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Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:00 am
by Ron&Gill
I thought it would be cool to post pics of lesser known ACVWs here. I'll start:
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1946: The Radclyffe Roadster. It was built by Hirst for his boss Radclyffe. It is not a Hebmuller, this was a once-off build. Many people think that on the Hebmuller the front and rear lids are the same, this is not true, but on the Radclyffe it is. Notice the twin carb arrangement.
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:03 am
by vader
Nice!!!
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:08 am
by Ron&Gill
A 1960-ish German postal services van proto-type. I guess the Bundespost didn't like it because they commissioned the Fridolin (Type 147 Kleinlieferwagen)
196x VW Beetle German Postal Service Prototype.jpg
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:16 am
by Pine
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 10:35 am
by Ron&Gill
Country buggy was a Type 197
Pine, didn't you post a magazine article on it some time ago? I still have it somewhere...
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 11:37 am
by Pine
Ron&Gill wrote:Country buggy was a Type 197
Pine, didn't you post a magazine article on it some time ago? I still have it somewhere...
Thanks for the correction - I can't really remember the article, it must have been a long time ago?
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 11:42 am
by Ron&Gill
Yes, quite a while ago. I read that the 197 was built in Oz, and Wolfsburg requisitioned 2 of them for evaluation because they were developing the 181 at the time. The 197 was on a T1 pan but with the T2 1b (early 36mm) RGBs just like the early 181.
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 12:51 pm
by zubz
I am loving the postal services beetle...
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 1:01 pm
by sarel.wagner
zubz wrote:I am loving the postal services beetle...
In love with it too!
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 1:02 pm
by Ron&Gill
You've all heard of 4 doors 11 years too late:
KAK man!!
1953VWRometsch4doorTaxi.jpg
In 1953, Rometsch coach builders from Berlin were building 4 door Beetles already. And they weren't the only ones... Watch this space...
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 2:39 pm
by zubz
sarel.wagner wrote:zubz wrote:I am loving the postal services beetle...
In love with it too!
Imagine the uses that beetle could server today, why buy a bakkie when you can use that...
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:41 pm
by Donovan D
Are there any schwimmwagen's in SA ??
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 5:59 pm
by Pine
Splitz wrote:Are there any schwimmwagen's in SA ??
Splitz, most probably not... although Jaap Steenkamp might have found one in Namibia, but I haven't heard from him in quite some time
http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... 0+in+buggy
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 7:50 pm
by Tom Bishop
Here is a wwII trailer with a swingaxle suspension.
Its not VW but its air cooled.
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Pine there is a schwimmer in ZAR. Here is a pic of me and my WWII toys
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and my Cabrio
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I can wish, can't I?
I know these are not VW but they would be cool to add to a VW collection.
Re: Odd and uncommon ACVWs
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 8:03 pm
by Pine
Nice pics, Tom - that looks a lot like a Thule trailer (high up on my wish list)
Next one - the VW Gol (no, I did NOT forget the 'F'!)
The Volkswagen Gol is a low cost subcompact car designed in Brazil and sold by German automaker Volkswagen since 1980. It is Volkswagen's entry-level car in the South American market, beneath the other superminis, the Fox and Polo. It has uninterruptedly been the best-selling car in Brazil since 1987, and since 1998 in Argentina. Gol sales in South America are also high; over 5 million Gols have been produced since 1980. Gol has also been produced in Iran under the same name. Its project was started in 2nd half of 1970's due the need for a successor for the VW Beetle (Fusca, in Brazil) in South America, since the European models would not have been viable due the road conditions (that required more resistant platforms) and different customer needs.
The Gol takes its name from the Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish word for "goal."
The Gol was released in 1980 to replace the Brasilia, which was in turn a replacement to the Beetle in the Brazilian market. It was based on its own unique BX automobile platform derived from the existing VW/Audi B1 and B2 platforms. With a design specific to Latin America, the Gol featured the 1.3-liter air-cooled, H4 engine from the Beetle, but front-mounted. A 1.6-litre engine was added later. In the mid 1980s, this engine was replaced by 1.6 and 1.8-litre longitudinally-mounted water-cooled gasoline I4 engines from the Passat. A 1.6-litre Diesel engine was made only for export (Diesel engines are not allowed in cars in Brazil).
