 NPC: rare VW-based coach built Rometsch |
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| poorsche914 |
 Oct 3 2020, 07:20 PM
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T4 Supercharged  Group: Members Posts: 3,090 Joined: 28-May 09 From: Smoky Mountains Member No.: 10,419 Region Association: South East States  |
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.    (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| Steve |
Oct 3 2020, 09:27 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,585 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California 
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Way cool, thanks for sharing. Looks very slow and heavy
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| VegasRacer |
Oct 3 2020, 09:34 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,509 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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QUOTE(Steve @ Oct 3 2020, 08:27 PM)  Looks very slow and heavy The interior looks Volkswagen, but I would have never guessed from the outside. |
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| poorsche914 |
Oct 3 2020, 09:57 PM
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T4 Supercharged Group: Members Posts: 3,090 Joined: 28-May 09 From: Smoky Mountains Member No.: 10,419 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(Steve @ Oct 3 2020, 11:27 PM) Way cool, thanks for sharing. Looks very slow and heavy Hand formed aluminum body on a VW pan. The engine has dual carbs. The owner drove it from... Indiana IIRC (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) He had it at Amelia Island a couple years ago with other VW-based coachbuilt vehicles. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| djway |
Oct 3 2020, 10:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 787 Joined: 16-October 15 From: Riverside Member No.: 19,266 Region Association: Southern California |
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.
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| 914 Ranch |
Oct 4 2020, 08:01 AM
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Team Sharp where the 914 grow wings Group: Members Posts: 1,411 Joined: 29-January 16 From: TheNorth Shore Retreat. Deland Member No.: 19,611 Region Association: South East States |
Looks like a Ghia pan, short seats.
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| barefoot |
Oct 4 2020, 12:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,274 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Charleston SC Member No.: 15,673 Region Association: South East States
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Way big front trunk (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
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| nordfisch |
Oct 4 2020, 01:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 11-December 15 From: Germany Member No.: 19,451 Region Association: None |
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#Rome...7%E2%80%931961) Regards Norbert |
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| VegasRacer |
 Oct 4 2020, 09:59 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,509 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(nordfisch @ Oct 4 2020, 12:38 PM) Regards Norbert Danke schön Norbert. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) *(a perfect example of one more reason why I love this ausgezeichnet community) |
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| sechszylinder |
Oct 6 2020, 12:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 247 Joined: 9-April 03 From: /earth/europe/germany/berlin Member No.: 545 Region Association: None
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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 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif) )
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