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finster
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| Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2024 12:33 pm Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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Looking for info on my truck's history. Are you from Campbell California or nearby. Do you recognise it? ... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=636786 |
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finster
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 1:24 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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indeed! now that is what I call a survivor! 
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Martin Southwell
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 6:47 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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| Where is that registration number from? Not a format I recognise. |
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wagen19
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 9:24 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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| Martin Southwell wrote: |
| Where is that registration number from? Not a format I recognise. |
Good question,
sorry, I don´t know, but how about the region balkan, maybe Greek or Yugoslawia between around 1950 and 1970?
But it should not be a problem to find out, where the newest pic was made. Perhaps that helps. |
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finster
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 10:37 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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| Martin Southwell wrote: |
| Where is that registration number from? Not a format I recognise. |
supposedly a french plate for the orne area of normandy circa 1950
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finster
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 11:01 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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splitjunkie
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2024 11:02 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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On one hand you could see wanting to restore that car, but on the other hand, it would be a crime to reverse the history of that car. Especially since there are pictures from back in the day, and I would assume an interesting back story.
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finster
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| Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2024 3:11 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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| splitjunkie wrote: |
| On one hand you could see wanting to restore that car, but on the other hand, it would be a crime to reverse the history of that car. Especially since there are pictures from back in the day, and I would assume an interesting back story. |
I agree, I would like to see more post-war adapted kubels and schwimmers at shows etc
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el_safari
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| Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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Hi
Old french number plate registered 04/10/1954 in the Orne, a part of Normandie .
For the story, in 1973 I was looking for a starter for my 1965 VW bus at a junkyard in the suburbs of Strasbourg. I saw on a pile a car like a jeep with the back cut and you could see an gearbox like a beetle.
At this time I didn't know what is was... a schwimmwagen with also french number plate!
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wagen19
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| Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 8:14 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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| el_safari wrote: |
Hi
Old french number plate registered 04/10/1954 in the Orne, a part of Normandie .
For the story, in 1973 I was looking for a starter for my 1965 VW bus at a junkyard in the suburbs of Strasbourg. I saw on a pile a car like a jeep with the back cut and you could see an gearbox like a beetle.
At this time I didn't know what is was... a schwimmwagen with also french number plate! |
Vive la France! |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 10:42 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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Richard Hausmann's type 51
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wagen19
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| Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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| finster wrote: |
Richard Hausmann's type 51
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Very nice,
but who knows more about the 12 maroon brown beetles, half gloss and parts for the Soviet Union delivered July 15th 1946 along 10 0020 examples of VW vehicles 1946 and further 30 beetles for the SMAD, Berlin in 1947? |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 7:42 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 2:34 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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gulaschkanone of the 1er suppe gruppe 
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finster
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| Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2024 3:46 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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perfectly timed for our discussion on whether to restore cars or keep their post-war condition. the french barn find 'white shark' is now in the wheatcroft collection and, other than a clean, will not be restored
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=593410433086496
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| Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2024 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Present Day Photos of KDFs, Kubels and Schwimmers |
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met an old friend today. I moved house to dorset last month and today I was just leaving lidl's car park and bemoaning the traffic when I spotted a familiar car in the vw dealership window. JLT420 is the 1947 beetle known as one of the first in the uk. here it is back in the late 40s at the colborne-baber garage.
in the heritage of dorchester showroom
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