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Grant Reiling Samba Slow-Change Artist
Joined: November 28, 2003 Posts: 491 Location: behind the wheel
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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drscope wrote: |
Henry Ford’s Model T was often referred to as a People’s Car and it certainly predated the Kdf or the Volkswagen. |
Quite right drscope, albeit with some shadowy and questionable motivations intermixed.
"Adolf Hitler and Henry Ford. These are not names you usually link together, but they both had a strange mutual understanding and admiration for each other.
It is common knowledge that Ford revolutionized the world of transportation and mass production with his Ford automobile plants that started in the United States and expanded into other parts of the world. What is not as well known is his fervent hatred towards Jewish people (a hatred shared by fellow super-financier J.P. Morgan) and Ford's flagrant financial and political backing of Adolf Hitler. As author Antony C. Sutton wrote in his book Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler, Henry Ford is something of an enigma, understanding his influence on the Western world is complicated and at times strange and sad.
Ford created the assembly line production of automobiles that revolutionized industrial production. The assembly line de-emphasized individual human creation and emphasized quick assembly of a machine with the help of humans in a machine-like, repetitive motion. For Ford people were labor, the abhorrent capitalism that Marx had railed against in his writings of the 1880's that inspired the Bolshevik revolution. Hitler believed in the master race as a similar cog in his machine in controlling Europe and then the world; both believed that Jews were not to be a part of either the master race or the new assembly-line human." Where that leaves 'the peoples' car, the Hasidic race or the VW is less clear. Wonder if the two 'success stories' had swapped places?...I have my own theories on that , though will leave it there. _________________ 1952 Azure Blue 12G (LHD Deluxe 3-fold sunroof Sedan).
"What you really know is possible in your heart is possible.
We make it possible by our will.
What we imagine in our minds becomes our world. That’s just one of many things I have learned from water."
Misaru Emoto
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allsidius Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2010 Posts: 1475 Location: Norway
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 5:19 am Post subject: |
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volksfahrer.nl wrote: |
belgianboxer wrote: |
The fact that the car is a 'Split Window' is obvious, so it can be left out...
So, why not use The First Beetle as main title...?
For the subtitle, I would opt for: Resurrection of a 1938 Volkswagen |
Volkswagen didn't exist in 1938 |
Au contraire, the name of the project was always Volkswagen, from the beginnings in 1934. The KdF-wagen was the name of the product, as supplied from the Volkswagenwerke at Fallersleben. During the depth of war, a photo was taken of "the first kdf-wagens made in the Volkswagenwerke during 1942"
Then, on the other hand, the term Volkswagen was coined years before to other car projects, like Josef Ganz' beetle like contraption. _________________ 1973 1303S w sunroof Click to view image
1978 1303 convertible (sold)Click to view image
1966 1300 RIPClick to view image
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joey1320 Samba Member
Joined: September 12, 2006 Posts: 2325 Location: Cleveland, OH
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:35 am Post subject: |
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I read the first 63 pages and then skipped a but here and there, but man thus is just incredible. The attention to details and all the correct parts finding its way back to this car is phenomenal.
I will definitely get a few copies of the English book and will go back and read every page _________________ **1971 Super Project
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0 |
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Chalklinedetail Samba Member
Joined: April 25, 2010 Posts: 311 Location: San Mateo, CA
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axel struwe Samba Member
Joined: January 18, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Germany
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Grant Reiling Samba Slow-Change Artist
Joined: November 28, 2003 Posts: 491 Location: behind the wheel
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:24 am Post subject: |
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Yay! Thank heavens! _________________ 1952 Azure Blue 12G (LHD Deluxe 3-fold sunroof Sedan).
"What you really know is possible in your heart is possible.
We make it possible by our will.
What we imagine in our minds becomes our world. That’s just one of many things I have learned from water."
Misaru Emoto
The Hidden Messages in Water |
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allsidius Samba Member
Joined: February 02, 2010 Posts: 1475 Location: Norway
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Chalklinedetail Samba Member
Joined: April 25, 2010 Posts: 311 Location: San Mateo, CA
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Iain Samba Member
Joined: June 30, 2004 Posts: 36 Location: England
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bbonow Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2010 Posts: 13 Location: Plainfield, IL
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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Just ordered mine
Thank you for all your efforts. Fantastic story of survival. Read through this thread a number of times, never get tired of it. |
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Chalklinedetail Samba Member
Joined: April 25, 2010 Posts: 311 Location: San Mateo, CA
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79SuperVert Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 9758 Location: Elizabeth, NJ & La Isla Del Encanto
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:44 am Post subject: |
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Yes indeed! I've ordered a copy, too. When I get it, who wants my German language version? _________________ Central Jersey VW Society
Wanted: Art Collins VW (Savannah, Georgia) items - license plate surrounds and other items. Also ivory "AM", "FM" and "SW" buttons for a US Blaupunkt Frankfurt. |
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axel struwe Samba Member
Joined: January 18, 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Germany
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:46 am Post subject: |
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allsidius wrote: |
Axel, Congratulations. One question, is it a straight translation or have the contents been edited? To put it another way, I have the german book, do I need the english book if I can read German? |
as i know, the translation based on the german version. No new informations or content. |
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GTV Samba Member
Joined: March 27, 2004 Posts: 2084 Location: Si'ahl
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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Currently unavailable _________________ EMPI Power Rules! |
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VOLKSWAGNUT Fastest VW Belt Changer
Joined: October 14, 2007 Posts: 11053 Location: Flippin' a Belt........ .... Off-n-On ... NC USA
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Just to be accurate and confirm.. the version in the link below is an English version?
Are there any other links for English version sales?
_________________ aka Ken {o\!/o}
Its your vehicle- stop askin' for approval-do what YOU like for cryin' out loud
Better to roll em' how you want and wear em' out-than lettin' em' rot out
Its about the going not the showing
Rebuilt to drive not decorate
WANTED: Local Eatin' Joints, Triple D for TheSamba contributions here http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=570510
Search "VOLKSWAGNUT" on YouTube since you cant watch a "certain" BELT change video round here
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mcdonaldneal Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2013 Posts: 2639 Location: Gullane, Scotland
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vee dub dan Samba Member
Joined: June 23, 2004 Posts: 445 Location: Pennsylvannia
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:02 am Post subject: |
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mcdonaldneal wrote: |
GTV wrote: |
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They must have run out, due to unprecedented demand! I managed to order one from them yesterday. |
I bought one this afternoon, must have got one of the last ones.. _________________ 1974 Standard Beetle - Slammed
1956 Deluxe Oval - Running project
1969 Deluxe Transporter
Fresh Air VW Car Club - Pittsburgh, PA |
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PatterBon Samba Engine Connoisseur
Joined: September 27, 2008 Posts: 3446 Location: Copperas Cove, TX
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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It's got to put a smile on your face every single time you drive it! I watched Jay Leno's video again and had to wonder what it must feel like to take the wheel of one of 3 surviving prototype cars that started what would later become the most mass produced and loved cars to have ever been built. To think 4 years ago we were all hovering over this topic hour by hour to see if it was truly one of the prototypes and now it's cursing around Germany again for everyone to see and enjoy! _________________ PNW Dub Folk & Kitsap dub Folk (KdF)
Austin Aircoolers VW Gang
2020 Ford F-150
1973 Standard Beetle
1969 Cessna 172K Airplane
1959 Karmann Ghia
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hopkin Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2012 Posts: 2469 Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Iain, my copy arrived in the post today |
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vw1971 Samba Member
Joined: May 07, 2014 Posts: 1 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 11:44 pm Post subject: interesting find |
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gents and ladies
probably topic not relevant to this thread, so please excuse my ignorance. i've come across an interesting youtube video in my native tongue (polish), while watching documentaries on the Project Riese - a huge underground complex of factories / warehouses etc built by the Nazi's in occupied Poland, Slask (Silesia) region. browsing thru all related videos i stumbled across an amateur video, in which 2 guys were describing a partially collapsed old nazi bunker in the area, with ceiling held up by ''what appeared to be remnants of an old army volkswagen...". I will try to find this video link this week and research the location - for anyone interested in holiday in Poland.
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