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MAY’S – ANSWERS
Q: What does "fussbremse" mean in German?
A: "Fussbremse" means brake pedal in German, I believe it literally
means "foot brake."
Q: In what model year did
the Beetle get a plug for electronic diagnostic testing? A: In
1970 VW added a plug-in diagnostic system to their cars.
Q: True or False. Bright
yellow paint was available for the Beetle from 1960 on. A:
False. Bright yellow paint was not factory standard until the early 70s.
Q: In the early 30s,
before Hitler assigned the Peoples car design project to Ferdinand Porsche
and his team, Porsche’s small car efforts were not yet referred to as a
"Volkswagen." What did they call it? A: The early predecessor
VW prototypes, the 1932 Zundapp, and the 1934 were referred to as "Volksautos."
Volkswagen began with the first "official" prototypes, the Type 60, V 1 (V
stands for "Versuch" and means experimental).
Q: What color were the
first Volkswagen, prototypes, the V3, painted? A: This was sort
of a trick question because all the photos of the mid-1930s VW prototypes
are in black and white and none of the still living people, who were
there, such as Herbert Klaus, can remember the color(s)! Since bright red
looks black in black and white photos, VW delightfully decided to paint
their recently recreated 1935 prototype that color.
Q: How long was the
production run of the Type 4?
A: Actually the VW Type 4 was made from late 1969 (as a 1970 model)
until 1974, but we only got it from 1971 to 1974.
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MAY’S - New Questions
In what year did the Beetle first get fuel injection?
What does "warmluftheizung" mean in German?
When did the "5 MPH" shock absorber bumpers get added to
the Beetle?
Was it Europe or the U.S.A. that first got Beetles
equipped with disc brakes?
In the early 1930s Ferdinand Porsche came to America to
see how U.S. car manufacturers built cars. He visited where the Lincoln
Zephyr was under development around 1934. At that early stage the car
had a bug like shape, including a rear engine (when it came out in 1936
it had lost the rear engine!) The question is, did Porsche get the idea
for the bug shape from that car?
Did the 1968 manual transaxle Bug have IRS?
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Answers next month – Herschel
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