VW Type 34 KG Fastback

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VW Type 34 KG Fastback

Post by Ron&Gill »

This may have been posted before, but for Retrovan:
karmannfast1.jpg
karmannfast2.jpg
karmannfast3.jpg
Actually, by definition, this is a hatchback rather than a fastback.

Note the double headlights as opposed to the head and fog lights on the production 34.
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1964 T34 - The Razor: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10290
1956 T2 1b - Gill's bus: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=10948
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Re: VW Type 34 KG Fastback

Post by Blitzkrieg »

Interesting - The VW TL Fastback from Brasil has very similar styling....
If it's too low, you're too old :twisted:
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Yes, more similarities with that Brazilian KG on this prototype:
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very pretty indeed...
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An ingenius solution to a problem that should have never existed in the 1st place

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Wow! cool!
I learned something new today :)
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I've never seen them. The first pictures must be from Karmann in Osnabruck
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Post by CooP »

Nice pics of a fascinating car.
Ron&Gill wrote:Actually, by definition, this is a hatchback rather than a fastback.
I don't think that the definitions are mutually exclusive - I think it's both :lol:
It has fastback styling with a hatch, a fastback hatchback.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastback )
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Ron&Gill wrote:This may have been posted before, but for Retrovan:
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Thanks Ron,
A fantastic car developed at EXACTLY the wrong time.

Have the history behind this car, somewhere, sad it never made it, was different when 1st designed, then later changed, to get the double lights

Only one in existence, as they changed the original to the new shape.

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Re: VW Type 34 KG Fastback

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Hello is an old thread but I have some pictures about this..
The Type34 fastback is a prototype from Karmann Germany

here some pictures from Wolfsburg Museum..
my visit 2011
https://picasaweb.google.com/moesi1967/ ... pCKwNuJuQE

and here from the Karmann Museum.. is not normal open, only with good contacts...
my visit 2011 with the Karmann Ghia Meeting Germany
https://picasaweb.google.com/moesi1967/ ... mtfFw9PneQ

Here some pictures from the Karmann Ghia meeting
https://picasaweb.google.com/moesi1967/ ... Iv95IX22QE
With greedings from Germany
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