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A line of new cars from the Factory covered in snow, sometime around 1958
to 1961
These
Transporters are going to the Deutsche Bundespost Fernmeldedienst. The
service within the German mail system that was responsible for Telegrams,
Radio Communication and other long distance services
A
colourful parade of painted bodyshells at the Wolfsburg factory in 1970
A
1600 Variant getting covered in Cosmoline, and a 1200 Standard already
done, dated January 23, 1973
A
Lemonade stand with a candy vending machine in Volkswagenwerk Hannover
Engine
assembly with single tailpipe exhausts from Wolfsburg. Photo taken August
1955
Partially
finished split-window roof panel. It takes several stamping processes
to create the finished product
Unloading
new Volkswagens from Germany at Terminal Island at Long Beach in Los Angeles
using the LoLo method (lift-on lift-off) in the early 1960s
Five
T2a Highroofs for the Deutsche Bundespost sitting on a train car in Stuttgart,
Germany
Bodyshells
are dipped into a tank of solvent at the Wolfsburg plant as part of the
preparation for painting in the late 1950s or 1960s
The
final assembly lines in the Transporterwerk at Volkswagen Hannover
Beetles
destined for the US Armed Forces in Germany, dated 1948
Production
of the Fusca at Volkswagen do Brasil's Anchieta plant in São Bernardo
do Campo, SP
Mr.
Ernest Turner a legend who refused to retire. Went to work every day at
Volkswagen (GB) in Ramsgate despite his young age of 93 years
Look
how happy the workers look while building the Beetle
Herr
Heinz Nordhoff took up office in the bombed out Volkswagen plant in January
1948 and turned VW into an international global phenomenon during the
next twenty years until his untimely death in April 1968
New
Volkswagens reflected in standing water in the new vehicle holding yard
at the western end of the Wolfsburg factory in July 1951
Split
window bodies 'in white'. Notice the single row of Kabriolett bodies to
the right, which were sent to Karmann's factory in Osnabrück to be
fully converted
Fitting
the steering wheel and horn buttons at Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg in the
summer of 1953. This 'Batwing' type steering wheel and button were fitted
to Zwitter and early Oval-window Beetles from October 1952 to July 1955
Snow-covered
Volkswagens awaiting export at the port of Hamburg during the winter of
1963-64
