*** UPDATE ***
New Owner: Wayne Coley
VIN: Coming
Soon
COLOR: Nutria
BACKGROUND: It’s a RHD 64 1500s Notch in Nutria (L575) that Mike
bought in 1995 with 65,000 miles on the clock. He said "I chose it because
of its originality, and today still run’s 6v electrics and has the same
engine it came from the factory with". It was given a full body-off restoration
over a 4 year period using only NOS parts where possible. All the bodywork was
carried out by Bughaus Restorations of Nottingham England, with most of the
mechanical work, detailing and final build handled by myself. The Interior is
the original which was cleaned up and refitted to repainted frames, the main
headlining and wiring loom being the only parts to stay in the car throughout
the restoration process. The car was good enough to take best in class on its
debut at Stanford Hall in 1999 and has gone on to take many more trophies including
“Best Type 3 at the Volksworld show in 2000, “Most beautiful Typ
3” at the VW Typ 3 Liebhaber e.V treffen in Arcen (Holland) 2002, and
“Runner up Best in Show” at Stanford Hall 2005, and has also been
featured twice in UK VW mags. The car is now in semi retirement from the show
scene, with the milometer currently reading 72,000. We don’t get the time
to go to many these days and those we do go to, we prefer to tow our 1964 Eriba
Pan caravan there and stay in the camping field – always with our Notchback
of course!".
RESTORATION: Not much left to do but enjoy the car.