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EverettB 
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 Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:21 pm Post subject: Distributors and Dealers books |
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I collect these books whenever I can find them cheap at shows.
Here is my listing:
Italic font style (bottom left in photo)
11.57
Undated (says 7/58 in back but is pre-1958)
Normal font style (left column)
I/59
III/59
II/60
IV/60
I/61
II/61
IV/61
I/62
I, II, III, and IV are believed to indicate quarters, e.g. I/62 is the first quarter of 1962.
Left to right style (center column)
5-62
8-62
1-63
7-63
8-64
11-64
10-15-65
8-10-66
Upright style (right column)
3-67
11-67
11-68
4-70
4-80
I would be interested to know the dates of books other VW people own.
Other books (not pictured above):
7/58a
7/58a 3.56
7/58b 4-57
II/59
I/60
IV/58
III/61
1-64
May 8, 1964/6-64
1-65
5-65
July 15, 1965
February 1, 1966
11-10-1966
2-67
February 15, 1967
December, 1987
7-68
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DanM
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I just picked up an 11/60 Distributors & Dealers booklet with plain typeface on the cover for my '61 sunroof bug. I'm having fun using Google Map's satellite view to zoom in on old dealership locations.
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vwtoyguy
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| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Upright style
8-67
and
4-73 |
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L572
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My List based upon your template:
Italic font style (bottom left in photo)
None
Normal font style (left column)
I/62
Left to right style (center column)
5-65
Upright style (right column)
8-99 blue/white cover
4-99 blue/white cover
10-98 blue/white cover
8-97 Red Convertible and 2 ladies
8-96 White cover
2-95 White cover
1-94 Retailers Directory
2-90 Silver cover
4-70 White with N. and Central America map
Interesting that some were updated within months of each other. Hmmn? Also interesting that we will collect just about anything!!
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EverettB
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Lind
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if you look closely, two of them that are the same date stamp in '62 or '63 have different covers. one with a hood badge, one without.
unfortunately all my dealers and distributors booklets are out on loan right now.
they are really good for identifying license plate frames.
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L572
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| Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: |
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In 1995 I used some of my older booklets on a cross country trip. They were very helpful in locating some 'out of business' dealerships in some fairly off-the-beaten path towns.....The result was a nice find of the occasional license plate frame or old dealer promotional items (key chains, dealer badges, coffee mugs, etc.)
Boy, are we weird or what!  (ok, I'm weird!)
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Italic font style
April 1956 Distributors and Dealers in Canada and the USA
3.56 VW-Dienst map of dealers and service Europe (German)
VW map of dealers and service Europe. (Multi-language)
Normal font style
10/65
6/66
8/66
Upright style
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Lind
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7.58
II/59
I/60
II/60
IV/60
I/61
III/61
IV/61
5-62
8-62
1-63
6-64
8-64
11-64
1-65
5-65
8-10-66
11-10-66
3-67
11-68
3-69
6-69
11-69
10-70
10-71
4-72
4/74
12/75
2/78
spares:
5-62
8-62
6-64
1-65
6-69
the spares are available for trade for dates which are not in my set.
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Here's some from the other side of the world:
Top left: Wolkswagen Owners Guide to Dealers in South and South West Africa, July 1965.
Bottom left: Owners Guide for Volkswagen Service in South and South West Africa, May 1962.
Top right: Repair Price Manual for the Republic of South Africa including South West Africa, December 1962.
Bottom right: Africa Volkswagen Service, (undated, around 1964).
I also have a VW road map of West Germany and Berlin with a list of German VW dealers, dated 1.10.1964.
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| Do you happen to have VW dealer/distributor lists for 1969 through 1972? I am trying to identify dealers in Wheeling, West Virgina for those years. Thanks. |
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EverettB
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Lind
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From the November 1, 1967 book:
Wheeling, West Virginia
Imported Cars, Inc.
808 National Road
From the March 30, 1970 book:
Wheeling, West Virginia
Bill Cruse Volkswagen, Inc.
P.O. Box 1330
National Road East |
Everett, have you considered updating the dealers page with later (post-'67) info? I find it is really helpful to look through my later ones to determine what era dealership plate frames are from.
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EverettB
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From the November 1, 1967 book:
Wheeling, West Virginia
Imported Cars, Inc.
808 National Road
From the March 30, 1970 book:
Wheeling, West Virginia
Bill Cruse Volkswagen, Inc.
P.O. Box 1330
National Road East |
Everett, have you considered updating the dealers page with later (post-'67) info? I find it is really helpful to look through my later ones to determine what era dealership plate frames are from. |
I have thought about it but the number of "new" dealers in later books is astronomical so we haven't decided to commit the time yet.
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The orginal owner of my 61 bought the bug new in Germany while in the military. After buying the car she took the car on a road trip to Italy, heres a dealer map i found in the glovebox of the car after cleaning it out...
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| Do you happen to have VW dealer/distributor lists for 1969 through 1972? I am trying to identify dealers in Wheeling, West Virgina for those years. Thanks. |
I have a 4/72 book and it lists the same one that Everett listed for 3/70, Bill Cruse Volkswagen, Inc.
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Hey guys! My husband and I have recently found a dealer frame from Jay Thomas Decatur Alabama. We are trying to figure out the time frame it was located in Decatur as we live extremely close and my bus came from a Decatur dealer. We do not have any of those booklets with the dealers names and it is not listed in the Dealers area. Could someone please take a look in their booklets and let us know when they were in Decatur, AL? We would greatly appreciate it.
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EverettB
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| Jay Thomas Decatur Alabama. We are trying to figure out the time frame it was located in Decatur as we live extremely close and my bus came from a Decatur dealer. We do not have any of those booklets with the dealers names and it is not listed in the Dealers area. Could someone please take a look in their booklets and let us know when they were in Decatur, AL? |
I have a listing in my 4-70 and my 4-71 book but not my 1980 book.
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splittybusgirl
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Okay thank you for looking. We were extremely happy when we found it, since we live so close to Decatur, AL. Thanks again!
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Good Morning, Everett, Lind & Co.
Just wondering what is the oldest dated Dealer/Distributor book for the USA and/or Canada that you have in your collections? And on a related note, do you have a sense of when VW started publishing these little booklets? Thanks.
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