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Posted by: six-o-one - 15 June 2006 21:21:40
Anyone know any more about this? [url=https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=177851]https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=177851[/url] £23,000 / EURO 34,000 :shock:

Posted by: zelensis61 - 15 June 2006 22:33:06
Yess.. :lol:

Posted by: overrestored - 16 June 2006 17:59:09
If you look on thesamba... in the gallery section for coachbuilts... there are a few photos of a new Rometsch Beeskow that was recently sold by a mechanic in Philadelphia PA, USA. It has black California Plates... and he has had it in storage in the back of his garage for over 30 years. It looks to be all there. It was scheduled to go to Auction but was bought just prior to the auction for US $5500! Word is that it will be for sale again soon. What is it about Rometsches and Elephants though... this one also has evidence of a small herd of baby elephants ran across the front Trunk lid.... Oh Tina... where are you! Get it to Andy to send to the italians for resto. Thanks to Oystein Asphell for sending me the links. Eric Meyer

Posted by: overrestored - 16 June 2006 17:59:09

If you look on thesamba... in the gallery section for coachbuilts... there are a few photos of a new Rometsch Beeskow that was recently sold by a mechanic in Philadelphia PA, USA. It has black California Plates... and he has had it in storage in the back of his garage for over 30 years. It looks to be all there. It was scheduled to go to Auction but was bought just prior to the auction for US $5500! Word is that it will be for sale again soon. What is it about Rometsches and Elephants though... this one also has evidence of a small herd of baby elephants ran across the front Trunk lid.... Oh Tina... where are you! Get it to Andy to send to the italians for resto. Thanks to Oystein Asphell for sending me the links. Eric Meyer

Posted by: overrestored - 16 June 2006 18:00:09
here is another shot of the new Beeskow [ATTACH]702[/Attach]

Posted by: pre67vw - 16 June 2006 18:06:16
Wow, incredible! tell him I'll give him $6000 for it, thats a swift $500 profit :wink:

Posted by: six-o-one - 16 June 2006 18:41:08
Nice! What a cool find. 8)

Posted by: Andy Sparks - 16 June 2006 20:29:21
Nice looking car, shame about the amounts of dents :cry: They seem to be turrining up a lot recently, i suppose it's tinternet. You get to hear about everything.

Posted by: 2splits - 17 June 2006 02:50:03
Oh man, thats like 15 minutes from where I live! Is it staying the Philly area?

Posted by: zelensis61 - 17 June 2006 21:00:03
It is sold , it stay in the states and I know nothing more.... :shock: :roll: Greets

Posted by: '50 Karmann - 17 June 2006 21:33:23
It says on the Samba it was sold to a prestige vehicle trader and they suspect it will be for sale again very soon.The car has had clip work done and does not display it's original numbers.

Posted by: overrestored - 18 June 2006 00:57:52
Randy Carlson at Oldbug.com seems to have more knowledge about this one... I don't know who bought it. Eric

Posted by: 2splits - 18 June 2006 18:30:52
All I can say is what a great find. I (like everyone else), have been looking for one for a long time. When the time comes, I will gladly part with my 55 vert and 51 ragtop for the right one! Thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Tina - 19 June 2006 12:11:29
Here i am dear Eric ! Just ship it over to me, I AM in Italy ! Andy says, he will do the resto job for us. He did also the elephant resto, as you know. TNA OVALI ROU RESTO SHOP RRS

Posted by: overrestored - 21 June 2006 01:25:10
Gilles... I am thinking it is a very late Beeskow... there are a few little differences... I am thinking it is a 57. Heres a picture of another Rometsch that needs some restoration work... Eric [ATTACH]703[/Attach]

Posted by: Tina - 21 June 2006 08:20:23
Just ship it over ! We do restore like nobody else here in Italy Tina Ovali RRS

Posted by: '50 Karmann - 21 June 2006 20:29:58
[quote="Tina"] ! We do restore like nobody else here in Italy Does that mean your real name is Reinhold Plank.

Posted by: six-o-one - 25 June 2006 15:10:07
Interior [ATTACH]704[/Attach]

Posted by: six-o-one - 25 June 2006 15:11:01
Parts found in the glovebox [ATTACH]705[/Attach]

Posted by: six-o-one - 25 June 2006 15:12:42
daylight! [ATTACH]706[/Attach]

Posted by: six-o-one - 03 July 2006 18:36:12
Hemmings Ad... VW: 1949 Hebmueller, beautiful restoration to show condition, black with maroon inset, $43,000. 970-547-9166, CO. Location: Breckenridge, CO

Posted by: overrestored - 14 July 2006 01:35:56
I think it went to hymanltd.com I saw it there a couple of days ago... no photos yet... I called and the price is 75k. Restored by a Porsche speedster guy? Would that be you Bruce? There was no other info. It is no longer listed on their site today though.

Posted by: pre67vw - 14 July 2006 10:11:46
from $40k to $75k ?? :roll: what have they done to it to add $35k of value?

Posted by: Bert53 - 14 July 2006 14:00:11
[quote="pre67vw"]from $40k to $75k ?? :roll: what have they done to it to add $35k of value? [/quote] Turtle Wax is quite expensive :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted by: Tina - 06 October 2006 18:50:27
[quote="overrestored"]Gilles... I am thinking it is a very late Beeskow... there are a few little differences... I am thinking it is a 57. Heres a picture of another Rometsch that needs some restoration work... Eric[/quote] is this the one offered for 7500 ????? Tina Shark

Posted by: vwmadeinireland - 06 October 2006 21:17:38
[quote]is this the one offered for 7500 ????? Tina Shark [/quote] Yes it is Tina.

Posted by: Tina - 16 February 2007 17:39:35
so GREAT pics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: kdf38 - 17 February 2007 03:20:30
And a Very Generous Offer, it is Sir... [quote="pre67vw"]Wow, incredible! tell him I'll give him $6000 for it, thats a swift $500 profit :wink: [/quote]

Posted by: pre67vw - 17 February 2007 10:43:22
Hi Mike, Is it yours?

Posted by: Tina - 20 February 2007 21:01:46
it seems they grow like mushrooms....................................................

Posted by: kdf38 - 21 February 2007 07:12:36
NO, sorry, not mine. I think I saw one in a junk yard once and LEFT IT there. [quote="pre67vw"]Hi Mike, Is it yours? [/quote]

Posted by: kdf38 - 21 February 2007 07:15:22
From the looks of the UNRestored ones, they probably GROW mushrooms. [quote="Tina"]it seems they grow like mushrooms..................[/quote]

Posted by: Tina - 21 February 2007 18:31:41
there will come out some more next time

Posted by: oldbug.com - 26 February 2007 22:04:40
The story of this car was pretty cool...at least to me. So I'll share what I know. One day last June I get a call from a fellow VW nut in the Philadelphia area who has stumbled onto a Rometsch that was doe to come up for auction in a sale of the business assets of an old repair shop in the nasty part of town. He didnt have the money to go after it but was willing to help so I basically worked with him so that when the auction came up that he would have my backing to buy the car at whatever cost it went to. It didnt seem that there was going to be any problem with getting it cheap. Then the day before the auction my partner out there went by the garage to check on the car and it was gone. He called me right away and I spent the next couple hours on the phone with he auction company as well as the garage to find out where the heck it went. All that I could get out of them was that it was sold before the auction...I questioned weather that was legal and such but what was done was done. I asked the owner of the auction company to forward my contact info to the buyer in hopes that I could aquire the car from him. I was pretty gutted. Anyway, the day before the VW Classic, at the toy and literature show my phone rings and it is a friend of mine from here in California. He sounded a little strange over the phone so I asked him what was up. He said he was on a trip in Pennsylvania and was visiting a buddy. His buddy went off to get some beers and while he was out my friend saw a note with my name and number on it and he couldnt figure out how it got there. I figured it out pretty quick and asked him if his buddy happened to buy a Rometsch recently...he responded that he was staring at one in the guys garage right then and there. In any case when his buddy returned he urged him to call me to at least chat about it. So I talked to the guy and he said that he had been after the car for many years. The owner of the garage would never sell it, but he kept up on him and when he caught wind of the place going out of business he hit the owner up pretty hard and talked him out of it a day before it was due to go up or auction. He did get it pretty cheap and I offerred to give him a healthy profit. He said he already had someone interested in it in the low $30's. That kinda shocked me, so I told him to go for it. I never heard from him again so I can only assume that he sold it, probably to the buyer who offerred him the big money for it. So it was the one that got away. :cry: The wild part of the story that I dont know is how it ended up in a garage in the nastiest part of the ghetto in Philly in the first place...it truly was in hell. Hopefully it will pop up one day all restored and pretty. I shared the story with some friends at the Classic...one of which who said that he had just discovered one himself up in Northern California! They are still out there I guess...never give up hope!

Posted by: oldbug.com - 26 February 2007 22:04:40

The story of this car was pretty cool...at least to me. So I'll share what I know. One day last June I get a call from a fellow VW nut in the Philadelphia area who has stumbled onto a Rometsch that was doe to come up for auction in a sale of the business assets of an old repair shop in the nasty part of town. He didnt have the money to go after it but was willing to help so I basically worked with him so that when the auction came up that he would have my backing to buy the car at whatever cost it went to. It didnt seem that there was going to be any problem with getting it cheap. Then the day before the auction my partner out there went by the garage to check on the car and it was gone. He called me right away and I spent the next couple hours on the phone with he auction company as well as the garage to find out where the heck it went. All that I could get out of them was that it was sold before the auction...I questioned weather that was legal and such but what was done was done. I asked the owner of the auction company to forward my contact info to the buyer in hopes that I could aquire the car from him. I was pretty gutted. Anyway, the day before the VW Classic, at the toy and literature show my phone rings and it is a friend of mine from here in California. He sounded a little strange over the phone so I asked him what was up. He said he was on a trip in Pennsylvania and was visiting a buddy. His buddy went off to get some beers and while he was out my friend saw a note with my name and number on it and he couldnt figure out how it got there. I figured it out pretty quick and asked him if his buddy happened to buy a Rometsch recently...he responded that he was staring at one in the guys garage right then and there. In any case when his buddy returned he urged him to call me to at least chat about it. So I talked to the guy and he said that he had been after the car for many years. The owner of the garage would never sell it, but he kept up on him and when he caught wind of the place going out of business he hit the owner up pretty hard and talked him out of it a day before it was due to go up or auction. He did get it pretty cheap and I offerred to give him a healthy profit. He said he already had someone interested in it in the low $30's. That kinda shocked me, so I told him to go for it. I never heard from him again so I can only assume that he sold it, probably to the buyer who offerred him the big money for it. So it was the one that got away. :cry: The wild part of the story that I dont know is how it ended up in a garage in the nastiest part of the ghetto in Philly in the first place...it truly was in hell. Hopefully it will pop up one day all restored and pretty. I shared the story with some friends at the Classic...one of which who said that he had just discovered one himself up in Northern California! They are still out there I guess...never give up hope!

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