Vws in Alaska, vintage photos

[58euro]

Those are some awesome pics Hakka! Here’s a few more I’ve found online.

[makin_vw]

A couple more for the archives

[cdennisg]

[makin_vw]

I may have doubled photos.. but here is some more

[makin_vw]

These two photos come from the Fairbanks flood in summer of 1967

They are having a gathering in the vw building as I suppose it was one of the less damp spots..

[baldessariclan]

VW van, appears to be in SE Alaska maybe (?), circa early 1960's.

VW van at Artic Valley ski area, Anchorage Alaska early 1960's.

My dad borrowing his friend's (later my godfather) late 1950's Beetle, Anchorage Alaska, early 1960's.

My dad's 1963 VW Beetle in front of Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage Alaska, circa winter 1963/1964.

My mom and dad dating in Anchorage Alaska winter 1963/1964 - getting ready to go on a ski trip in my dad's 1963 VW Beetle. Note skis attached to the back. This car also had a gasoline heater installed in it (which I loved dearly as a young child! ).

My mom and dad following their wedding in late Dec. of 1964. Here they are departing a couple weeks later (in early Jan. 1965) from her hometown in NW Iowa enroute back to Anchorage Alaska, in dad's 1963 VW Beetle. Note the ski racks still attached to the back of the car.

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[cdennisg]

^^^ Nice big tires out back, too. Gotta keep those RPM's down!

Sounds like you parents and my parents had a similar path. Mine met and were married in Anchorage in 62. Both were from MN, and they moved back there in fall of 63. Dad is from Southwest MN, and they lived there for a time before going back to school and moving around a bit. Dad didn't have a VW until the late 60's though.
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[makin_vw]

Huge break in the photos of the dealership my double cab was sold at… thanks to a really good friend for pursuing the hunt for the last 6 months and getting in contact with the family who owned sunset motor, these are provided photo scans from Ivan’s sons sons wife…

Enjoy..

Thanks so much Tony for digging into this as much as I have

[dogmeat]

great thread! I've lived mostly in Anchorage since 1951. a couple years in Juneau and Fairbanks too so theres a lot of pix of places I recognize.

[makin_vw]

If you look close you will notice the photo were taken close to the same spot, as well as power lines and windows line up, building isn’t labeled sunset motors, but period correct to be sunset before captn cook construction in the 1960s… will keep digging for more


Edit: if you zoom in you can even notice the chimney is the same, along with grooves and angle ..

[Hakka]

Came across a few more images folks might like.

The old Main U of AK building

Early Iditarod

Kodiak after the quake/tidal wave of 64

[58euro]

Just scored this Sunset Motors plate frame, only one I have ever seen. Not sure if they used these on earlier cars only and then switched to the decals or if both were used at the same time.

[EverettB]

Awesome, it's definitely early since it has the bars on the side.

I'll add it to the dealer page on the site right now!
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[58euro]

Few more pictures I’ve ran across online.