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PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 4:34 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

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At IAA Frankfurt(?!) or Autosalon Berlin(?!) in 1951:

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on this pic you can't see the bus, but the pic has been taken at the same location:
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Other pics - from the travel:

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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All I see in this pic is a Sims Jeff Phillips w/white gullwings... Drew get out and ride that thing.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:06 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

two more from IAA 1951 Berlin
6.-16.Sept.1951, Halle II:
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:56 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

Fantastic detail. Camera & bulb on the roof. Interior coat hook in the down position!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:37 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

you can still see the holes for the front deluxe trim!
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:07 am    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

super awesome pictures!!! Shocked Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:45 am    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

Interior curtains throughout.
Maybe this was the first VW factory built camper and not the T5?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:40 am    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

Amazing pictures, feel like your there!

I'm not a close follower of these things, any reason some of the flags got changed on the side? Did the route change or something?

Also the paint on the front looks changed too, were there two buses? Actually may be its just the light
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:02 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

Duel antantas? Were they rockin AM and FM. Laughing or was it for a CB or short wave? Did they have CBs back then?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:33 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

While pictured on the road the dlx features the common (and official) KB license plate (KB - Kommandantura Berlin).

But on Autosalon Display it has a look-alike PRE-WAR Registration as 1A stood for Berlin before 1945.

Supposingly, 6 years after the end of WWII the Connection between 1A Registration and Berlin was still in people´s heads.

Any suggestions for the 1A-100000?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 10:09 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

Another photo
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 4:43 am    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

@bergepanzer: you're right, after ww2, there weren't any plates starting with 1A and I guess it is very unlikely that the numbers were chosen that they look without random (don't know how to express that in English).
If you check that out:
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Other idea: the guys from Volkswagen wanted to show their secret membership in the illuminati and used 1a as the German mysterious symbol for excellent or best. So they problably meant excellent quality or great design? Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2016 12:34 am    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

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I spent a little time of searching for this location. In the left side of the picture, behind the "Weltexpress"-Bus you can see a monument made out of stone.

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It marks the border from Austria to Italy. This would also explain the uniformed men controlling the vehicle.

I would say this pic has been taken at the border crossing of "Gries am Brenner" better known as "Brennerpass".

In the background you can see a house. It is still existing today. In older times it has been used as a duty house. Nowadays there is a shop for traditional clothes in it.

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2016 8:51 am    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

Neat, nice detective work.

Not the same exact Bus but I found this Brekina toy on the internet as well:
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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2016 9:58 am    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

Wow, nice! Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:06 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

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Not the same exact Bus but I found this Brekina toy on the internet as well:
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Other side

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:23 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

The Deluxe was featured in Gute Fahrt 10, October 1951

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As has been said, no nose trim (but the holes are there).

At the show, the bus is wearing a white badge. The badge has been removed by the time of the travel pictures, with caps used to fill the three mounting holes.

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Zur reise um die welt startet kürzlich der Berliner VW welt express, der, wie man hier sieht, den Berliner Autosalon als Sprungbrett benitzte. Die Reiseroute wurde auf das vordere Panier des VW-busses geschrieben. Die Innenausstattung enthält alles, was ein Weltreisender jemais brauchen kann. Aus dem Dach heraus lugen einstweilen zwe Kameras, beigierig, recht bald geknipst zu werden.

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The Berlin VW Word Express, which, as you can see here, used the Berlin Motor Show as a springboard, recently started its journey around the world. The route was written on the front banner of the VW bus. The interior contains everything a world traveller might need. For the time being, two cameras peek out of the roof, eager to get snapping very soon.

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I wonder if Gute Fahrt had a follow up feature following its travels?

Can you imagine finding this 51, and uncovering those logos?

A big thank you to Yoshi for help with the pictures!

paella wrote:
two more from IAA 1951 Berlin
6.-16.Sept.1951, Halle II:
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(Paella’s comment reposted after hosting his photos on TS)
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:58 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

RockStock wrote:
paella wrote:
two more from IAA 1951 Berlin
6.-16.Sept.1951, Halle II:
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Can we get these two pictures reinstalled? They were in fantastic detail.


They are there if you click on the links to open them.
They won't appear in-line in Google Chrome since they are hosted elsewhere and not on a secure web site. (Security thing in Chrome)
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 8:59 pm    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

RockStock wrote:
The Deluxe was featured in Gute Fahrt 10, October 1951

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As has been said, no nose trim (but the holes are there).

I see the badge is not in the travel pictures...it’s been removed, with caps used to fill the three holes. At the show, it’s not the expected chrome - looks painted & white

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Zur reise um die welt startet kürzlich der Berliner VW welt express, der, wie man hier sieht, den Berliner Autosalon als Sprungbrett benitzte. Die Reiseroute wurde auf das vordere Panier des VW-busses geschrieben. Die Innenausstattung enthält alles, was ein Weltreisender jemais brauchen kann. Aus dem Dach heraus lugen einstweilen zwe Kameras, beigierig, recht bald geknipst zu werden.

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The Berlin VW Word Express, which, as you can see here, used the Berlin Motor Show as a springboard, recently started its journey around the world. The route was written on the front banner of the VW bus. The interior contains everything a world traveller might need. For the time being, two cameras peek out of the roof, eager to get snapping very soon.

Badekow


Maybe someone can translate better than this...
I wonder if Gute Fahrt had a follow up feature following its travels?

Can you imagine finding this 51, and uncovering those logos?

A big thank you to Yoshi for help with the pictures!

paella wrote:
two more from IAA 1951 Berlin
6.-16.Sept.1951, Halle II:
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Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Can we get these two pictures reinstalled? They were in fantastic detail.


the text is translated correctly from German into English.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:11 am    Post subject: Re: The VW World Express Deluxe Reply with quote

a brief diversion - what's the story behind the photo of the couple 'swimming with a beetle'! Shocked
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