tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909677577932577074.post6738084058299821154..comments2024-02-28T21:45:24.261-08:00Comments on VW+VW1500: 1958 Rometsch Lawrence coupeScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15374323459236158726noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909677577932577074.post-91747189531694707972017-11-21T12:22:13.857-08:002017-11-21T12:22:13.857-08:00I can post pictures of the test drive if anyone is...I can post pictures of the test drive if anyone is interested. I felt obligated to at least drive the car once before I sold it. MikeSoggy B. Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12219810214169405889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909677577932577074.post-56708270251385186652017-11-21T11:39:52.475-08:002017-11-21T11:39:52.475-08:00Too funny, it was me who purchased the car. I met ...Too funny, it was me who purchased the car. I met the owner because he also built VW transaxles. I towed the car home and put a new (rebuilt 36HP) motor in it with parts from the dusty shelves of Mission Bay VW. I actually drove the car then sold it a year later. I still have pics if anyone is interested in tracking it down. I sold/traded it for a 58 single cab. The car went to a guy in Chula Vista, can't remember his name. I kept the single cab for a few years then sold that too. I still have the VIN tag for the 58 Rometsch if the original owner is interested. It sits in my Kennedy toolbox to this day. I forgot to give it to the kid in Chula Vista that bought the car. Soggy B. Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12219810214169405889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909677577932577074.post-72830300976823064562009-07-13T01:28:00.151-07:002009-07-13T01:28:00.151-07:00The lawrences are nice cars.
Two weeks I promiss...The lawrences are nice cars. <br /><br />Two weeks I promissed Eric and Oystein to take care of the lawrence models for their current Rometsch regsitry. <br /><br />I have found pictures of 20 different lawrences and now trying to get the bodynumber together, so we can have an guess of how many there were made and how many still exist. <br /><br />See also http://forums.pre67vw.com/Default.aspx?g=posts&t=8687<br /><br />regards<br />Patrick<br />pbaptist@ziggo.nl<br /><br />Phil.Patricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909677577932577074.post-3736330609074402702009-06-17T10:15:41.540-07:002009-06-17T10:15:41.540-07:00Wow, thanks for the background Phil. Do you still ...Wow, thanks for the background Phil. Do you still have the '58 cabrio?Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15374323459236158726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909677577932577074.post-66953768264273185342009-06-16T22:52:38.072-07:002009-06-16T22:52:38.072-07:00We first saw this coupe in 1980?. I passed on purc...We first saw this coupe in 1980?. I passed on purchasing the car because we had our hands full with<br />our 58 cab. Besides, we were guessing the cars would become restorable/valuable. We did our best to make the cars more well known. I guess we did something right. I was able to buy the spare body parts, and a set of 51 porsche fr. brakes from the fellow who owned the coupe. At the time rometsch cars were worthless,<br />scary wrecks, that cost more to restore than they were worth. My how times have changed.rom/reg philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619570778598496165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909677577932577074.post-79794808813516529172008-01-10T08:23:00.000-08:002008-01-10T08:23:00.000-08:00Sorry Randy, but it was 25 years ago and I really ...Sorry Randy, but it was 25 years ago and I really can't remember other than that it was at the end of a long dirt road way up in the hills of Alpine, CA. I really doubt it's still there. The seller put me in touch with the Rometsch Registry when I was considering the car, and I spoke to Rometsch guru Phil Leadley, who REALLY wanted the rear bumper from the car (his famous Lawrence cabrio was making do with a Ghia bumper at the time). My guess is that he eventually ended up buying it. Also, a few big fires have swept through that area recently, so if it did somehow remain there all these years it may only be a hardened pool of molten aluminum at this point. Good luck if you decide to go hunting for it, and please let me know if you're ever able to track it down.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15374323459236158726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909677577932577074.post-75564260559315812802008-01-09T23:48:00.000-08:002008-01-09T23:48:00.000-08:00Scott, Im up for a road trip...do you think you co...Scott,<BR/> Im up for a road trip...do you think you could remember how to get to where that Rometsch was so long ago?<BR/><BR/>I'll drive...<BR/>Let me know!<BR/><BR/>Randy @ Oldbug.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com