Author Topic: Solved: PN #1103 -- Harald Vetter Firearrow GTO, 1962 (Read 6915 times)

Carnut · « **Reply #25 on:** April 03, 2018, 07:28:38 AM »

Quote from: pnegyesi on April 03, 2018, 04:22:58 AM

no, his initials were HV

Thanks.
But was the car originally called the TRP?
Or maybe that just stood for 'The Red Presto'...

pnegyesi · « **Reply #26 on:** April 03, 2018, 07:39:34 AM »

no the car was called something entirely different

pnegyesi · « **Reply #27 on:** April 09, 2018, 03:14:05 PM »

Professionals?

Wendax · « **Reply #28 on:** April 09, 2018, 04:10:47 PM »

The builder's name was Helmut Vetter.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #29 on:** April 09, 2018, 04:15:10 PM »

Almost. Locked for you to give me its first name and the name he gave to the car

pnegyesi · « **Reply #30 on:** April 12, 2018, 06:03:03 AM »

Wendax, any thoughts on this one?

Wendax · « **Reply #31 on:** April 12, 2018, 06:19:34 AM »

All I could find is this bad photograph of a newspaper article. Still trying to decipher it.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #32 on:** April 12, 2018, 07:48:54 PM »

I am going to help you a lot. The man is from Regensburg. Now if you know where to look and how to look you can find his name and the name of the car online.

Still locked

Carnut · « **Reply #33 on:** April 13, 2018, 03:30:58 AM »

I guessed that from the registration plate and have Googled endlessly using Regensburg as a key word, along with Eigenbau, Special, home-built and VW. Plus other relevant words!
But nothing shows up (in the UK; maybe it does in other countries).

pnegyesi · « **Reply #34 on:** April 13, 2018, 04:14:37 AM »

" if you know where to look and how to look "

Google won't help you in this case. And it's not on Facebook either.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #35 on:** April 17, 2018, 04:51:06 AM »

should I unlock?

Wendax · « **Reply #36 on:** April 17, 2018, 05:12:01 AM »

Yes, I searched some newspaper archive online, but couldn't find anything. You may unlock.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #37 on:** April 17, 2018, 06:11:03 AM »

unlocked then

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #38 on:** April 17, 2018, 06:38:49 AM »

The name of the builder is Harald Vetter.

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #39 on:** April 17, 2018, 07:21:49 AM »

...and the car was named "Fire Arrow".

pnegyesi · « **Reply #40 on:** April 17, 2018, 07:40:59 AM »

indeed

Wendax · « **Reply #41 on:** April 17, 2018, 09:03:29 AM »

Merged

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #42 on:** April 17, 2018, 09:44:42 AM »

Thank you. I've been in contact with the current owner of the car for years. He will restore it sooner or later. This is what he told me last year. The car deserves it.

Carnut · « **Reply #43 on:** April 18, 2018, 04:00:32 AM »

I tried contacting the guy who has the website dedicated to The Red Presto, but he failed to reply.
I note the last entries on the site are from 2012, so maybe he no longer has the car and has abandoned the website.
On that site it states that the car was built by a student in 1962, based on a 1957 Beetle..

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #44 on:** April 18, 2018, 04:11:36 AM »

That's him. He still has the car. His name is Oli and He is from Mainz.

Carnut · « **Reply #45 on:** March 07, 2019, 06:34:19 AM »

I heard from the guy who is restoring the car (Oli) but he says it's not finished yet; he's been quite ill for some time but he hopes to have it finished this year.
He says the student who built it did it as part of his studies at university.
It's name then was "Red Artow" (I assume he didn't mean "Red Arrow").

Groundspeed · « **Reply #46 on:** February 17, 2022, 07:07:49 AM »

Hello everyone, my name is Oli and I am the owner of the Fire Arrow or The Red Presto. A friend showed me this page and that this is about the car. I am still working on the restoration, which has not yet been completed due to a long illness and private reasons.The TRP was built by 2 friends Armin Hell and Helmut Vetter. Armin was the engineer and Helmut the doer. The car was registered in Germany in 1962 and de-registered in 1974.

Groundspeed · « **Reply #47 on:** February 17, 2022, 07:11:15 AM »

Wendax · « **Reply #48 on:** February 17, 2022, 08:28:34 AM »

Hello Oli, nice to hear that the car is still cared for. I'll put the correct year in the headline.
Good luck for getting the Firearrow back on the road again!

Wendax · « **Reply #49 on:** February 17, 2022, 12:00:45 PM »

A letter to the editor by the builder himself:

News:

Author Topic: Solved: PN #1103 -- Harald Vetter Firearrow GTO, 1962 (Read 6915 times)