HistoryBuff

It's enough to make you dizzy.

I heard that Karmann notchback coupes were once not so popular, but cabriolets were soaring in value. So some guys took out the Sawzall and converted their coupe to a cabriolet. But now, conversely it seems Karmann notchbacks are being recognized (at long last!) so it is time to convert it back to a Karmann coupe? After all as one Aussie said on the 356 Reigster:

"it will never be a true cabriolet and will lose all of it's special interest value as an original notch without gaining any value as a cab over and above what it cost you to convert which would probably be a lot. "

Is there any examples out there of people who have bought a (converted) cabriolet and brought it back to Karmann coupe? Didn't they have to fabricate unavailable parts?

doublecabmel

I'm always in for back to original

dgcate

here here

a notchback is a rare, and in my eye, lovely automobile


ps....a notchback that's been put back to original is going to be worth more than a chopped up cab

Splitting Atoms

The early notchbacks were cabs with a roof attached. The later cars were manufactured as notchbacks and not as easy to convert. If I had a notchback with a quality conversion to a cab, I would leave it as a cab. There are still plenty of notchbacks in existence. You would also need to source an original notchback roof to make it "original".

Edgy01

This reminds me of the original 1963 Corvette owners who took a grinder to their rear split window--wanting their cars to look like '64s. And then everyone wanted the split windows, years later! I wonder how many of those there are?

bruunstar

Save the notchbacks.