Cover |
Title - Author - Publisher |
Comments |
ISBN |
Repair Manuals |
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1958 Beetle
Volkswagen Workshop Manual |
Factory manual |
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Beetle Bentley Manual 1979 |
Factory manual |
0-8376-0096-0 |

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Volkswagen Owner's Service Manual
Floyd Clymer
Clymer Publications |
Includes information for Beetle, Ghia, and Type 2 |
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook
Floyd Clymer
Clymer Publications |
1957 Edition |
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook
Floyd Clymer
Clymer Publications |
1961 Edition |
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook
Floyd Clymer
Clymer Publications |
1962 Edition |
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Volkswagen Service Manual
Floyd Clymer
Clymer Publications |
Good general repair manual for Beetle and Karmann Ghia |
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Volkswagen Owner's Service Manual
Floyd Clymer
Clymer Publications |
Good general repair manual for Beetle and Karmann Ghia |
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Volkswagen Owners Handbook
Floyd Clymer
Floyd Clymer Publications |
9th Revised edition
1967 and earlier Bug and Ghia |
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Fix your Volkswagen
Larry Johnson
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Good light repair manual for Beetle and Type 3 |
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Fix your Volkswagen
Jud Purvis
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1968 edition. Good general repair manual utilizing VW factory
Line drawings and pictures including many split window era pictures
and drawings. |
Library of Congress number 62-9724 |
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VW 1300 & 1500 Technical Manual
Henry Elfrink
Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1967 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia |
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VW 1300 & 1500 Technical Manual
Henry Elfrink
Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1967 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia |
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VW 1300 & 1500 Technical Manual
Henry Elfrink
Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1967 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia |
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Volkswagen Workshop Manual
Scientific Publications
Scientific Publications |
Covering series 1100, 1200, 1200A, 1300, 1500.
Great Australian technical manual, many exploded diagrams. |
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VW Beetle from 1968
P. Harris
Intereurope Ltd |
1200, 1300, 1500, 1600 engines, covers Beetle, Karmann Ghia, and
Type 181 |
901610-35-6 |
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Volkswagen 1200 & 1200A
Intereurope Ltd |
From 1954 |
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Volkswagen 1200 & 1200A
Intereurope Ltd |
1964-1967 |
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VW Workshop Manual
Scientific Publications
Scientific Publications |
Covers Beetles up to January 1959 |
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VW Workshop Manual
Scientific Publications
Scientific Publications |
Covers Beetles up to January 1960 |
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook
David Vincent
Clymer Publications |
Revised 12th edition, includes 1970 and earlier models |
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook
Floyd Clymer
Clymer Publications |
Revised 10th edition, includes 1968 and earlier models |
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Volkswagen Owner's Handbook
Floyd Clymer
Clymer Publications |
Revised 6th edition, includes 1964 and earlier models |
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VW Repair and Tune-up Guide
Chilton Book Company |
All models including Super Beetle 1949-1971 |
0-8019-5624-2 |
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Beetle Owners Workshop Manual
Autobook 750
Kenneth Ball |
1954-67
Beetle 1200, 1200A, 1300, 1500,
KG 1200, 1300, 1500 |
0 85147 133 1 |
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Volkswagen Service Manual
Bentley Publishers |
Model Years 1966-1969, Beetle and Karmann Ghia. The official
manual. |
0-8376-0416-8 |
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VW 1200 Owner's Service Manual
Gute Fahrt magazine
Verlag Delius+ Klasing & Co
1965 German 2nd print |
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P. Olyslager
Motor Manuals |
1961 Edition |
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All About the Volkswagen
Henry Elfrink
Henry Elfrink Publications |
Copyright 1958, this is one of the best period Volkswagen books
ever published. Elfrink knew the Volkswagen
market and history, he is a good writer, easy to understand and
includes many pictures. The first hundred and thirty or
so pages are about the stock mechanical aspects of the car. The last
sixty pages list monthly changes to the Beetle. There
are about ten pages on
industrial engines, then a detailed high performance
section which includes a Dietz dual carburetor setup, Judson supercharger,
and ink on the Okrasa kit. The last section in the book covers
VW and Porsche powered aircraft.
Review by Lind |
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Souping the Volkswagen
Ford Clymer Publications |
Published in 1959 |
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All About the Volkswagen
Henry Elfrink
Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1961 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia Good detailed
repair manual utilizing VW factory Line drawings and pictures
including several split window era pictures and drawings. Of note is
a detailed repair section on split case and tunnel transmissions. |
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All About the Volkswagen
Henry Elfrink
Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1962 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia |
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All About the Volkswagen
Henry Elfrink
Henry Elfrink Automotive |
1964 edition. Covers Beetle and Karmann Ghia |
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The Volkswagen Inside Out
compiled by Klaus Peter Heim
Delius, Klasing, and Co. |
#3, copyright 1961. Collection of articles from "Gute Fahrt"
Magazine |
150 070 20 |
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"Beetle Owner's Survival Manual" by Jim Tyler
Osprey Publishing, 2000.
143 Pages.
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Maintenance manual, restoration, etc.. |
1-85532-972-7 |
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VW-Käfer
By Peter Kurze
Delius Klasing, Germany 2003 |
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Käfer-Zeiten
Edwin Baaske
Deluis Klasing, Germany 2004 |
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VW
Er laüft und laüft und laüft...
By Jürgen Schlegelmilch
Heel, Germany 2004 |
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Die Käfer-Chronik
By Bernd Wiersch
Deluius Klasing, Germany 2005 |
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Mythos VW Käfer
By Patrick Lesueur
Heel, 2001 France |
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VW Käfer & New Beetle
Von der Autolegende aum Desingnobjekt
Meyers Lexikonverlag, Germany 1999 |
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Der Käfer
Eine Dokumentation IV
Motor Buch Verlag
Germany 1998 |
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Sofort Helfer
VW 1200/1300/1500 Kafer
Karmann Ghia
by Dieter Korp |
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Sofort Helfer
1500 (bis July '66)/1600
Variant/Karmann Ghia
by Dieter Korp |
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Volkswagen 1300, 1300A, 1500
From 1965
By Russek |
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0901610097 |
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Bentley Manual
Super Beetle, Beetle, and Karmann Ghia
1970-79 |
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0837600960 |
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VW Beetle from 1968 1200, 1300, 1302, 1302S, 1600US Special,
Karmann-Ghia 181 Cross Country Jeep
Intereurope Workshop Manual 157 |
Workshop Manual for Volkswagen Beetle 1200, 1300, 1500, 1600 c.c
Engine -- including Karman Ghia and Type 181, From 1968
Compiled and written by P. Harris
intereurope
December 1971 |
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Clymer VW Beetle
1961-79 Shop Manual |
Clymer Publications
Copyright 1979
5th edition, 3rd printing |
0-89287-144-X |
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Clymer VW Beetle
1961-79 Shop Manual |
Clymer Publications
Copyright 1982
15th printing |
0-89287-144-X |
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Haynes Beetle & Ghia |
Copyright 2006
#96008 |
1-85010-729-7 |
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Haynes Beetle 70-74 |
Copyright 1989
#159 |
1-85696-645-2 |
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Caring for Your Volkswagen
George Botond-Bolics |
Tancsics-Publishing, Budapest, 1969
TN-1288-6971 g (68.3724)
311 Pages, 266 illustrations
Hungarian language |
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VW Kafer 1968 - tól |
Korrekt Nyomdaipari Kft.
Budapest
200 Pages
Hungarian language |
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VW Bogár Javítás, Karbantartás |
Autodata javítási kézikönyv
Maróti - Godai Könyvkiadó
Budapest, 1994
257 Pages
Hungarian language |
963 85209 3 0 |
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VW Kafer all Modelle
Jetzt Mache ich ihn Schneller |
Gert Hack, Dieter Korp
Motorbuch Verlag,,Stuttgart
222 Pages |
3-87943-046-2 (117987) |
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Nuevo Manual del Volkswagen Reparacion Mantenimiento |
Groupo Editorial Sayrols |
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Picture/Reference/History |

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Der KDF Wagen von A bis Z
Volkswagenwerk Berlin |
Ahead of it's time for printing quality.
Submitted by Carlos Guzman |
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Baja Bugs
H.P. Books |
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VW Beetle Cabriolet
Keith Seume
Bay View Books |
Picture book |
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The Volkswagen Beetle
David Hodges |
Picture book |
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Volkswagen Beetle |
Picture book |
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Volkswagen Guide
Bill Carroll
Sports Car Press |
History and owner tips |
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The Little Red Volks
L.C. Barringer, E. Hollingworth
Southport Press, Inc. 1963
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Children's story |
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Battle for the Beetle
Karl Ludvigsen
Bentley Publishers |
"The untold story of the post-war battle for Adolf Hitler's gian
Volkswagen Factory and the Porsche-designed car that became an icon
for generations around the globe." |
0-8376-0071-5 |
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Bug
Phil Patton
Simon & Schuster |
"The Strange Mutations of the
World's Most Famous Automobile" |
0-7432-0242-2 |
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Beetle: Chronicles of the People's Car
Robin Read, editor
Haynes Publishing Group |
Black & White picture book |
0-85429-649-2 |
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Beetle: VW's Little Giant
Publications International, Ltd. |
Photographic history of the Beetle |
0-7853-3152-2 |
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"My Bug: For everyone who owned, loved or shared a VW Beetle...true
tales of the car that defined a generation" edited by Michael J.
Rosen
Artisan-a division of Workman Publishing Company, 1999).
159 Pages. |
Hundreds of stories & photos submitted by Beetle owners. |
1-57965-135-6 |

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"Think Small: the story of those Volkswagen Ads" by Frank Rowsome,
Jr.
The Stephen Greene Press, 1970.
128 Pages. |
Features the famous DDB (Doyle, Dane, Bernbach) VW ad campaign that
began in 1959; illustrated with 42 ads. |
0-8289-0120-1 |

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"The Beetle: Celebration of the World's Favorite Car" by Keith Seume
Thunder Bay Press, 2001.
416 Pages.
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Largely a picture book with technical specifications of VW Beetle
models from the 1934 NSU Volksauto Prototype (from the Automuseum
Wolfsburg collection) to the 1998 New Beetle. Some historical
information as well. |
1-57145-565-5 |
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Typen Compass
VW Personenwagen seit 1945
Band 1
by Halwart Schrader
Joachim Kuch |
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3613021056 |
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Typen Compass
VW Personenwagen seit 1945
Band 2
by Halwart Schrader
Joachim Kuch |
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3613021862 |
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VW Beetle
by Jonathan Wood |
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1-899870-26-1 |
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VW Kafer & Co.
Fotoalbum
1938-78
by Walter Richter & Oliver Zinnkann |
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393551736X |
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Die Edel-Kafer
by Bernd Wiersch |
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978-3-7688-1971-8 |
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VW Kafer
einschliesslich Karmann-Ghia
by Jonathan Wood |
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VW Kafer Cabrio
1949-80
Schrader-Motor-Chronik Series |
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Air-cooled Volkswagens
By Colin Burnham |
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Volkswagens of the World
by Simon Glen |
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1903706939 |
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Volkswagen Model History
by Joachim Kuch |
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1859606458 |
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Das Grosse VW-Cabrio-Buch
by Lars Dohmann & Jost Niemeier |
German language |
3-89365-315-5 |
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Volkswagen Cephesi 1933-1949
by Sencer Uneri |
Turkish language |
978-605-125-174-5 |
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VW Beetle Convertible
Karmann-Ghia / Rometsch
1949 - 1980
Author : Walter Zeichner
Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
English version 1989 |
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0-88740-168-6 |
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VW Beetle
Type 1 & The New Generation by William Boddy |
Osprey Expert Histories
141 Pages
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1 85532 885 2 |
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VW BEETLE
by Clive Prew
Smithmark Publishers Inc. 1993
Printed in Hong Kong |
Large Size, History & Color Picture Book |
0-8317-9169-1 |
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Custom Beetle
by Mike Key
Osprey Automotive 1994
Printed in Great Britain |
Color Picture / Owner's Book |
1-85532-463-6 |
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The 1949-1959 VW Beetle: Authenticity Series
Bob Wilson
Beeman Jorgensen, Inc. |
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0-929758-03-X |
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VW Beetle : The Car of the 20th Century
Richard Copping
Veloce Publishing |
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1-901295-86-9 |
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The Beetle : A comprehensive illustrated history of the world's most
popular car
Keith Seume
Lowe & B. Hould Publishers |
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0-681-21-9947 |
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A Classic Volkswagen Models & Toys Collection Book by Cem Cobanli |
A Classic Volkswagen Collection Book 336 pages 16.5x27 cm |
978-605-65007-0-1 |
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VW Beetle Restoration Handbook by Editors of VW Trends HP
Books |
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1-55788-342-4 |
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Thinking Small by Andrea Hiott |
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Pensar del Pequino by Andrea Hiott |
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Little Book of the Beetle by John Stroud First published in UK in 2010
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978-1-907803-05-5 |
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Super Beetle Handbook HP Books First edition Jan 2006
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978-1-55788-483-1 |
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VW Beetle Specifications Guide 1949-1967 by James
Richardson The Crowood Press |
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978-1-861269-40-9 |
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Volkswagen Beetle and Derivatives A National Motor Museum Trust
book Author: Hans Otto Neubauer Published by Dalton Watson
Ltd. 1979 144 pgs. |
Good Historical Info |
0 901564 419 |
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Volkswagen Beetle, Type 1, The Traditional Beetle Author: William
Boddy Published by Osprey Publication Ltd., 1982 135 pgs. |
Good Historical Info |
0 85045 439 5 |
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Volkswagen Cars 1936 - 1956 - Road Tests Author: R.M. Clarke
Published by Brooklands Books 66 pgs. |
Good Historical Info |
0 906589 738 |
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The VW Story Author : Jerry Sloniger Published by Patrick
Stephens Ltd., 1980 216 pgs. |
Good Historical Info |
0 85059 441 3 |
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The VW Beetle Author: Robin Fry Published by David & Charles,
1980 208 pgs. |
Good Historical Info |
0 7153 7859 7 |
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Volksy The Little Yellow Car 1965 Helen Wing, Illustrated by Mary
Jane Chase |
Children's story book |
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