VW TRIVIA

- By Herschel D. -

1. 3 VWs were at the 1938 Cornerstone Ceremony for the Wolfsburg factory: a Beetle Sedan, a Sunroof, and a Cabriolet; all hand built editions.

2. Memphis’s first automatic transaxle equipped Beetle was sold at Jimmy Payne in 1968. It was Bahama Blue & sold to the Draft family. Bradley Kraft, the son, still has it!

3. The VW Rabbit’s design grew out of VW having bought Audi.

4. A vehicle using VW components for travel over deep snow called the Snow Trac was made from the late ‘50s into the 1960s.

5. A "Getriebe" is the German word for transaxle.

6. In 1961, the VW transaxle went from being a split case to a "tunnel case" construction.

1. In what year did VW run an ad showing both a 1949 VW and a 1949 TV set and call it "two ridiculous gimmicks of the late 1940s?"
2. What, in German, is an "Anlasser?"
3. In what year did the VW door windows gain a vent window?
4. What is the VW engine case made of?
5. In what year did the Beetle gain those half-moon shaped vents behind the rear side quarter window?
6. In what year did the VW Beetle get the U.S. Edition?