The best way to buy a Beeskow... is to get to know the owners of the existing cars. Most of the Beeskows that sell... sell between people who know each other. Shows like Hessich Oldendorf, Bad Camberg, and Rich Kimball's VW Treffen will have Beeskows show up occasionally... but these cars are usually the cars owned by collectors... and they are not going to be for sale... but the owners may know about other owners... and these other owners are usually at the shows... but without their cars. It usually takes years of searching... and a lot of work... and then just plain old luck... to buy a beeskow. It took me over 10 years to finally buy one... and I was searching very hard. (pre internet days)
Most of the cars that might be for sale... already have a long list of suitors... waiting... romancing the owners... etc. calling every few months in the hopes of being there at the right time.
Some people contact the registry... looking for names and addresses of the owners of all the cars. The registry is not meant to be a contact list for people who want to buy cars... it is a contact list between owners... so they can get together to make parts... and discuss restoration problems and solutions etc. The registry will not give out names and addresses of owners.... this wouldn't be very popular with them.
It is far cheaper to buy a beeeskow in good condition... than it is to restore one that is in poor condition. The restoration costs are exponentially higher than most cars due to the construction method and materials. (unless you are an aluminum body worker and can do the work yourself) The cost to restore these cars is why so many of them are no longer with us I would guess. They were just too expensive to repair after an accident... and were taken to the scrapyard.
I only know of 3 in unrestored condition... that are actually drivable. the balance are some sort of restoration... either bad or good... or they are cars that need total restoration and are missing parts. Occasionally... maybe once every 5 years or so... a new one pops up and is quickly sold two or three times until it finds it's way into a collectors hands.
There are museums actively searching for beeskows... and there are collectors actively searching... so you need to work harder than the next guy to find one for sale.
Sorry to sound so depressing... but there are only around 30 cars... and there are more than 30 people who want one.
There are a couple of cars that we don't have info on... but that we have seen photos of... so these will probably come out of the woodwork someday. Some lucky person will be at the right place at the right time.
another thing... might be to track down the owners of the car dealers in the US or Europe that sold the cars when new... they may have info on owners that bought the cars when new. Nobody to my knowledge has done this. It would be great to have this information... to hear the stories... somebody needs to do this. These men are probably in their 80's and 90's.... and their knowledge could lead to more cars being discovered in garages.
Happy hunting.
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