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beenjamin Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 5:06 am Post subject: Re: F/F1 |
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[quote="RockStock"]
Assuming this is a Prototype pic, lets add it to the one Standard we know of (F/F1)
Some previous pics from p1/p3/p4:
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Scotty Samba Member
Joined: July 02, 2003 Posts: 1531 Location: Northampton - Uk
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:13 am Post subject: |
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johnny d wrote: |
52panelvan wrote: |
looks like this early production prototype bus then had a mixture of both or maybe the rear window stolen form an earlier model with the recess. Note the sealing bar has been swapped to the rear inner glass the same as the production models of "now".
Fantastic pictures, especially the "new" ones that are surfacing |
but the "recess" is on the outer window. so i guess this is the very early production line bus. later on they checked, the recess is not nessesary.. |
It must be a production model, look t the position of the hinge _________________
EverettB wrote: |
I'd be curious to know the length of his tip.
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Capriacci Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2011 Posts: 298 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:17 am Post subject: |
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johnny d wrote: |
i also like the window surrounding. it seams they used the screwed version on the cargo and inside the bus. nice.. |
johnny d, "window surrounding... screwed version"...I never heard about it. Can you tell more please |
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xavi_242 Samba Member
Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 1672 Location: Barcelona (SPAIN)
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:32 am Post subject: |
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yesterday I was checking the transporter guide by David Eccles.
It talks about a number of prototypes given being built, and also talks about exact dates with specific information about changes in the plans of the pre production prototypes.
It also talks about a first and second generation of prototypes (that second generation, having horizontal engine vents and inner fuel filler).
Anybody knows what are that 'second generation' of prototypes? Maybe that prototypes has higher front hinges and other later features closer to the final production models...
just a thougt, I don't have the book in front of me... _________________ 1967 Split SO-42 Dormobile |
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52panelvan Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 9:16 am Post subject: |
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xavi_242 wrote: |
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It also talks about a first and second generation of prototypes (that second generation, having horizontal engine vents and inner fuel filler).
Anybody knows what are that 'second generation' of prototypes? Maybe that prototypes has higher front hinges and other later features closer to the final production models...
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My guess would be that there is a long way between the 10 hand built prototypes and the Die pressed assembly line product. Once that line was built, assembly production tests would be made, quality issues addressed and pre chassis number vehicles road tested to check for issues.
Just a guess too but I always regarded the "prototype" at the VW museum to be from that batch of vehicles possibly. _________________ Austrian Kohlruss Deluxe
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johnny d Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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Scotty wrote: |
johnny d wrote: |
52panelvan wrote: |
looks like this early production prototype bus then had a mixture of both or maybe the rear window stolen form an earlier model with the recess. Note the sealing bar has been swapped to the rear inner glass the same as the production models of "now".
Fantastic pictures, especially the "new" ones that are surfacing |
but the "recess" is on the outer window. so i guess this is the very early production line bus. later on they checked, the recess is not nessesary.. |
It must be a production model, look t the position of the hinge |
yes, indeed, but i gues a very early one, because of the screwed front emblem and that recess used in the windows. _________________ GermanRestoKommando
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johnny d Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2004 Posts: 2204 Location: where it all came from. ;)
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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xavi_242 wrote: |
yesterday I was checking the transporter guide by David Eccles.
It talks about a number of prototypes given being built, and also talks about exact dates with specific information about changes in the plans of the pre production prototypes.
It also talks about a first and second generation of prototypes (that second generation, having horizontal engine vents and inner fuel filler).
Anybody knows what are that 'second generation' of prototypes? Maybe that prototypes has higher front hinges and other later features closer to the final production models...
just a thougt, I don't have the book in front of me... |
first generetion, was the one with the beetle chassis, the second one was the typ29 we discus here about. _________________ GermanRestoKommando
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johnny d Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2004 Posts: 2204 Location: where it all came from. ;)
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: D |
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RockStock wrote: |
D has 4 clear roof joins, so a 5-piece roof
No discernible gutter/gutter pattern either, unlike all the other Prototypes
Can see the forward outrigger shape...
Stating the obvious, but it has to be the first Prototype
Plattenwagen, just noticed the semaphores and wiper motor
You'd have thought the barndoor would have received a version of its glovebox!
Yes, the BD steering wheel is ace. And the Prototype version is handsome too
Johnny D my boy, please post up some more of the information you hold. |
i just read, this was first driving March 11th 1949. _________________ GermanRestoKommando
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johnny d Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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Capriacci wrote: |
johnny d wrote: |
i also like the window surrounding. it seams they used the screwed version on the cargo and inside the bus. nice.. |
johnny d, "window surrounding... screwed version"...I never heard about it. Can you tell more please |
i was talking about these:
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johnny d Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:42 am Post subject: |
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found this pic in a german book, maybe this is the same bus?
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johnny d Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:46 am Post subject: |
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i also found this drawing
they wrote on 12th of Nov, four Prototypes where be shown for the press.
Two weeks befor the presentation, the busses wasn´t even painted.
They build the four busses in a very short time.. _________________ GermanRestoKommando
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Capriacci Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2011 Posts: 298 Location: Brazil
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:48 am Post subject: |
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johnny d wrote: |
found this pic in a german book, maybe this is the same bus?
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- bumper end with 2 bolts?
- door handle chromed x painted?
*remembering again that this is not a Prototype, but a production model |
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xavi_242 Samba Member
Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 1672 Location: Barcelona (SPAIN)
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johnny d Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 10:42 am Post subject: |
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do i look right, did this hasn´t a raingutter? _________________ GermanRestoKommando
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Kommercial Samba Moderator
Joined: December 28, 2000 Posts: 1154 Location: San Tan Valley, Arizona
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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I guess this is a good place for these as well. Wind tunnel testing designs
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banana split Samba Member
Joined: January 22, 2002 Posts: 1070 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Canada
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AustroBus Samba Member
Joined: June 01, 2014 Posts: 233 Location: Vienna, Austria
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:59 am Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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Hi!
Yesterday i met a guy from an oldtimer club here in Austria.
He told me about a rumor or - lets say a dicussion - about a picture from 1949. As i was told the photo can be found in several books and shows up every few years somewhere.
The story:
Richard Strauss was a german componist. He died in 1949 in Garmisch Partenkirchen. And not long before he died someone took a picture of him. Or at least it shows the village where he lived at the end. I can't remember. But in the background you can see the front of a vehicle. A vehicle that looks like a VW Bus - and now the guy from yesterday told me that this is an neverending discussion. Here's why:
Some say it is a Prototype of a Type 2 Volkswagen Bus.
Others say the picture has been taken in 1950.
Then there are people who think that it just shows a car that looks quite similar.
Or is it some kind of time travel?
Did anyone of you ever hear about this story? Or did anyone every see that photo? Don't want to hurt any copyrights of a publishing company, but i am quite interested in seeing this picture now! _________________ Blog website:www.austrosplit.com
1967 Deluxe VW Bus - Resto Thread
Barndoor Coachbuilder Topics:
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Barney Barndoor Samba Member
Joined: May 23, 2013 Posts: 8 Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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Here’s a general info card I have on the 1949 Prototype
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Busstom Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2014 Posts: 3837 Location: San Jose, CA
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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xavi_242 wrote: |
a little off topis but this bus is the same (and the same pic, BTW):
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Wow! VW is referring to a "standard" as the VW Midget Bus! I wonder why this term never stuck. |
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3924 Location: England
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Undis wrote: |
Here is my contribution. Nice, crisp, detailed shot of three buses together. The light on dark panel, dark on light window bus and the light coloured Delicatessen panel. Going by the checkered floor tiles it is the same place - Wolfsburg? Is it the same time though? Could possibly be. Nice lineup for the press.
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Only the second picture I’ve seen on the chequered floor
Would really like to see a colour picture of the Delikatessen Panel... _________________ -StockRocks- |
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