1961 Press Photographs
It was Volkswagens tradition to unveil a new model VW at Germany's Frankfurt International Auto Show. But for the new VW-1500 series, VW was a bit unsure of the publics reaction, so they leaked press photos to the magazines & newspapers to let the public see the body styles. Although it is not clear when these photos were released, it was probably in April-May 1961. There were only two press photos released of the T34 Cabriolet, one from the front and the other from overhead. If you look carefully at the front view, you'll see the Ghia shield & Karmann script are mounted to the left rear fender of the T34, unlike the Coupes on the right side. Another interesting feature of these two Cabriolets is the front nose emblem has been filled with white cloisinne, a prototype for sure.
And this press photo recently surfaced in mid-2009 showing the right side (with KARMANN script & Ghia shield) which means the M341 prototypes had two sets of these emblems while the Coupes only had them on the right side. It was published in a 1961 STERN German car magazine.