ABOUT
RALF FISCH
Avid Kombi & Beetle enthusiast
(from way back when)
If vintage Volkswagens could run through someones veins, they would certainly be flowing (or driving) constantly through Ralfs. Having been surrounded by Kombis & Beetles whilst growing up, Ralfs passion is easy to understand. His father, Wolfgang, completed his motor mechanic apprenticeship in Germany on Beetles, and after migrating to Australia, Volkswagens became the family staple car. Ralf has continued this tradition expanding the family fleet and now, sharing them with you.
FRANCINE FISCH
Avid Kombi & Beetle enthusiast
(by default/marriage)
It's uncanny that as a young Dutch immigrant, Francine's father, Johannes, also completed his apprenticeship in motor mechanics on Beetles, and today is still restoring them with as much fervor and enthusiasm as he had sixty years ago. Marrying a Volkswagen enthusiast was a natural progression and Francine had no other choice but to be ingrained into the vintage Volkswagen culture. Today she shares the families love of Kombi's & Beetle's and looks forward to sharing hers with you.
FRANCINE'S DAD WORKING ON A BEETLE ... IN DANDENONG!
(WELL BEFORE THEY BECAME HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER ... WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED)?
... CIRCA 1957
FISCH PROVERB //
(MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL, BUT WE LIKE IT)
ONCE A KOMBI LOVER, ALWAYS A Kombi lover
FRANCINE'S "GREASE MONKEY" FATHER
(CHECK OUT THE LOGO ON THE OVERALLS,
AND THE 'TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL' SMIRK)
.... CIRCA 1958
THE FISCH FAMILY SERVICE STATION IN GEISENHEIM, GERMANY
(THE KOMBI THAT RALF'S GREAT UNCLE SOLD CIGARETTES OUT OF)
.... CIRCA 1955
RALF'S GRANDFATHER (FAR RIGHT) & FATHER (FRONT)
(GOTTA LOVE THE EARLY SPLIT REAR WINDOW BEETLES)
.... CIRCA 1955
THE FISCH FAMILY VEHICLES
(MANY MEMORABLE FAMILY HOLIDAY'S TAKEN IN THAT KOMBI)
.... CIRCA 1975
