Post by threelitre on Oct 21, 2011 1:09:52 GMT
After showing the pictures from the car on the Nürburgring in the rain the good question was raised "Do you have some pictures in the dry?"... Now we had a very sunny spell last weekend and I took the car out in the afternoon to catch some of that beautiful light.
Very short history of the car: Ordered and bought 1969 presumably as the private car of an RAF commander in (West-)Berlin, the car was one of 2 cars made to "German specification" of 54 LHD cars made. With less than 2000km traveled, the car was involved in a heavy accident near the Helmstedt border crossing, before ever reaching the iron curtain. The owner ordered a new one (same specification, some weeks later). Now after some hassle with the insurance the owner of the garage it was recovered to bought it and repaired it cheaply as his personal car. He used it from 1971 until retirement in 1985 and clocked up nearly 40000kms. Move on 15 years and the car gets into my hands with just over 40k kms from the drive to Aachen. Since then I've covered more than 10k kms driving from and to shows - this is basically a museum piece that I'll not use as a daily hack. I want to keep the condition more or less as is.
Here are the results:
The rear end still show some deformation due to the accident and the not so smooth 1971 paint-job.
Interior is easily the best part of the car:
The car had no steering lock, but by 1971 an anti-theft lock and hazard warning lights were needed by law in Germany, so this little mod was made for the first requirement:
Were all the fuel goes:
Details:
including period rubber...
I hope you enjoyed this!
Regards,
Alexander
Very short history of the car: Ordered and bought 1969 presumably as the private car of an RAF commander in (West-)Berlin, the car was one of 2 cars made to "German specification" of 54 LHD cars made. With less than 2000km traveled, the car was involved in a heavy accident near the Helmstedt border crossing, before ever reaching the iron curtain. The owner ordered a new one (same specification, some weeks later). Now after some hassle with the insurance the owner of the garage it was recovered to bought it and repaired it cheaply as his personal car. He used it from 1971 until retirement in 1985 and clocked up nearly 40000kms. Move on 15 years and the car gets into my hands with just over 40k kms from the drive to Aachen. Since then I've covered more than 10k kms driving from and to shows - this is basically a museum piece that I'll not use as a daily hack. I want to keep the condition more or less as is.
Here are the results:
The rear end still show some deformation due to the accident and the not so smooth 1971 paint-job.
Interior is easily the best part of the car:
The car had no steering lock, but by 1971 an anti-theft lock and hazard warning lights were needed by law in Germany, so this little mod was made for the first requirement:
Were all the fuel goes:
Details:
including period rubber...
I hope you enjoyed this!
Regards,
Alexander
