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Title: Solved - NEH 1229: 1956 VW-Svenning by Sven Svenning on 1949 Beetle
Post by: Carnut on August 17, 2011, 07:44:37 AM

What's this, from when?
1 point for the full and correct answer.

Title: Re: NEH 1229
Post by: Carnut on August 24, 2011, 07:22:50 AM

Rookies don't seem to know the answer so let's see if the Experts know any more...

Title: Re: NEH 1229
Post by: JMC on August 24, 2011, 08:11:44 AM

This must be the 1956 creation of Sven Svenning. Based on a 1949 VW and inspired by the Porsche 356.

Title: Re: NEH 1229
Post by: Carnut on August 24, 2011, 09:02:20 AM

Quote from: JMC on August 24, 2011, 08:11:44 AM
This must be the 1956 creation of Sven Svenning. Based on a 1949 VW and inspired by the Porsche 356.

Exactly!
Your 50th point.

Title: Re: Solved - NEH 1229: 1956 VW-Svenning by Sven Svenning on 1949 Beetle
Post by: Carnut on August 24, 2011, 09:14:21 AM

A rear view:

Title: Re: Solved - NEH 1229: 1956 VW-Svenning by Sven Svenning on 1949 Beetle
Post by: Carnut on October 04, 2013, 10:00:52 AM

Apparently Sven Svenning started to build this car in 1956 but never finished it.
It got stuck into a barn and was only rescued a couple of years ago and sold to a Christian Grundmann at auction.
It's he who completed the car very recently. Originally the car was, I believe, called by Sven the PlexiTopSpecial as the opening top was made of plexi-glass, on top of the hand-formed aluminium body.

Here are pictures of the car as found a few years ago:

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