all counts and Tony himself said after the restoration that the only thing left on the car that was original was the gear knob. I doubt that even that could have been original as the chassis was replaced int the early 70s for a post 08/55 version so presumably that would have required a cranked gearlever? :?
For all that, it remains a great piece of history and as you say, has done loads to promote early VWs.
Mike
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