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Kamei ... like Karl Meier - a passion for car improvement

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Created on January 1, 1983

Reading time 9min

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W.O.Weernink/ZG (2024)

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VW Golf GTI (1981) - mit Kamei-Zubehör

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VW Golf GTI Kamei (1977) - der legendäre Renn-Golf - 40. Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Käfer (1952) - mit Kamei-Frontspoiler

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VW 1200 (1953) - Kamei-Tuning - Techno Classica Essen 2019

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VW 1200 (1953) - mit Kamei-Veredelung - Techno Classica Essen 2019

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Grosse Auswahl an Front- und Heckspoilern bei Kamei - Genfer Autosalon 1978

Bild von Partner Planai Classic 2025 Inline 1

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Kamei-Werbung - Spoiler für den BMW 3-er E21

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Kamei-Werbung - Spoiler für die erste Generation des VW Golf

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Kamei-Werbung - Heckspoiler mit integrierten Bremsleuchten für VW Golf und Polo

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VW Golf (1982) - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 1982 - Tuning-Anbauteile von Kamei

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VW Scirocco (1982) - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 1982 - Kamei bietet auch Anbauteile für den Scirocco

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Kamei-Werbung - Tuning-Paket X1 für den VW Scirocco

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Kamei-Werbung - Tuning-Paket X1 für das Audi Coupé

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Ford Escort (1983) - stark veränderter Ford mit Tuning-Teilen von Kamei - am Genfer Automobilsalon von 1983

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Kamei-Werbung - Tuning-Paket X1 nun auch für den Ford Escort

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Viel Auswahl - Kamei-Tuning-Zubehör - Genfer Automobilsalon 1984

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VW Golf Cabriolet - Tuning von Kamei, genannt Kamei Golf II Speedster - am Genfer Automobilsalon 1984

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Opel Kadett Kamei (1985) - mit Karosserieteilen von Kamei veredelt, rechts ein individualisierter Audi 100 - Genfer Automobilsalon 1985

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Opel Kadett Kamei X1 Multicar (1986) - Allroundfahrzeug charmant präsentiert - Genfer Autosalon 1986

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Opel Kadett Kamei X1 Multicar (1986) - Allroundfahrzeug mit drei Karosserien in einer - Genfer Autosalon 1986

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Kamei-Zubehörprogramm

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Volkswagen Käfer (1950) - Eine echte Rarität. Die Dachbox der Firma Kamei

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VW Kamei Beetster 2 (1998) - so schön kann Tuning sein

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VW Kamei Beester (1998) - deutlich anders als der normale Beetle

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Die Oyster-Dachbox von Kamei

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VW Golf (2017) - mit Kamei Dachbox

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Summary

Karl Meier fitted a front spoiler to an early VW Beetle back in 1953, putting him way ahead of his time. With his company Kamei, however, he benefited from the tuning trend of the seventies and eighties and became one of the largest suppliers of add-on parts for everyday cars. It's worth taking a look back ...

This article contains the following chapters

More beauty for the Beetle
For the more comfortable Beetle
Declared mad
Wind tunnel tested
In-house style add-on kit
Pretty colorful
Focus on quality
Countless possibilities
On the roof
Timeline

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Anyone who was allowed to call themselves the first official citizen of KDF-Stadt (later Wolfsburg) and was the 36th founding member of the Volkswagen project under Prof. Porsche could truly call themselves a VW fanatic. It was then probably a matter of course to still be active in the Volkswagen field 40 years later and enjoy a worldwide reputation. This was all true of Karl Meier, the founder of the accessories company "Kamei". His career began before the war in the Opel factories, where he designed interiors - his specialty. He then moved to the heathlands of Braunschweig, where he helped lay the foundations for the most popular car in the world, the Volkswagen. After the war, however, he was unable to reach an agreement with the British occupying forces and left the VW factories. He immediately started working independently in a hut not far from the VW factory. Using only scissors, a needle, some thread and fabric, he began to refit the interiors of cars damaged during the war. This laid the foundation for the company "Karl Meier, Auto-Komfort".

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