Bought a project type34, -65

Hello everyone!

There was awfully silent here (or my news server is missing a lot of news) so something potentially interesting to fill the void. ;)

Actually I bought it a month ago but I bought it from Germany (mobile.de, wasn't cheap either, 5500 euros) and it took a long time to get it transported to here (Finland).

Some pictures I took a week ago can be seen here:

Also: It's a drivable project: Most of the mechanics work (like engine, brakes and steering) and even some electrics but chassis needs a lot of work and there are a lot of (square(!)) patches around (and who knows how much bondo).

On the other hand, this is the only whole car I've seen for sale at this side of the pond for a long time (within my budget limits: 15 k euros is way too much for my hobby budget). It might have been cheaper to get one from US (or a better one at same price) and transport that to here, but I really can't say, maybe some of you can? (Jan?).

I could still do that if necessary, it isn't hard to sell a t34 here (even project), if the price is right. :)

Also the doors fit quite badly and obviously have had some kind of damage, need some work too.

But I'm in no hurry, we'll see what I can do. :)

Primary goal is to get it road legal (some holes to patch, brakes) and reliable driver (engine, fuel hoses, brake hoses). Then I have time to think the real restauration and generic appearance. That will be a lot of work, Karmann is known to make complicated steel structures into chassis. ;)

T34 is so rare here that even a project will raise interest in every local VW meeting, so I plan to visit those as much I can (for that you need a reliable machine), at earliest next summer. Also meetings are a great opportunity to get connected to other hobbyists who may have parts. Fortunately knowledge isn't hard to get, the internet serves quite well in that problem.

Only other t34 I've seen here in years looks like this:

It's rebuild was completed this spring.