Done and dusted:  Another Volkswagen is ready to roll from the end of Line 1 in final assembly Hall 12 at the factory in Wolfsburg in this colour view from 1958Done and dusted: Another Volkswagen is ready to roll from the end of Line 1 in final assembly Hall 12 at the factory in Wolfsburg in this colour view from 1958

A nicely dressed lady is talking to the truck driver. The truck is outside an AMAG building, the importer of VWs to Switzerland. This photo is from the 1950s, as the Beetles has an oval rear windowA nicely dressed lady is talking to the truck driver. The truck is outside an AMAG building, the importer of VWs to Switzerland. This photo is from the 1950s, as the Beetles has an oval rear window

brightly painted 1967 model year bodies suspended from overhead conveyor chains moving through a busy intersection in a production hall at Volkswagenwerk WolfsburgBrightly painted 1967 model year bodies suspended from overhead conveyor chains moving through a busy intersection in a production hall at Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg

Type 1 and 2 final assembly lines in the mid-1950s at D'leteren in Brussels (Volkswagen Brussels from 1970) in the Vorst (Forest) district of the city.Type 1 and 2 final assembly lines in the mid-1950s at D'leteren in Brussels (Volkswagen Brussels from 1970) in the Vorst (Forest) district of the city

Karmann Ghia do Brasil produced this model of Ghia from 1962 to 1972 with 23,402 examples rolling from the assembly lines, including 177 convertiblesKarmann Ghia do Brasil produced this model of Ghia from 1962 to 1972 with 23,402 examples rolling from the assembly lines, including 177 convertibles

An export Beetle gets a windshield clean on the assembly line at WOB in 1950

A long line of new cars await onward transport in the new vehicle holding yard at the Volkswagen de Mexico plant in Puebla in the early 1990sA long line of new cars await onward transport in the new vehicle holding yard at the Volkswagen de Mexico plant in Puebla in the early 1990s

The first deliveries took place of Volkswagen's Type 147 Kleinlieferwagen on 9 March 1965. Nicknamed 'Fridolin' the van was developed specially for use by Deutsche Bundespost and mechanically based on the Type 1 using the slightly wider Karmann Ghia chassisThe first deliveries took place of Volkswagen's Type 147 Kleinlieferwagen on 9 March 1965. Nicknamed 'Fridolin' the van was developed specially for use by Deutsche Bundespost and mechanically based on the Type 1 using the slightly wider Karmann Ghia chassis

Stacking freshly stamped front lids at Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg in 1949Stacking freshly stamped front lids at Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg in 1949

Workers are busy with loading Beetles on a cargo ship. Even though RoRo ships had been introduced more than 10 years earlier, many ships were still loading the old fashioned wayWorkers are busy with loading Beetles on a cargo ship. Even though RoRo ships had been introduced more than 10 years earlier, many ships were still loading the old fashioned way

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