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EverettB Administrator
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Fish Samba Member
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 11:44 am Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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Dumb question and it is not in the dictionary here. What is the Type 29 on the plates. I assume it is a model designation ? Does it designate prototype? _________________ Prosit!
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djfordmanjack Samba Member
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Fish Samba Member
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3929 Location: England
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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Bottom picture is ‘new’
You can see the door-shuts are crude from this angle _________________ -StockRocks- |
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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3929 Location: England
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:13 am Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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Gets a mention in this 1949 book
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RockStock Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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Swiss ad in Le Radio News, 27 October 1950...which depicts a Prototype Bus (with thanks to Jérôme).
Looks like they’ve used the photo from the post above for this rendering...same angle.
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mandraks Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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RockStock wrote: |
Swiss ad in Le Radio News, 27 October 1950...which depicts a Prototype Bus (with thanks to Jérôme).
Looks like they’ve used the photo from the post above for this rendering...same angle.
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interesting:
démultiplicateur sur roues arriere = gear reducer on rear wheels = Untersetzungsgetriebe an den Hinterrädern
the german is perfect, english translation is a little awkward.
the interesting part: << Ritzel >> Ritzel in German is a gear, a cog if you will. like what you would see for the chain on a bike. don't think this means anything in french. In switzerland a lot of people do understand german. _________________ regards
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djfordmanjack Samba Member
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finster Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:00 am Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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have we had this photo before?
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Patiently Impatient Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 6:57 am Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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finster wrote: |
have we had this photo before?
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No complaints from me as it's a great photo, but yes, it was posted early on in the thread. |
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finster Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 3:39 am Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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binz doka prototype?
_________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
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56TIMOTEO Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:55 am Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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Smooth gate Binz! |
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Barney Barndoor Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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WOLFSBURGER DELIKATESSEN TYP 29 VW Prototype
Volkswagen Factory Wolfsburg Germany 1949 |
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Barney Barndoor Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:25 pm Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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WOLFSBURGER DELIKATESSEN TYP 29 VW Prototype
Volkswagen Factory Wolfsburg Germany 1949 |
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Jacks Samba Member
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Undis Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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So just putting the best photos of this particular bust in one place. Do we have a consensus that this is the earliest of all known prototypes? It was mentioned earlier that this panel van was already driving in March 1949.
It does look different from all the other ones in this thread. Besides that it looks like it was constructed by Stevie Wonder with nothing more than a baseball bat... well it is super rough. It really looks like it was put together in a hurry. The bodywork is wavy and misaligned.
The main differences I can spot are the roof panel made up of several pieces and they did not bother hiding the joint lines. It's even sagging in the middle. Then the funky door handles only seen on this panel as all the later ones had regular icepick handles with a finger recess just like Beetle. Also the drip rail seems uniform all round unlike the later ones that had a thicker rail above the doors and correspondingly on the other side.
I have a plan to make a scale model of the earliest known Type 2 prototype. I will base it on the Revell 1:16 panel van kit, naturally with a huge amount of modifications. I have already done their Samba so know how the kit comes together and its limitations.
What does everyone think was the color of this panel? Was it Dove Blue or some other color? What about the color of the wheel rims and the base of the VW emblem on the front?
Any help highly appreciated!
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finster Samba Member
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2022 11:49 am Post subject: Re: The Prototypes |
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_________________ "we're here on Earth to fart around" kurt vonnegut
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RockStock Samba Member
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 9:47 am Post subject: Wolfsburger Kitchen Bus |
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Slightly improved picture _________________ -StockRocks- |
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