I had decided that the 66 Ghia Cabriolet was to be the final resto for the Volksmeister stable. Then a german friend visiting the UK asked if VW ever produced a funny looking van shaped model, asking if he could buy it for me. Knowing how much these prized VWs were fetching I hesitantly agreed as long as it wasnt too much. He purchased the van after I had seen two photographs(one of which starts this page off) a really daunting sight. The cost was 500 DM that was the equivalent of £150 a good buy I thought at the time. After about 4 months I finally got to gernany to collect the vehicle and oh boy it was still surrounded by what you see in the picture but the 18ft sail boat had been removed from the roof. I was shocked but it was mine and I had to get it home. The brakes were seized and the tyres were flat. after pumping the tyres up (they stayed up for almost a year) I pulled the van onto the trailer with a winch bending the rear bumper very badly. every panel was badly rotted including the floor which was no thicker than a sheet of paper. Having brought it home the car was ripped apart and much of the rot was cut out. whilst preparing for a parts collecting trip to germany I got a call from Steve Gilbert of One on One restorations offering me a large collection of NOS Fridolin parts. I visited Burnley aUsing Back button to Navigatend agreed to buy the everything I needed for the restoration for a princely sum, although still cheap in the grand scheme of things. I replaced the following parts with NOS panels. Front Valance,drivers inner wing,Wheel well and Tank support, Front wings, Floor pan(Fridolin only) one door, rear corners. Inner door panels,Bumpers, Swivel passenger seat complete set of Rubber trim, and reproduced rear wheel arches produced by Steve Hook of Hookys Panel shop. I made up heater channel sections and many other parts. The logo was found under the original paint and copied with a vinyl transfer and the car was painted in the original VW L63 Post Office Yellow. On its first show outing at BVF2002 it took second place in class loosing by 3 points, having been penalized 10 points for being trailered to the show. The shame was it was only trailered as it had already been sold to new owner Marvin Lee of Orlando Florida. So an honest comlete resto to Factory finish that was featured in Total VW in the July of that year. The story of the resto and sale is a long one and this is just a short version if youd like to know any more information email me and i will be happy to answer any questions.