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1 and 3 Volkswagens on the way from the factory, around 1966 - 1967
The
Norwegian freighter 'Jarabella' is loaded with Volkswagens on the Emden
harbour, in this photo which is dated October 3rd 1965
1967
VW Type 1 production line picture from the Volkswagen plant in Emden,
based on the US bumpers
The
Karmann factory wasnt an exclusive VW body manufacturer, they also did
bodies for many others through the years. In addition to the well known
Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolet, the Type 14 Karmann Ghia coupe and Cabriolet,
and the Type 34 Karmann Ghia, which can be seen to the right hand side
of this photo
The
first Volkswagen Type 181 to be built in México rolled from the
assembly line at the Puebla plant in November 1970, two years after the
model was first produced at Wolfsburg in Germany.
Known as the Volkswagen Safari in México, daily production of the
Type 181 commenced with just 10 vehicles per day and continued at the
Puebla factory until 1980
60
years ago - At the Wolfsburg factory in 1964, Beetle bodyshells are dipped
into a tank of transparent wash-rinse solution after the primer immersion
King
Hussein and Queen Nur Al-Hussein of Jordan were given a tour of Volkswagenwerk
Wolfsburg. They were driven around the plant on November 11th 1978 in
a customised Type 2 during a state visit to the Federal Republic of Germany.
The chopped VW Bus was later preserved and is now on display in the Stiftung
AutoMuseum Wolfsburg
Sparks
fly during grinding and deburring operations on a bodyshell 75 years ago
at Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg
Decorated
with a celebration garland, Volkswagen Karmann Ghia number 10,000 is celebrated
in November 1956 at the end of the Wilhelm Karmann GmbH assembly line
in Osnabrück, West Germany
1967
Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle in the final stages of assembly
