- By Herschel D. -
SEPTEMBER’S – ANSWERS
1. Q: Years ago VW Built the most advanced wind testing tunnel in Europe, when did they do so?
A: It began operation in December 1964.
2. Q: Listings that describe the changes to the VW through the years always mention the 1965 Beetle gaining a fold down rear seat and hold down strap in 1965, but there is something erroneous about that claim. Do you know what it is?
A: The rear seat back being a fold down type with a strap had already been a fact for years, so all that had really happened for the 1965 model is that thanks to the seats being changed to a thinner contour that year, they folded flatter creating a better cargo floor.
3. Q: In the early days of the 1967 VW model on December 1966, The 12 millionth VW was made. Can you break that down in the models?
A: 9 million Beetles, 1.2 million Type 3’s, and 1.8 million Type 2’s.
4. Q: What is the name of that green color you see on my Bug?
A: #518 Java Green or Java Grun in German.
5. Q: How many Schwimmwagens were built in its first year, 1942?
A: 511.
6. Q: You’d have to be a real, anal, VW detail freak to already know this one, if you do, you might need to get a life! I’m not counting, however, those who simply know where to look such a piddley fact up: from what wattage to what wattage did the VW generator get upgraded to in 1959?
A: From 160 to 180 watts.
OCTOBER’S - New Questions
1.
In America we think of a solid roofed Beetle as a “sedan.” Do you know what the British and the German terms for that body model are?
2.
One
of Mel Brooks movies has a scene with a rare Type 3 Squareback-based panel
delivery in it , do you know which movie?
3. There was another movie that has a scene from the future in which a 300-year-old VW Bug is found in a cave and it starts right up! What movie was that?
4. The VW Beetle has been built either from knocked down kits or from local materials in 20 countries over the years; can you name those countries?
5. Ok, you probably know that the Beetle’s last production line in the world shut down on July 31st 2003, but when did the official post-W.W.II “mass” production of the Beetle begin?
6. When did VW of Mexico produce their own millionth Beetle?
Answers next month.