Hermann
Hi!
My Name is Carsten Gründel. I'm
48 Years old and come from Rösrath,
next to Cologne, Germany. This is my
1970 Volkswagen 1302 LS Super Beetle.
As extras ordered were the Sunroof,
pop-out-Windows in the back and the
"Gearshift" - semiautomatic
transmission. The original color was
L20D Clementine, since the restoration,
20 years ago, it stayed Coral-Red.
This
is my second Beetle. The first I got
as a graduation-Gift from my parents
in 1993, a 1200 Standard, colored Lofoten-green.
I loved it very much but had to sell
it just two years later. But at that
time I promised myself, that I would
own a Beetle again. It took 23 years
to fulfill that promise.
In
2017 I found my featured Super Beetle
in a small village near Cologne, where
the former owner restored it in 2002
and after that just drove about 400
miles, then parked the Beetle in his
big garage and nearly forgot about it.
We love our "Hermann" and
care for him as much as we can. We just
drive on sunny days and he has not seen
any rain or snow since the last 25 years.
Since "Hermann" is our Family-Member,
we gave him some updates in look, safety
and mechanics.
We
changed the alloys from Lemmerz Sprintstar
to Kronprinz KPZ, lowered the front
about 2 inches, added additional instruments
for RPM, oil temperature and oil pressure.
We restored and added a rare steering
wheel from the 70's, a Raid 1. With
new leather and stitching in the car
color and finished the interior with
Porsche 924 seats, restored and coated
with new original Porsche leather and
velour in black with orange-red stripes.
The
door, back side panels and back seat
were done in the similar trim. We added
rare Italian indicators, a high flow
exhaust, and a Blazecut fire extinguisher.
The last (and maybe final) update was
done this winter. The original AD-Engine
and the Auto Stick gearbox got an update.
Both were fully restored by specialists
here in Germany.
The
engine size increased from a 1600ccm
/ 50hp / 100nm torque to an 1776ccm
/ 75hp / 160nm torque, for a little
bit more fun and speed. The specialist
for gearboxes changed to a longer the
2nd gear so the maximum speed could
be about 155km/h (96mph). But top speed
was not the real aim, we just want to
drive at 120km/h (75mph) without going
deaf. With a 2+ appraisal we are very
lucky and we hope "Hermann"
stays with us, as long as possible.
Carsten
Gründel
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