PBY138D - Phoebe
My 1966 Karmann Cabriolet Beetle.
Its a US Import.
It appears to have been Built in May 1965.
It was stolen in LA, California in the late 1980s and then recovered it was given a California State replacement chassis number by the DMV.
It was registered in the UK in 1990 by an M Gorner of Chalfont St Peter.
Someone I once knew went to look at it but didn't buy it. But took these photos..
It was later sold to A Zwaan from Surry in August 1996
However, I saw it for sale in Volksworld Magazine over Christmas 1996 and went to take a look ...
I drove it home on January 6th in the snow with the roof down.
It looked a bit worse for wear... Now running replacement bonnet and wings in rusty black... Hood rotten etc....
I put a 1600 engine and a 1500 gearbox in her.
She became a daily driver for a while, but the hood just leaked too much to leave her outside...
She eventually went into long term storage...
We were moving house so in 2006 so she was dug out and MOTd in the August..
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I changed the front wheel cylinders and she passed her MOT... She may have been lowered in this period too..
August 2006 - Ace Cafe London
September 2006 - VW Action Herts Show Ground.
Stonor park 2007?
July 2008 She went for another MOT and was used briefly.. She was running rough and HOT...
September 2008 - VW Action at Santa Pod
September 2013 ... Time for another MOT... yes I know... she doesn't come out very often... but I had some things to put back together first... as I had started to pull her apart over a year previously...
MOT Time...
Passed!
First Drive in years..
Still running rough... The old fuel was blamed... it wasn't that..
Knebworth Classic Car Show - 2013
A rare trip to the Pub...
Further investigation in to the rough running, included New plugs, points, condenser, Rotor arm, Cap, Valve gaps Carb tune etc... different tail pipes (quieter ones) still not right..
September 2013 - VW Action - Phoebe gets her first Tramp Stamp - From Nefarius RIP - Top Pin Stripe bloke, Rum Drinker and Roller Skating nun. .
2016 - Dusty
October 2016 - MOT Time -
Gone, but not forgotten.
The Return of Phoebe. Post Divorce.
September 2023 -
September 2023
A602s Autorama September 2023 - Hot! - 1965 VW Karmann Convertible
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