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Blue Baron
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It's interesting in many of these old camping photos, that they try to cover up the car, as if it's informal to have your car showing.
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In the book "Besser fahren mit dem Volkswagen" from Arthur Westrup it was adviced to cover the wheels (-> tires) as protection against sunlight.
This book was the bible for Volkswagen driver these days.
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That's very interesting. Thanks for the information.
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Blue Baron
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Nice one!
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Hey! I know this area well, and in 1961, Lake Dillon Dam was started. Dam, Lake, see where I’m going with this. The entire town of Dillon was moved, and what you are seeing in this picture is now under several feet of water! Make that ice by Jan. Cool picture. The lake is filled from the Snake river, and Blue river, just below Breckenridge and Keystone ski areas. |
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Hey! I know this area well, and in 1961, Lake Dillon Dam was started. Dam, Lake, see where I’m going with this. The entire town of Dillon was moved, and what you are seeing in this picture is now under several feet of water! Make that ice by Jan. Cool picture. The lake is filled from the Snake river, and Blue river, just below Breckenridge and Keystone ski areas. |
Cool info, thanks for posting.
Time to go ice fishing for some Oval parts 
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Is that a custom relocation of front turn signals, or just another stock variation exported to somewhere?
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Because it's a European oval, they would have been added provisionally, because fender-mounted signals didn't appear until 1961.
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