Restoration of a 1965 Volkswagen Type 34 Karmann Ghia Model 346 in San Diego, California USA.
24 June 2009
Visit to Darmstadt Germany
I was in southern Germany on business and had a couple extra days to spend visiting with two T34 owners in Darmstadt. Jorg Fischer owns two amazing T34s: an unrestored Anthracite & Pearl White 1963 with manual-crank Golde sunroof & a restored Pearl White 1963 Cabriolet, one of five known to exist worldwide! Tobias Ebner also owns two T34s including this nicely restored Emerald & Pearl White 1963 Electric Sunroof. We met for steak dinner & Martzen beers one night and then the next day went for a beautiful T34 cruise into the edge of the Odenvald forest for some amazing photos. I was able to take a ton of reference photos of the M345 to help my M346 restoration and was also able to see the M341 details up-close. Did you know that the rear side seat vents are rotated 90 degrees on all M341s? Strange but true ...
Have been actively driving & restoring T34s since 1987 and have owned 10 so far. Currently own two: restored Ruby Red 1962 Cabriolet replica & this 1965 M346.
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