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An
atmospheric night photo of new Volkswagens arrived by train at a German
port for export to the USA in 1960. None of the cars have headlamps fitted
because sealed-beam units will be fitted by the selling dealerships in
America
New 1969 model year Type 1 and 3 Volkswagens (minus wiper arms and hubcaps
which are inside the cars) are packed like sardines in the hold of Norwegian
cargo ship DYVI ATLANTIC for export to lucky customers in Norway
Volkswagen
number 500,000 for the Netherlands rolled off the line in Wolfsburg on
October 8, 1968
A
line of new Type 2 'Barndoor' Transporters in a hall at Volkswagenwerk
Wolfsburg in 1953 - Photo credit: Georg von Stavenhagen
Handarbeit:
Skilled craftsmen create VW Type 14 Karmann Ghia bodies at the Karmann
factory in Osnabrück
Completed
bodies are placed onto transport trollies in Hall 3 at the Wolfsburg factory
in April 1953 - Photo by Peter Keetman
Dozens
of new Volkswagens stand on a train from the Wolfsburg factory in the
very early 1950s
The
mighty Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg in 1961. The high-rise administration
tower in the foreground was only two years old at this time. In the distance,
the smoking Heizkraftwerk thermal power station can be seen with the first
three chimneys under construction
Volkswagen
Type 181 (VW Safari / VW Thing) assembly in the Puebla plant of Volkswagen
de Mexico. Fun fact: VW Type 181 & 182 front and rear door panels
are identical and interchangeable. They also just lift out, no tools required
Hubcap
manufacturing in Wolfsburg, dated 1956. VW made around 1.5 million hubcaps
this year alone
Beetle
sedans and cabriolets, plus a Type 2 Bus, are loaded aboard cargo ship
MS Ferder on the Burchardkai in Hamburg on August 25th 1964 before making
passage across the Atlantic to North America
Volkswagen assembly in the early post-war period when the Wolfsburg factory
was under British command, headed by the Senior Resident Officer - Major
Ivan Hirst
A
Fusca body is flying under the roof at VW do Brasil in São Bernardo
do Campo in 1968
Decorated
in flowers, Transporter number 1 million for export is handed over to
its new lucky owners, possibly from the United States, at Volkswagenwerk
Hannover in 1966
Newly
painted Type 1 bodyshells moving slowly toward the fitting out and trim
lines in the final assembly hall at Wolfsburg, sometime between August
1955 and July 1957
Type
2 combis and a Double-cabin 'Doka' pickup on Deutsche Bundesbahn flatbed
wagons arrive at a port in Germany for export to the US or Canada
Ferdinand
Porsche in Austria with an early Type 1 Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Type 1 production at Wolfsburg in 1954
The
last of 347,869 Beetles to be built at Audi's headquarters factory in
Ingolstadt, rolled from the assembly line on September 4th 1969
Final
assembly line for the Itamar Fusca (1993 - 1996) at the Anchieta factory
of Volkswagen do Brasil. Note on this final configuration of Brazilian
Beetle, the exhaust pipe exits through a cut out at the base of the rear-left
fender
Images courtesy of Volkswagen Factory Pictures
