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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2022 3:52 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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interesting early bonnet mod!

Complete front end moved forward also.. longer 1/4 panel ... strange
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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2022 9:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2022 10:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2022 8:49 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun May 15, 2022 11:11 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2022 7:58 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

...it didn't go quite as planned
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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2022 8:16 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

In RUNKLE's photo, I wonder if the "decals" in the upper section of the windshield are two of the "Grossglockner" Austrian alpine road day passes? They are shaped like the upper case letter "G".
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Here's an image of the decal- probably a later version- from blauchen's Samba want ad in 2020-
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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2022 6:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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I wonder if the "decals" in the upper section of the windshield are two of the "Grossglockner" Austrian alpine road day passes? They are shaped like the upper case letter "G".

You are correct, those are großglockner hochalpenstraße decals. The example from blauchen's want ad as you stated is not correct for the time period, and being oval looks to be copied from the badge design, as the decals I’ve seen were round.
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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2022 6:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2022 10:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2022 11:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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...it didn't go quite as planned
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Can someone provide a translation please?
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2022 2:04 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

The first 100,000 Volkswagens arrive in 1940.

At the 5th Reich Conference of the NSG "Kraft durch Freude" in Hamburg, Reich Office Director Dr. Lafferentz announced that production of the Kdf-Wagen in Fallersleben would begin at the end of this year, so that the first 100.000 Kdf-Wagen could be finished in 1940.

Translation by Google translator; Translation corrected by me.
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2022 2:19 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

I assume the 1930s grossglockner badge would be more like this
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2022 7:51 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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always happy to see a period shot of 2-tone paint to the body line, rather than the trim line. No weird paint line on the door hinge.
That is how i painted my first car, 59 beetle.
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2022 7:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2022 8:57 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

^ any idea what those markings mean?


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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2022 9:15 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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Any idea what those markings mean?


I. R. O. stands for International Refugee Organization. Founded in 1946 to deal with the massive refugee problem created by WWII.
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PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2022 10:39 am    Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos... Reply with quote

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Leaky rear axle seals must have been a chronic problem back then, because we we see it in many of these early photos.

(Come to think of it, it still is.)
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