1966 model year Volkswagen Type 3 bodyshells at the Wolfsburg plant1966 model year Volkswagen Type 3 bodyshells at the Wolfsburg plant, including some Fastback models which had just been introduced, plus Type 1 bodies in the background

Complete split and oval-window bodyshells stacked at Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg The ultimate spare part? Complete split and oval-window bodyshells stacked at Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg, so likely to be from March 1953 to mid-1950s

VW bus in two-color paint finish during installation of the interiorVW Bus in two-color paint finish during installation of the interior. Wolfsburg, 1955

1963 assembly - from Fortune Magazine, August 19631963 assembly - from Fortune Magazine, August 1963

The body on the line in the foreground appears to be heading for the US or Canadian marketThe body on the line in the foreground appears to be heading for the US or Canadian market and has been fitted out with glass, bumpers, interior and exterior trim, electrics, turn signals and headlamp glasses

The final assembly hall at the Karmann factory in OsnabrückThe final assembly hall at the Karmann factory in Osnabrück in the late 1960s. On the left appears to be a Porsche 912 which were built at the Karmann plant from 1966 to 1969

Testing and measuring a Fusca bodyshell at the Anchieta plant of Volkswagen do BrasilTesting and measuring a Fusca bodyshell at the Anchieta plant of Volkswagen do Brasil in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo

A beautiful 1950 panel van in Dove Blue parked on SüdstraßeA beautiful 1950 panel van in Dove Blue parked on Südstraße in front of the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg

Volkswagen factory employees at the end of their shift cross SüdstrasseVolkswagen factory employees at the end of their shift cross Südstrasse to make their way to the bridge over the Mittellandkanal linking the plant with the city of Wolfsburg, sometime in the 1960s

With the light of its headlamps reflected on the tiled floor of final assembly Hall 12With the light of its headlamps reflected on the tiled floor of final assembly Hall 12, another new Volkswagen is driven off the production line and off to the rolling road test stands at the Wolfsburg factory in 1968

Images courtesy of Volkswagen Factory Pictures

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