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Volkswagen Sport-Cabriolet Drews [Typ 1]

Volkswagen Sport-Cabriolet [Typ 1] in Saison in Oberbayern, Movie, 1956

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Volkswagen Sport-Cabriolet Drews [Typ 1]

01:01:12 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
s13a ◊ 2022-01-29 16:39	VW-based, I suppose, but I'm struggling to come up with what it is.
993cc ◊ 2022-01-29 16:51	http://sv-drews.de/historie-karosseriebau-drews/ maybe here is the answer
s13a ◊ 2022-01-29 17:30	Yeah, Drews is a very good contender. Most of those VW-based examples have a lot of similarities, in particular this one : But that one has front-hinged doors, whereas here it's rear-hinged. There is however, a rear-hinged version as well (said to be the only surviving example). The rear-end is also more rounded. Did some digging on the same Samba forum and it looks exactly like this example with the same details (antenna, fender mirror, twin horns located on the bumper, spotlight on the windscreen etc..). But there is a bit of a dispute. One member says it's self-made, whereas another member say that the same picture (the 3rd one) can be found on page 19 of Der Kaefer IV by Etzold, where it's claimed to be a Drews-bodied car. -- Last edit: 2022-01-29 17:32:30
993cc ◊ 2022-01-29 17:41	Cars produced in such tiny numbers almost always had different details according to customer wishes...
Animatronixx ◊ 2022-01-29 18:39	Absolutely correct, 993cc! They worked about 1000 manhours on each of the approx. 150 Drews Sport-Cabriolets that were made between 1947 and 1955, or a few more or a few less - we will never know. Customer paid loads of DM for his car, so customer certainly had a say in how the final result should look like: "Do you want the hinges at the front or at the rear or do you want them on an entirely different car instead and none on the convertible?" The website linked above belongs to Joachim P. Drews, a member of the Drews-family, who clearly states that all their cars were more or less one-off examples and we see a great variety of just the Sport-Cabriolets in their gallery. Feel reminded of Rometsch? Yes, Gerhard Drews and Friedrich Rometsch had been in touch before. Regarding the movie car above: The entire design language including the rather distinctive bumpers speaks "Drews" to me, even though typical features like the front moldings and the "W198-style" wings aren't present. I think the windshield frame is very distinctive, too, and carries another noteworthy point: The movie car and the allegedly (!) homemade one above, are the only units with hanging wipers I found so far. The fact that this car was registered about 30 km from Karosserie Drews is only icing on the cake. I think they are A) the same car and B) bodied by Karosserie Drews of Wuppertal-Oberbarmen. [field research without any deeper knowledge of those Typ 1-based convertibles - this just an exercise, I don't care about these. ]
s13a ◊ 2022-01-29 19:39	Sounds good to me. I suppose it should be called Volkswagen Sport-Cabriolet like it says on their catalogue ?
993cc ◊ 2022-01-29 19:49	It has some value since you don't hear much about Drews, plus it looks better than their Alfa 1-off (for which maybe the customer was more responsible for the design than Drews..) I think it's a Drews ordered with these features like hanging wipers etc Well the name is pretty much official since a Drews family member runs the website. -- Last edit: 2022-01-29 19:55:23

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