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A Picture
History of the
Volkswagen
Beetle
From 1932 to 1960
The People's
Car
Please Note
The web site http://www.dastank.com/VW-Volkswagen-1932-1960
which shows up on this search
engine has been stolen from my Volkswagen site.
I have contacted the owner of
dastank.com but he will not answer my messages
He feels that it is just find
to use someone else's work which I call stealing.
That is one site I would avoid
dealing with. If he steals web sites
just think what he does to his
customers.
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and ending with the ones shown above. When I started this page I thought a lot about whether or not I would include the front engine/front wheel drive models. I decided to limit the page to the older air cooled rear engine models that I remember so well I have also pictures of my own 1972 Super Beetle shown on this page. |
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There are many complete histories of this car posted that I felt that I couldn't do it justice. I'll just start it with the following. It all began at the end of the
summer of 1933 when Ferdinand Porsche was summoned to the Hotel Kaiserhof
in Berlin for a meeting with the dictator. Porsche had an outstanding
reputation as an engineer. He had been chief designer for Daimler-Benz,
Auto-Union, and now had his own engineering consultation firm. In a private
conference, Hitler told the engineer his plans for a car.
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that they would like added to this page to E mail me a copy. johnmacdoanld@summerville-novascotia.com |
A history
of the Volkswagen logo in four points
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This page was last updated on June 26 2021
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| Jeff wants to spread the words of good sound technical
advice on Aircooled VW's. You can either try his Facebook
Page and hope he gets the message or email me and I'll make sure he
gets
the message. He has a very extensive parts supply, both used and new and does repair work for anyone that can get their car to his shop. |
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This Model 87 is owned by Victor Ma, a Volkswagen collector from Hong Kong The car is one of 3 VW877 prototypes, build by the Porsche work shop in 1941. Victor has many other Volkswagen's besides this one including a 1942 VW 166 prototype which was built by Porsche, two VW 82, one 1943, one 1945, and two 1943 VW 82e. Fow more information on these and many other early Volkswagens as well as a complete history of the early Volkswagen's go to this page http://www.tankmodel.com/VW82e.htm
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| Victor Ma, a Volkswagen collector from Hong
Kong wanted me to pass the following along to my visitors. It has to do
with
ordering parts on line from an unknown source. We all know this can be risky but in some cases for cars like the one shown above there isn't much choice. The following is from Victor and pretty well explains what he went through. He realizes that he has lost the money that was paid out but just wanted to make sure that other people don't go through the same thing. He is what Victor want to tell everyone that visits this page. I don't know what the answer is and we all know that most people selling parts in this way are honest but as Victor found out, not all are. It all started when he advertised for a need part. I put "wanted" VW Kdf VW 87.166 Parts at many classic
VW web and Mr Pedro Duran from Spain use the account take103@hotmail.com
to e mail me that he got some front axle, gear box and rear hub gear from
a lot of VW parts bought from Franch etc.Total Euro 5000, Because I got
many Hub gear box already, so no need that 2 parts, he say the best price
is Euro 4000 for front axle and rear gear box.
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535 Julia St, New Orleans, LA Other works will be displayed as they become available. |
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It is based on a 1950 Tempo Matador 24,5 HP. VW Engine The second van shown is a 1950 Tempo Matador Van |
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Both of these vehicles are offered for sale on his web site. http://www.kieftenklok.nl/ And detailed pictures of each can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com/www.kieftenklok.nl/VidalEnSohnTempoMatadorHcohraumkastenwagen# http://picasaweb.google.com/www.kieftenklok.nl/1950tempocamper# |
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| The following pictures were submitted by Anand Jatin Desai – Mumbai, India. |
| This is my 1954 VW Cabriolet Beetle which was hand
painted by children in the age group of 2 – 12 years to commemorate the
150th year of their school – The Cathedral & John Connon School.
I have kept this Bug just like this. An invaluable piece of VW art … :) |
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And now the Volkswagens
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This car is not a Volkswagen even though it
looks much like one.
The T97 was designed in 1933 as a smaller alternative to the large T87. Instead of a V8, it was powered by a 1.8-litre flat-four engine. With engine power of 29.4 kilowatts (40.0 PS/39.4 bhp) the car could achieve top speed of 130 kilometres per hour (81 mph).[1] The design was also simplified, using just two headlights instead of three, a single-piece windscreen, and an overall smaller body. Production of the car was canceled after the Nazis annexed Czechoslovakia in 1938, possibly to avoid comparison with the KdF-Wagen (see below). At that time, 508 cars were built. In 1946, production resumed, but the new communist government quickly dropped the T97 in favor of the cheaper to build and overall 'more communistic' Tatraplan, which was named after the Communist Planned Economy.Wikipedia |
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| This Schwimwagen won both Best of Show and Best Special
Interest Vehicle at the Kelly Park VW Show, April 21, 2007
in San Jose, CA. It is owned by Mark Merrill of San Jose. CA. This vehicle will actually swim at about 6 knots per hour, but the owner says it slowly fills with water. It has a 36 HP engine |
Note location of muffler. It had a cable pulled from rear seat to raise prop drive which was disengaged for land travel. It is 4x4 also. |
| Every year on the Friday before the Kelley Park show, Mark Merrill
has an open house at his shop. This
link will take you to a forum showing all of his other Volkswagens.
He has quite the collection.
These pictures were posted on this forum by Hotrodheb. |
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| This picture was submitted by Jerry Longden, Santa Rosa, CA |
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by George Pachernegg of Germany. It is part of a deck of cards which he had when he was quite young and still has today |
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| This car is offerd for sale on Chicago Classis Cars | This car is offerd for sale on Chicago Classis Cars |
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| This car is offerd for sale on Chicago Classis Cars | |
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| This car is offered for sale on Old Bug.Com | This car is offered for sale on Old Bug.Com |
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| This VW was owned by the author of this
page's brother.
He owned the car from 1963 to 1970 |
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Click on this image for a larger view in a new window If anyone has any comments please use the e mail link below |
This is a very special picture submitted to
me by Jeffrey Foulk.
Jeffrey had the following to say about those picture. "My father served in the US Army Air Corps during the latter part of WWII, and was stationed in the southern portion of Germany in late 1945-1947. He was a Captain, and oversaw the disposition of German aircraft. He passed away several years ago, and we found some undeveloped B&W negatives in his effects. I tried to have a couple of local photo shops develop the negatives into prints, but they were unwilling due to the age. Fast forward to today, my son is taking photography in his sophomore year of high school and we decide to risk letting him develop the negatives in the photo lab. Lo and behold, some cool pics of my dad and some even cooler pics of vehicles and surroundings. If you will notice, it appears as if the GI's
in the photo are constructing a dock out of some old fuel drums and wood.
To the left of the picture, and behind the dock structure, it looks to
me like there is a VW convertible. The headlights appear to be on, not
in, the front fenders, and if you look UNDER the dock the sweep of the
running board and front fender make it appear to similar to the 30's vintage
cabriolets on your site...comments? "
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Tim and Lora Hall of Owensboro, KY USA Lora had the following to say about these cars. Now Tim is mainly collecting vintage cars. It all began with a purchase of four vintage cars at once. I have attached a pix of them when we got them home. Tim knew of these cars for 20 years before he had an opportunity to purchase them. He got these (4) cars and (8) truck loads of NOS parts. I said that he won the "Volkswagen Lottery". Our friend Larry called it the "Mother Lode". No matter what we called it, it was the talk of the VW world around here. People were calling and dropping by just to see what all Tim got. The green car is a 1951,
Red is 1952 Zwitter and the Caramel & Creme is a 1955. The 1955 is
the first one he completed because it was in the best shape of these (4).
It was a one owner. It is mine, then he completed the 1952. These
cars are restored to original but the 1951 is a different story. This one
is the "fun" car. It has his dune buggy motor in it. He had sold everything
to do with off roading, except the motor.
He has many other in line to be completed. The last of the "Mother Lode" collection is a 1947. It started out in pretty bad shape. It would not be worth restoring if it were not his oldest car. It is in progress, but it is about 75% complete. He also has a 1959 Karmann Ghia, it is at a body shop and has been there for a long time. Our friend that is working on it, he just works on it between customer's work. Here is a list of all the cars
he has right now. The ones that are not restored are in line to be. It
may take him the rest of his life. But that is his plan. These are the
collection cars, and they are not for sale.
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