This type 14a is a traveling bird...
]It was built in 1949 and received the body nr 14-00357. It was delivered to the VW dealer Wilhem Junge. The first owner was a Galerieholder for art in Hamburg.
In October 1953 the chassis was trashed for unknown reasons and replaced with a brand new 1953 floorpan from Raffay Dealership. The swap was done in the same dealership Junge. It was common in those days that the cable brake system, non synchronized gearbox and 25 hp engine was swapped with a younger drivetrain for comfort, more power and better brakes.
The car was then registered as a new car with license plater BH26-2063. The owner was since 1951 Dr. Med. Karl Kotzenberg, Hamburg. In the Vehicle documents it is mentioned that the body is built with used and new parts. This means that it was probably involved in an accident but no proof of that. Or it was a list to register the car as a new one.
The Doctor used the car as a private car and at a certain point the car changed hands. But it stayed in the same family as it was registered on his sisters name Anneliese Kotzenberg. She was a röntgen assistent and lived in the same house as the Dr. and in 1960 the car was taken out of the German register of cars. It was shipped from Hamburg harbor towards the Walvis bay (whale Bay) in Namibia by Sturrock & Woker ltd. Anneliese settled there for the rest of her live. She died in a home for elderly people in 2007. At that point, she was 91 years old.
However in 1991 the heb returned to Germany as it was sold to someone from Baden Württemburg. The buyer send the car for restauration to several people and finally to the dealership Max & Moritz in Reutlingen. The restauration had a price tag in those days for about 200.000 DM. Unfortunately, the original chassisnumber was lost when they changed the floorpan. (PS)
