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 Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2024 8:31 am Post subject: Re: Karmann Production Info |
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A publicity photo by Karmann, taken 75 years ago on the Marktplatz in front of the Rathaus (Town hall) in Osnabrück, close to the factory. These were some of the first production 4-seater cabriolet versions of the Beetle. A total of 331,847 Beetle Cabriolets would be produced over the next thirty years until production of the model ended on 10 January 1980.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Karmann Production Info |
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The last Karmann Beetle Cabriolet
45 years ago today on January 10, 1980, the last ever air-cooled Beetle Cabriolet rolled off the production line at the Karmann factory in Osnabrück. It was also the last Beetle to be built in Germany. The car was shipped to Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States for sale to a very lucky customer.
A total of 331,847 Beetle Cabriolets were produced during the model’s thirty years and six months production life.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2025 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Karmann Production Info |
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Karmann Ghia final assembly line at the Karmann Ghia do Brasil factory in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, in January 1965.
Karmann Ghia do Brasil produced this model of Ghia from 1962 to 1972 with 23,402 examples rolling from the assembly lines, including 177 convertibles.
Image source: Officina Fotografica Volkswagen group
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2025 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: Karmann Production Info |
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Im guessing the same fleet from these pics
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the location of the photo is the head offices of Porsche Konstruktionen GesmbH, headed by Dr Anton Piëch, at alpenstrasse salzburg.
maybe it's a badge for their import business - like a dealer badge.
slightly different angle of the line-up
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:12 pm Post subject: Re: Karmann Production Info |
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On the right is a stack of kabrio bodies, I first thought they were waiting to be shipped off to Karmann but looking closer seem to be completed bodies with stamped lids and all. Wondering if this is a facility storing spare bodies for wreck replacement?
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Anyone know the exact part number for the oval verts shown? Ive found in the later parts books 151800421E for 61-64, 151800421M for 65 up primer with no fenders.
Guessing on break down:
thru 52
53-55
56-57
58-60
Different for export or domestic?
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