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[Blue Baron]

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We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.

Heinz Nordhoff

[Blue Baron]

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We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.

Heinz Nordhoff

[RUNKLE]

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Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof

Type 3
1968 Squareback

[RUNKLE]

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Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof

Type 3
1968 Squareback

[RUNKLE]

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Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof

Type 3
1968 Squareback

[KTPhil]

[Blue Baron]

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We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.

Heinz Nordhoff

[finster]

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"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

[RUNKLE]

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Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof

Type 3
1968 Squareback

[finster]

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"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

[Blue Baron]

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We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.

Heinz Nordhoff

[busdaddy]

Wow!, the coat is almost as expensive as the car!, living large!
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[big fat whitewalls]

[finster]

good question. I guess at that time, post war, there would be such a lot going on rebuilding society that registering a car and claiming ownership wasn't such a big fuss. maybe they just had to fill out a form; say it was a volkswagen, give a vin type number, guess a year of manufacture and state the horsepower for tax purposes (the important part to the authorities) and it would be issued with a registration. also a bit like claiming salvage, the military vehicles would be deemed abandoned with no likely counter claim of ownership from an army/organisation that no longer existed.
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"we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut

nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect...

[RUNKLE]

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After the war, the large quantities of abandoned or damaged military vehicles and equipment that were left behind, fell under the control of allied forces, existing governments, and the newly formed German government. After the demilitarization of the vehicles and equipment, they were auctioned off for salvage to generate revenue.

Buying the vehicles as scrape, the purchaser would obtain a bill of sale and/or other documentation to establish ownership for registration purposes - the vehicles were then repurposed for civilian transportation, agriculture, or industrial use. The process of obtaining titles and tags for these vehicles would have depended on the specific regulations and laws of the country where they were acquired and registered, along with necessary inspections and safety modifications for civilian operation.

In Germany, as you can imagine, strict regulations apply to the registration, ownership and transfer of repurposed military vehicles, including proving customs disposition and ensuring proper transfer procedures are followed to avoid potential fines and legal repercussions.

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Type 1
1950 Standard - 1959 Ragtop - 1961 Ragtop two fold - 1964 Sunroof

Type 3
1968 Squareback

[big fat whitewalls]

Thanks. It was way easier to get a title even here in the USA back then. Now it's very difficult to get a title for a car with no title, not impossible, just not easy, and of course every state is different. Some not so hard, some very hard. I can see where the government of each country would want to get their share out of the left behind vehicles.

[Blue Baron]

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We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.

Heinz Nordhoff

[Blue Baron]

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We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.

Heinz Nordhoff

[Gerrelt]

[Blue Baron]

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We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.

Heinz Nordhoff