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Volkswagen Passat

1st gen 2/3-door (B1; 32), 1973–1977

License plate of Austria, 1947 year system

15.8.2025
Ratten, Austria
1973 VW Passat LS, originally painted in Manilagrün.
This was my uncle's first car. Repainted multiple times, rolled over, (shoddily) repaired, abandoned. It has been sitting here for at least 35 years. The rear plate is almost completely illegible.
At this point, only the windows and maybe some body panels are salvageable. due to the excessive rust and it being bent like a banana after it got hit by an excavator 15 years ago.

abandoned vehicle damaged

Comments (7)

rammy 2025-08-19 13:14:32 | #1

 :ups:

+4

BAW 2025-08-19 20:29:08 | #2

Wow, but it's really cool that he still kept the plate on it, abandoned cars with such an old plate are basically impossible to find here usually. Very cool but also sad spot!

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Dan [UK] 2025-08-20 01:24:45 | #3

 :bravo:

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kevinwegmit 2025-08-20 10:39:06 | #4

BAW (2025-08-19 20:29:08)

BAW
Wow, but it's really cool that he still kept the plate on it, abandoned cars with such an old plate are basically impossible to find here usually. Very cool but also sad spot!


Mein Onkel hat auch noch einen alten Opel Ascona C mit den schwarzen Kennzeichen in seiner Garage stehen, davon muss ich auch noch ein Foto machen.

My uncle also has an old Opel Ascona C with black plates sitting in his garage, I'll have to get some pictures of it someday

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BAW 2025-08-20 18:02:10 | #5

kevinwegmit (2025-08-20 10:39:06)

kevinwegmit
Mein Onkel hat auch noch einen alten Opel Ascona C mit den schwarzen Kennzeichen in seiner Garage stehen, davon muss ich auch noch ein Foto machen.

My uncle also has an old Opel Ascona C with black plates sitting in his garage, I'll have to get some pictures of it someday


Auf dieses Foto freue ich mich schon sehr! Mir ist aufgefallen, dass es in der Steiermark noch ein paar mehr schwarze Kennzeichen gibt als in Kärnten. Auch von den alten prä-1990 Händlerkennzeichen habe ich bereits zwei in der Steiermark aber lediglich eines in Kärnten gesehen, obwohl ich nur etwa einmal pro Monat dort bin, aber jeden Tag hier bin

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romanian_carspots 2025-08-20 18:17:02 | #6

That's an insanely cool post. Great story as well!  :drink:

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kevinwegmit 2025-08-22 20:59:34 | #7

Heckansicht/Rear view:


Das Auto in etwas besserem Zustand (2008)/The car in somewhat better condition (2008)

+3

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