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Karosseriebau Friedrich Rometsch, Berlin: Not just four-door Beetles

Name: Borgward Hansa 1500 Sport Coupé 1950
Brand: Borgward

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Created on July 1, 1976

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R. Stuhlemmer

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Bruno von Rotz

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Beautiful coupé from Rometsch, elegantly staged - seen at the Techno Classica 2016

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Borgward Hansa 1500 Sport Coupé (1950) - with elegant bodywork by Rometsch

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Goliath GP 700 Sport (1950) - prototype with Rudy bodywork, recognizable by the slightly more angular rear wheel cut-out

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Goliath GP 700 Sport (1951) - with Rometsch bodywork

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VW Rometsch Beeskow Cabriolet (1951) - at the IAA Frankfurt 1951

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VW Rometsch Beeskow Cabriolet (1952) - elegant predecessor of the Karmann-Ghia

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VW Rometsch Cabriolet (1951) - International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt 1951 - Bodywork by Rometsch based on Italian models

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VW Cabriolet Rometsch (1954) - how a Berliner bodies the Volkswagen chassis - Geneva Motor Show 1954

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VW Beetle Taxi (1952) - four-door Beetle for use as a cab by Rometsch

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VW Beetle Taxi (1952) - View of the interior of the four-door version

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VW Rometsch (1957) - with two-tone body and stretched roof

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Rometsch VW Cabriolet Beeskow (1956) - with Judson compressor 55 hp and 145 km/h fast - Classic-Gala Schwetzingen 2020

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Rometsch Beeskow Coupé (1955) - with number C2 in the Concours d'Elégance at the Schloss Bensberg Classics 2015

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VW Rometsch model Beeskow Coupé (1952) - people can hardly believe that a Beetle is sitting underneath - 40th Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Rometsch Model Beeskow Coupé (1952) - one of the most beautiful cars on the course - 40th Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Rometsch Model Beeskow Coupé (1952) - elegant creation - 40th Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Rometsch model Beeskow Coupé (1952) - next to the Cabriolet of the same basic model - 40th Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Rometsch Model Beeskow Cabriolet (1956) - View into the cockpit - 40th Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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VW Rometsch model Beeskow Cabriolet (1956) - lettering of the then very expensive model - 40th Oldtimer-Meeting Baden-Baden 2016

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Volkswagen Rometsch Beeskow - magnificent convertible from the German coachbuilder - Retro Classics Stuttgart 2015

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Rometsch VW Beeskow CabrioletI (1957) - elegant open Beetle variant - SK Collection (Retro Classics Stuttgart 2018)

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Impressions from the Classic Days at Schloss Dyck - a four-door Beetle from Rometsch, built as a cab in 1952

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Impressions from the Classic Days at Schloss Dyck - a four-door Beetle built by Rometsch and used as a cab from 1952 onwards

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Rometsch Porsche Spyder (1963) - 200 km/h fast with 68 hp - Prototyp Automuseum

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Volkswagen Rometsch (Lawrence) from 1959 in the VW exhibition - Classic Days Schloss Dyck 2014

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VW Rometsch Coupé "Lawrence" (1958) - at that time 10,500 DM expensive, a Porsche 356 was available for 9000 DM - unique piece with aluminum body (Techno Classica 2017)

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Summary

The coachbuilder Rometsch is best known for its sporty special versions based on the Volkswagen, but the Berliners also produced elegant special bodies for luxury vehicles and a four-door Beetle cab variant, as well as bodies for Borgward and Goliath. This report looks back on the work of the Berlin coachbuilder.

This article contains the following chapters

Start in Berlin
Special bodies and cabs
A new start after the Second World War
Sporty and practical Volkswagen
Accident car repairs

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Friedrich Rometsch company was founded in the 1920s, almost 100 years ago. After Friedrich Rometsch completed his apprenticeship as a wheelwright in 1900, he went on the road until 1907. Alexis Kellner, Voll and Ruhrbeck, Erdmann and Rossi, Joseph Neuss and Gläser were not only the names of well-known coachbuilders for Friedrich Rometsch, who was born in Forchheim in Baden in 1880, but also the places where he trained and worked. He finally came to Berlin via Nuremberg, Leipzig and Dresden. In 1924, he rented two garages in Nestorstraße in the then new Halensee district to open his own coachbuilding company. Nearby were the competing companies Jos. Neuss and Erdmann & Rossi were also located nearby.

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