Birth of the Beetle by Chris Barber

[rod_vw]

I don't know the seller but by the other items for sale he/she looks to be a true VW enthusiast located in North Wales UK. Feedback looks good too.
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Rod,
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1946 Beetle (Back on the road after over 50 years! Last major outing - Hessisch Oldendorf 2022)
2016 T6 Selfbuild Camper and a LWB MAN TGE in build.

[RichOakley]

I sold one last month for £115 in mint condition. That is the actual going-rate that the book will sell for (I have sold three in total this year).

I will have another available in the New Year.
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1947 Beetle
1956 RHD Karmann Cabrio
1956 RHD Beetle
1957 RHD Pitt-Moto Type 2 Camper
1959 RHD Beetle
1966 RHD Type 3 Fastback
1976 RHD Sun Beetle

[Zwitter UK]

[RichOakley]

[ZENVWDRIVER]

… pretty good read - I sold all my VW books, back in 2017, except for my shop manuals and Car of the Century, by JT Garwood - the best car-book, I ever bought...
then I have my old- book collection (1840 to about 1945), from before this computer-age, beginning around 1990 - much better-times, relying on printed material - the internet is great, but nothing like reading a good old book, for all ones information - happy reading - z
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5/50, pastel green 11G - SOLD
8/50, gray 11A Beetle
6/52, pastel green 11C - SOLD
11/4/52, black Zwitter - SOLD to my little bro.
1954 Porsche, pre A, with VW 36 horse- SOLD
1/54, black 11C Beetle - TRADED
2/55 Iceland green Beetle, on a 1965 pan
3/55 113 Beetle, stratos silver
1955 Messerschmitt KR175 - SOLD, sadly
1960 single cab
1962 SO33, with SO 42 interior
9/63 Pacific blue, Ghia
'87 Toyota MR2
'02 WestFORDia E-150, GAVE TO OUR SON

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[Zwitter UK]

[Tvättbjörn]

What was the Original price when it came out?

[David]

[rod_vw]

I the price when it was published was £30 but the last one that we (VW Books) sold was in 2009 and the retail price then was £35.

It was first published in 2003 and became 'Out of Stock' with us in 2009.
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Rod,
Please visit http://www.historicvws.org.uk
https://www.facebook.com/historicvwclub/

1946 Beetle (Back on the road after over 50 years! Last major outing - Hessisch Oldendorf 2022)
2016 T6 Selfbuild Camper and a LWB MAN TGE in build.

[el_safari]

You can still buy it in french: "La naissance de la coccinelle" by FNAC for 39€...I got it for Christmas
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[GArBa]

I have one in English and one in German... now you make me want to buy the French edition too...
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'97 type 1 1600i
'14 type AA Seat Mii (sadly dead after 270.000 km)
'22 type C1 T-Cross
'23 type AC3 Hyundai I10 (VW no longer makes small cars!)
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moped:
'82 Benelli Magnum 3v

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[peter schepens]

I got the news from Jacques Mertens that Chris Barber left us on 12 august. The struggle against cancer he did not win.. He was 80 years
RIP Mr Barber, you was a great investigator in history and left us with a great book.

Guess a reprint of his book is out of the question.
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[Grant Reiling]

That is sad news indeed.
Thanks Peter (and Jacques) for the unfortunate update.
RIP Chris Barber.
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1952 Azure Blue 12G (LHD Deluxe 3-fold sunroof Sedan).
"What you really know is possible in your heart is possible.
We make it possible by our will.
What we imagine in our minds becomes our world. That’s just one of many things I have learned from water."
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The Hidden Messages in Water

[allsidius]

RIP Chris Barber. I hope he went with the acknowledgement that he made a difference!
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1973 1303S w sunroof Click to view image
1978 1303 convertible (sold)Click to view image
1966 1300 RIPClick to view image

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[notchboy]

Yeah, RIP as you have one of the most hyped books out there with little distributorship causing the it to be the most expensive thing out there.


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[Hacksaw-BoB]

So sorry to hear that Chris has passed away !! I was aware of
Chris writing for the Beetling magazine and finally met Chris at the 1980
Bad Camberg meeting. I lived and worked in the Frankfurt area from 1980-1982.
Many times I would go visit Chris on the weekends and stay at his house in Ulm !!
He had an in with the Porsche archives and would always show me so many photos !!
He said he would write a book about all the history and photos !! Some 20 years
later the book was published and Chris sent me one of his books !! So I had
Chris send this post card (2003) to me and I use it as a book marker for this Great book !!
. . . Hacksaw-BoB

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[Undis]

So sad to hear about the news. I only know Chris from his book, yet I have to admit he made a huge impact on me on the way I view VW history and has inspired me to pursue an interest in it. I wish there was a way to republish The Birth of the Beetle in Chris' memory.
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[cyberdyne systems 101]

There's currently one on UK ebay, for £550!
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71' Westy

[finster]

^ that's better than the £889.95 one on amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birth-Beetle-Development-...amp;sr=8-1

think I'll fire off an email to haynes to suggest a reprint...can't do any harm
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