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>Also, Matt, >I noticed in your pics (after I responded the 1st time) >that your car is indeed missing the ID plate which >should be located on the firewall next to the firing >order plate. >If you'd like to send me your serial #, I can compare >it to both of mt cars, and to the Goliath owned by my >friends in VT. Maybe that will give us a rough idea of >about when your car was manufactured. Keep in mind >that your engine also has a serial # that is different >than your chassis serial #. >Also, since your car appears to have had the round >lenses under the headlights, then that probably means >it is a late '58. Then the tailfinned cars were >manufactured sometime in mid to late '58 as '59 & '60 >models, and were known as the 1100B. >Hope this clears up some of your questions! > >Webmaster Dave > > > >>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 rel=nofollow >>>target=_blank >>>href="http://picasaweb.google.com/spoonbow/GoliathKom >b >>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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