Custom Coachwork Beetles at Amelia Island Concours

1969 Beetle Wedding Car.

Celebrating both the final year of the current-generation Beetle and the 70th anniversary of the first Beetle sold in the U.S., the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is hosting a class of custom coachwork Bugs. This branch of automotive art is sometimes ignored by automakers  – Europe’s carrozzeria or karosserie culture.

“While everyone knows the humble Beetle, it’s less well-known that the Beetle platform was used by a number of coach-builders in Europe to produce the amazing, unique vehicles on show this weekend,” said Klaus Bischoff, Head of Volkswagen Design.

1965 Karmann-Ghia Type 1 concept.

Custom-Bodied Volkswagens

• 1950 Hebmueller Type 14A
• 1951 Rometsch Beeskow Coupe
• 1951 Tempo Matador
• 1953 Rometsch Taxi
• 1953 Dannenhauer & Stauss Cabriolet
• 1954 Dannenhauer & Stauss Coupe
• 1954 Rometsch Beeskow Coupe
• 1956 Beetle by Troutman and Barnes
• 1957 Rometsch Lawrence Convertible
• 1960 Rometsch Lawrence Coupe
• 1965 Karmann-Ghia Type 1 concept
• 1969 Beetle Wedding Car

VW says this  will be the first time that this many custom coachwork vehicles are assembled in the same place and the first time that a number of these cars will be seen in public in the U.S. The 1965 Karmann-Ghia Type 1 concept, which belongs to Volkswagen, and the 1951 Rometsch Beeskow Coupe, which belongs to the Grundmann Collection, have been shipped from Germany for the occasion.

Update

1951 Volkswagen Roemtsch Beeskow Wins Top Honor for Custom Coachwork At Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.