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Blue Baron
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 Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:58 am Post subject: Volkswagenwerk factory photos, circa 1956 |
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These were posted in the vintage photos thread, but I thought they were interesting enough for their own thread.
Here's a new batch of Wolfsburg factory photos, circa 1956.
Western façade.
Eastern portion with power plant.
Press room
Front axles
Chassis assembly
Body assembly in background, finished cars in foreground. Note North American export cars at front and back of row, with
"ram" protection bumpers, bullet turn signals, and empty sealed beam headlight buckets. Even whitewalls!
Dispatch area. Note completed Karmann Ghia chassis ready for shipment to Osnabruck.
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panicman
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Volkswagenwerk factory photos, circa 1956 |
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Those are great! Thanks for posting them!
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Westy65
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:00 am Post subject: Re: Volkswagenwerk factory photos, circa 1956 |
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Fascinating pictures - thanks for sharing 
The sheer scale of the operation is mind boggling 
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dmcglynn
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:36 am Post subject: Re: Volkswagenwerk factory photos, circa 1956 |
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| Yes thank you for taking the time to post these. I love seeing old manufacturing plants such as this! |
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