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>Matt, >It is very hard to tell what year a Goliath is just by >the serial number, but if you look on the ID plate on >the passengerside firewall (if it is still there), >there should be a year stamped on it. And i would >imagine that yours is a 1958. You see, in about July >of '58 Goliath changed the rear fenders on both the >wagon and the sedan from being rounded, to having >tailfins. Now, some of the cars earmarked for >importation into the American market sometimes sat >around in waiting, And may have been rebadged as >'59's. Again, the year should be stamped in the ID >plate on the firewall. >As for the parking light/turnsignal lenses, as far as >i can tell, all Goliath 1100s had just the parking >lights atop the fenders. Starting in about '59, they >added the little round "Borgward Isabella style" >turnsignal units for the American market cars only, as >well as sealed beam headlights. The European market >cars did not use these round lights. >Goliath wasn't very consistant in standardizing their >parts, using simply what they could find available at >the time. So some cars may have had items added or >deleted, or may be slightly different in a particular >serial number range. For example, some Goliath >parking light lenses are made by Hella, and some are >by Bosch. and the location of the mounting >holes/screws are off from each other just a little bit. >Confusing! But fun! > >Webmaster Dave > > >Well just finished sandblasting the the Goliath >wheels >>in preparation of powdercoating them. If you've never >>experienced the unique pleasure of sandblasting, >>congratulations! It is a nasty, dirty, tedious job >>made even worse by the 90 degree heat here. I have no >>idea how people do it for a living... >> >>There seems to be some discrepancy as to what year my >>Goliath actually is. The previous owner gave me all >>the paperwork he had going back several owners to the >>early '70s. The car has been titled a number of times, >>sometimes as a '58 and at others a '59. Is there a way >>to determine what year the car actually is? There are >>some pictures of the car at <a rel=nofollow >target=_blank rel=nofollow >>target=_blank >>href="http://picasaweb.google.com/spoonbow/GoliathKomb >i >>">http://picasaweb.google.com/spoonbow/GoliathKombi</a >> >> >>If you look at the photos, you will also see that at >>some point, incorrect front turn signals were added to >>the car. I haven't been able to locate very many >>pictures of Goliath Kombis on the web, and in the ones >>that I have seen, most have only the lights on top of >>the front fenders, while others also have either clear >>or amber "bullet" lights mounted low on either side of >>the grill. Is there a "standard" configuration for >>these lights? >> >>Thanks >>Matt Heffron >>1950-something Goliath Kombi

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