Lot details
Registration No: FTT206D
Chassis No: 116501581
Mot Expiry: May 2018

- Stunning time warp example with just 37,200 recorded miles

- Original bill of sale, service book, spare key

- Sea Sand with Black interior, a must for serious collectors

The story of the Volkswagen Beetle is like no other. Sixty-six years of production, over 21 million examples manufactured, factories on five continents etc. The statistics are as staggering as the car's history. In 1933, Ferdinand Porsche was instructed to design and develop a 'volkswagen' (people's car) that was basic, affordable and capable of transporting two adults and three children at up to 100 kph. The newcomer finally went into production in 1938 and, while it inevitably evolved over the years, the basic concept was never altered - an enduring tribute to the genius of Dr Porsche.

This 1966 example finished in Sea Sand is notable not only for its amazingly unmolested original condition but also for having covered just c.37,000 miles in the hands of three owners - the last two having really only been custodians preserving its condition. Dispatched from the Wolfsberg factory in January 1966, it was purchased on 26th February from Devonshire Motors of Barnstaple by a Mr J Denner, a Sub-Postmaster in nearby Sticklepath. The original bill of sale in the sum of £649 16s 8d is contained in the accompanying history file along with its service book and an instruction manual. Amazingly, the original Devonshire Motors tax disc holder remains fixed to the windscreen. Mr Denner only used the car for local journeys before it was purchased after his death in 1988 by the second owner who treated it to a lower half respray and replaced the wings which had suffered parking damage from Mr Denner's narrow garage! At this time the recorded mileage was some 33,600 miles only. In 2004 it was a concours prize winner at the Stanford Hall VW meeting. Now registering some 37,200 miles this charming Beetle is worthy of close inspection.