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VW TRIVIA

- By Herschel D. -

DECEMBER’S – ANSWERS

  1. The first Karmann Ghia convertible was the 1958 model.

  2. The November cover illustration was of an early ‘60s High Roof Kombi. This model got uses such as ambulances.

  3. A "Notchback" is what the trunk-back Type 3 is called. This model was never officially imported in the US (see illustration below).

  4. The split-window Bug had 42 vent openings stamped into the sheet metal below the rear window. Actually, so did the oval-window Bug. But starting with the 1958 model there were 50 vents and that’s how many they had through the last US import Beetle sedan of 1977.

  5. The "Black-on-Black" model was a 1978-9 Beetle convertible that had black pain, black interior, and a black soft-top. Only one per dealer, limited edition.

  6. The Mexican-made Beetle can be had with power windows. The US edition never had that option.

 

JANUARY’S - New Questions

    1. About how many Schwimmwagens were built during WWII?

    2. VW’s Wolfsburg, Germany factory is named after a local castle that sttod on part of the land that the Nazis appropriated for the factory in the late 1930s. What was the family name of the castle’s owners?

    3. Ivan Hurst, the man who more than anyone else was responsible for the VW factory not being dismantled for war reparations, belonged to what British military unit?

    4. When Heinz Nordoff was made Director-General of VW in 1948 he had how many workers?

    5. When VW’s 1-millionth Bus was built in October 1962 (a 1963 Deluxe Microbus) what did VW do with it?

    6. In the Woody Allen film "Sleeper" his character found a driveable 200 year old Beetle. When was "Sleeper" released?
       

  • Answers next month – Herschel