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Posted by: poorsche914 Oct 3 2020, 07:20 PM

Extremely rare (said to be only 5 in existence today) 1957 Rometsch Lawrence as seen at Circle Yer Wagens VW show in Sevierville, TN.

This car won Most Unique as well as Promoter's Choice Air Cooled.

Posted by: Steve Oct 3 2020, 09:27 PM

Way cool, thanks for sharing. Looks very slow and heavy

Posted by: VegasRacer Oct 3 2020, 09:34 PM

The interior looks Volkswagen, but I would have never guessed from the outside.

Posted by: poorsche914 Oct 3 2020, 09:57 PM

Hand formed aluminum body on a VW pan. The engine has dual carbs.
The owner drove it from... Indiana IIRC He had it at Amelia Island a couple years ago with other VW-based coachbuilt vehicles.

Posted by: djway Oct 3 2020, 10:58 PM

Looks like the one a buddy and I bought at the Bug In in the 70s. The motor was shot, he fixed it and I made about 100 bucks. I was happy as 16 year old could be. I had no idea what we had back then.

Posted by: 914 Ranch Oct 4 2020, 08:01 AM

Looks like a Ghia pan, short seats.

Posted by: barefoot Oct 4 2020, 12:15 PM

Way big front trunk

Posted by: nordfisch Oct 4 2020, 01:38 PM

Chassis was Volkswagen, following Wikipedia engine (68 PS) and transmission Porsche.
1200 man-hours to build one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykDHca6U9No

Information <German>: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rometsch#Rometsch_Lawrence_(1957%E2%80%931961)

Regards
Norbert

Posted by: VegasRacer Oct 4 2020, 09:59 PM

Danke schön Norbert.


*(a perfect example of one more reason why I love this ausgezeichnet community)

Posted by: sechszylinder Oct 6 2020, 12:04 AM

and, quite important , at least for me as a „real Berliner“ these cars have been made in Berlin (Berlin-Halensee, which was part of the American Sector of the occupied city )

Br

Benno