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>Thanks to all who replied. I have established a dialog >with Frank who maintains the <a rel=nofollow >target=_blank >href="http://www.goliath-veteranen-club.de">http://www. >goliath-veteranen-club.de</a> site. He has been most >helpful and has the patience of a saint, since my >German language skills are nonexistent and I must rely >on Google translate. He too is of the opinion that the >car is a late '58 based on the VIN. According to him, >only another 107 were made after mine before the body >style was changed. He also agrees with the turn signal >arrangement, and refers to the little Isabella style >lights as the "Bright Boobs of Borgward". Too funny... > >At any rate, the adventure continues with the latest >quest being an attempt to locate a proper carburetor. >Anyone have a spare Solex 32 PICB laying around? > >Matt > >>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 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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