dubbedup67
Well-known member
ok small update.
1stly i recieved a new steering box today as mine is nackered so i just need to fit that in (any tips would be real handy )
and i have tryed and tryed and tryed to get the engine running but she aint having it.ive set the carb back to standard n everything.she wont even fire when i pour a little fuel straight in.
so to cheer myself up i decided i would take lynn71's advice and run the M-plate to see what comes up.
needless to say im well chuffed and ever so slightly surprised.
it looks like she IS totally og,even down to the interior door cards,engine and even the windows,all matching numbers.
and heres the surprising bit,i bought her from san diego,she had previously been in colorado and kansas and i found evidence of her traveling to San Francisco,LA,Washington,Seattle,Chicago,Texas,Florida and Maine..... with me so far??
well it appears as tho her origional destination,on october 17 1967 might i add,was germany. :shock:
so that means she is an early og US spec 68 delux that waaaaay back in 1967 timeish was in germany.
so quite how she ended up in the US is a mystery,i googled a little history of germany at that time and 67-68 was the time of the german student moverment and thats it. :lol:
i wish i could find out more
but overall,i am well chuffed with what ive found out.
laters
matt
1stly i recieved a new steering box today as mine is nackered so i just need to fit that in (any tips would be real handy )
and i have tryed and tryed and tryed to get the engine running but she aint having it.ive set the carb back to standard n everything.she wont even fire when i pour a little fuel straight in.
so to cheer myself up i decided i would take lynn71's advice and run the M-plate to see what comes up.
needless to say im well chuffed and ever so slightly surprised.
it looks like she IS totally og,even down to the interior door cards,engine and even the windows,all matching numbers.
and heres the surprising bit,i bought her from san diego,she had previously been in colorado and kansas and i found evidence of her traveling to San Francisco,LA,Washington,Seattle,Chicago,Texas,Florida and Maine..... with me so far??
well it appears as tho her origional destination,on october 17 1967 might i add,was germany. :shock:
so that means she is an early og US spec 68 delux that waaaaay back in 1967 timeish was in germany.
so quite how she ended up in the US is a mystery,i googled a little history of germany at that time and 67-68 was the time of the german student moverment and thats it. :lol:
i wish i could find out more
but overall,i am well chuffed with what ive found out.
laters
matt