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finster
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 Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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Jeferson, who was the prescient snapper taking all those dutch street photos of ovals etc when they would have been considered plain or 'old hat' ?
like the fuldamobil, goggo and heinkel too  |
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Rome
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 4:41 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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| the fuldamobil, goggo and heinkel |
Good going with the correct identifications! German mini- and microcars were an important part of the 1950's European street scene, for people who could not afford a Beetle but still wanted basic enclosed transportation. |
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Fish
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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Jeferson Milão
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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56Cabrio
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Jeferson Milão
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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Looks like a Split window converted to an Oval, deck lid one piece windows. Nice pics. |
I think so too. |
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Bob Loblaw
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:42 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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Jeferson Milão
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 1:11 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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Jeferson Milão
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Blue Baron
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Blue Baron
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Jeferson Milão
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:48 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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Rome
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| Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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Thanks for all the photos, Jeferson!
ON this one, it sure looks like a pair of plastic sunvisors on the engine lid! I can't see a method of them being fastened so that they flip UP to act as a rain shield when parked.
Decorative "fishtail" accessory exhaust ends? Would this Beetle be a '61 due to the rim paint scheme, the passenger dash grab handle, and the snowflake taillamps? |
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Jeferson Milão
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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| Rome wrote: |
Thanks for all the photos, Jeferson!
ON this one, it sure looks like a pair of plastic sunvisors on the engine lid! I can't see a method of them being fastened so that they flip UP to act as a rain shield when parked.
Decorative "fishtail" accessory exhaust ends? Would this Beetle be a '61 due to the rim paint scheme, the passenger dash grab handle, and the snowflake taillamps? |
1961 or 1962, see plate. |
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Jeferson Milão
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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Fish
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| Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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Dumb question, but aren't all of the above bugs really split window bugs with the rear window upgrade? I though any bug with that rear fresh air vents above the deck lid were splits? Do all years of oval bugs have that same grill pattern?
Edit: Never mind. I just went back and looked through about twenty pages and I'm wrong.
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nlorntson
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 6:13 am Post subject: Re: Cool vintage photos - Oval-Window Beetles |
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| Rome wrote: |
ON this one, it sure looks like a pair of plastic sunvisors on the engine lid! I can't see a method of them being fastened so that they flip UP to act as a rain shield when parked.
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Those look like oval speaker grills to me. Even stranger. |
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