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Title: First Volkswagen In America
Post by: Bob(Herbie) on January 31, 2014, 08:13:04 am

A good article from auto week.com.  The first Beetle in America   

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140130/CARNEWS/140139999
 
Enjoy,   %$oldcit
Bob

Title: Re: First Volkswagen In America
Post by: lovebus (jack) on January 31, 2014, 09:12:02 am

Cool, thanks Bob.

Title: Re: First Volkswagen In America
Post by: buglvw (Howard) on January 31, 2014, 04:40:14 pm

There is a book out called "Thinking Small" by Andrea Hiott .About the life of Ferdinand Porsche, his struggle to produce the beetle and then have it taken away. It talks about Ben Pon  importing the first VWs into the Netherlands and of course the amazing ad campaign  in the US. Good reading.  %$oldcit

Title: Re: First Volkswagen In America
Post by: samstrings on January 31, 2014, 06:23:47 pm

Does anyone remember the tv commercial that shows"this is how the snowplow driver get TO the snowplow" and he pulls up in a beetle?? What year was this?
 :confused04:; **^bana0

Title: Re: First Volkswagen In America
Post by: Bob(Herbie) on January 31, 2014, 07:57:56 pm

1964 Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfirnP08FP0

Title: Re: First Volkswagen In America
Post by: samstrings on January 31, 2014, 08:12:19 pm

WOW thanx Bob for the trip into the past!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! clap2-* clap2-* clap2-*

Title: Re: First Volkswagen In America
Post by: Bob(Herbie) on January 31, 2014, 09:02:27 pm

Quote from: buglvw (Howard) on January 31, 2014, 04:40:14 pm

There is a book out called "Thinking Small" by Andrea Hiott .About the life of Ferdinand Porsche, his struggle to produce the beetle and then have it taken away. It talks about Ben Pon  importing the first VWs into the Netherlands and of course the amazing ad campaign  in the US. Good reading.  %$oldcit

I have an older book copyright 1967 Small Wonder by Walter Henry Nelson