Monday, February 21, 2011
VW38 found in Lithuania
This is an incredible story, not only interesting from the point of view of my love for VW's, but that an online community can contribute to the accuracy and completion of the project.
In a nutshell a highly modified (bastardised) VW was found in Lithuania. There were certain distinguishing features which marked it as a prototype VW Beetle which against all odds had survived, albeit with only a skeleton of its originality.
A specialised restoration company in Germany got hold of this shell, and incredibly rebuilt it faithfully to its original state.
Here is the actual car, as was in 1938
And this is how it was when found - how it was even recognised is an amazing story in itself
And after the incredible restoration
You can read the full incredible story here
In a nutshell a highly modified (bastardised) VW was found in Lithuania. There were certain distinguishing features which marked it as a prototype VW Beetle which against all odds had survived, albeit with only a skeleton of its originality.
A specialised restoration company in Germany got hold of this shell, and incredibly rebuilt it faithfully to its original state.
Here is the actual car, as was in 1938
You can read the full incredible story here
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