1978 Volkswagen Beetle Last Edition
This 1978 Volkswagen Beetle is one of 300 final German-built right-hand-drive examples produced to mark the end of European manufacture, numbered #111 of the sequence. Finished in Diamond Silver (L97A) with a 1,200cc engine, blue velour interior, flat windscreen, and a numbered dashboard plaque, it belongs to the Last Edition Beetle (LEB) series — the smallest-production special edition of the model's European run. Having covered just over 10,000 miles, it underwent sympathetic restoration between 2011 and 2013 and has been lightly used since.
Ownership
- 2024-02-24Auction saleSold £8,000 (≈ $10K)
- 2015 →Acquisition unknownPrivate collection owner from 2015partial documentation
Car kept as part of a small private collection, driven occasionally, maintained regularly with supporting invoices on file.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 2011Restoration
Sympathetic restoration carried out over approximately two years; paintwork, interior, brightwork, and chrome all brought to a high standard while retaining original glass and engine bay tidiness.
Restoration concluded in 2013.
- 2015ServiceVeedubs
Routine service carried out by a well-regarded Volkswagen specialist; invoice present in the history file.
Additional expenditure invoices also present in the accompanying documentation.
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