My new VW.... sort of
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:28 pm
The 1968 Audi 75L type F103 has arrived and i couldnt be happier. It took me 3 weeks to track down the owner in which thanks to Golfballs from vww put me in touch with Heinz the Austrian guy who has owned the car for the last 30 years.
Car has 60,000miles and is as clean and solid as ever. Its going to take me a bit of time to get used to manual column shift but i will get there. I did some research on the car and how it got to Australia
Yes these Audis were first imported into Australia in 1967. They were imported by Volkswagen Australasia, then based in melburg, and sold through selected VW dealers in melburg and Sydney. FCAI records sales of just 173 Audi F103 models that year.
In 1968 the ownership of Volkswagen Australia was taken over by Sydney's LNC Industries, and they continued importing the Audi F103. In fact in those days the FCAI actually counted Audi sales as Volkswagen sales. In 1968 they sold 142 F103 models.
In 1969 LNC also imported another VW Group vehicle, the NSU Ro80. Another model counted as a Vollkswagen! The sales were 53 F103 models and 49 Ro80s.
Now this is the only Audi 75L in Australia and 1 of 7 RHD Audi F103's in the world.
Mods will be subtle bought some weiss walls and even tracked down a NOS venetian blind for the rear! Also because the suspension is torsion front and rear i will get it wound down
Here are some pics:
pimpin with factory pop outs
Car has 60,000miles and is as clean and solid as ever. Its going to take me a bit of time to get used to manual column shift but i will get there. I did some research on the car and how it got to Australia
Yes these Audis were first imported into Australia in 1967. They were imported by Volkswagen Australasia, then based in melburg, and sold through selected VW dealers in melburg and Sydney. FCAI records sales of just 173 Audi F103 models that year.
In 1968 the ownership of Volkswagen Australia was taken over by Sydney's LNC Industries, and they continued importing the Audi F103. In fact in those days the FCAI actually counted Audi sales as Volkswagen sales. In 1968 they sold 142 F103 models.
In 1969 LNC also imported another VW Group vehicle, the NSU Ro80. Another model counted as a Vollkswagen! The sales were 53 F103 models and 49 Ro80s.
Now this is the only Audi 75L in Australia and 1 of 7 RHD Audi F103's in the world.
Mods will be subtle bought some weiss walls and even tracked down a NOS venetian blind for the rear! Also because the suspension is torsion front and rear i will get it wound down
Here are some pics:
pimpin with factory pop outs
like the look of that, what Jase said
