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02/10/2025 5:51 am
1959 Volkswagen Beutler 1.2 Coupe
John Bono
North Jersey
02/10/2025 5:56 am
I absolutely LOVE that car John! Never heard of or have seen it before now. My first thought looking at it is 'refined'. It is a smooth, sleek, purposeful Automobile highly enriched from the standard VW lines and looks Aristocratic in those two-tone colors. The darker top enhances the car quite a bit. And gorgeous appointments all over. GREAT choice of today's 'Something Different'!
02/10/2025 6:51 am
Neat car, amazing 36 hp. could move it along.😊
02/10/2025 8:52 am
The wheel covers look like they are off of a C1 Corvette. The car is attractive.
02/10/2025 10:08 am
I like it. It reminds me very much of the Borgward Isabella from a similar period.
02/10/2025 10:26 am
You have a fine, discerning eye signor. It IS reminiscent of the Borgward Isabella:I like it. It reminds me very much of the Borgward Isabella from a similar period.
02/10/2025 12:01 pm
@perrone1 I always liked the Isabella coupe and wagon for some reason....even as a teenager.
02/10/2025 12:28 pm
Me too. A friend and school mate's father, owned a used car lot for many years. He seemed to gravitate to foreign cars. He had a Borgward Isabella on the lot and Joel and I sat it and started it but dad never allowed us to drive the cars - dang it!!@perrone1 I always liked the Isabella coupe and wagon for some reason....even as a teenager.
02/10/2025 1:12 pm
Yes, very handsome indeed, and I guess its fairly tall stance with narrow front and rear tracks is appropriate for its era. But you know what I'm like, I just wondered how it might look with a more modern lowered stance and wider track. As ever, feel free to ignore.
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
03/10/2025 3:46 am
spot on Tony. One of those rare examples that look great from any and every angle.I absolutely LOVE that car John! Never heard of or have seen it before now. My first thought looking at it is 'refined'. It is a smooth, sleek, purposeful Automobile highly enriched from the standard VW lines and looks Aristocratic in those two-tone colors. The darker top enhances the car quite a bit. And gorgeous appointments all over. GREAT choice of today's 'Something Different'!
Thanks John
03/10/2025 9:30 am
"I absolutely LOVE that car John! Never heard of or have seen it before..."
+1 I like it very much and that brown roof looks fantastic, but I wish they had restored/painted it in its original color - black. I just prefer "original."
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03/10/2025 10:44 pm
Gents, thanks for your responses!
John Bono
North Jersey
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