05-28-2018, 06:50 AM | #1 |
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Vintage Pic
Found this pic of a MOST unlikely wreck......
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05-28-2018, 12:20 PM | #2 |
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That Roadster Looks like it is Right Hand Drive !! I wonder what country that is in ?
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05-28-2018, 01:10 PM | #3 |
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You’re right , look at the direction the cars on the road are facing.
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05-28-2018, 02:24 PM | #4 |
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I would think at the time that VW was worth more than the A which was probably junked.
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05-28-2018, 03:05 PM | #5 |
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'Bus Stop' sign is in English, so I'm guessing UK somewhere. . . .
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05-28-2018, 04:17 PM | #6 |
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it is winter because the poplar trees are bear (have I got the spelling correct?) but there is a eucalypt tree in the picture Last edited by woofa.express; 05-28-2018 at 04:19 PM. Reason: more evidence |
05-28-2018, 05:03 PM | #7 |
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They were both 6 volts and they couldn't see each other in the dark.
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05-28-2018, 05:11 PM | #8 |
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Woofa.express - congrats! I think you solved it....
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05-28-2018, 09:30 PM | #9 |
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The numberplate and the traffic officer look like New Zealand? Also there would probably be gum trees in the background if it were Australia?
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05-28-2018, 09:44 PM | #10 |
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The late on the VW is from about 1928 and worth about $18,000.
(well, from what I can figure out, no expert tho.) https://www.shannons.com.au/auctions...90YUXE1F3DC5A/ PS. Yep, may not be an Australian plate. Policeman doesn't look like ours. Car on the left looks like a Zephyr to me. Last edited by updraught; 05-28-2018 at 09:50 PM. |
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Ford and Vw intersected well before that type 1 and roadster met..Dr Porsche and a bunch of engineering types toured the Rouge in '36 to study manufacturing techniques,they even poached german/american engineers.
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Chuck, where did you find the picture?
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05-28-2018, 10:23 PM | #13 |
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'58 to '63 type 1..it has the big rear window but small quarters..Pinafarina recommended the bigger rear window,one of the few nods to styling from 38 to 67..
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05-28-2018, 10:26 PM | #14 |
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the type 1 has ice pick door handles,so its a 58 or a 59..
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05-28-2018, 11:30 PM | #15 |
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Notice the London bobby type hats on the police in the background.
There were very few 1920's cars on the road by the 60's here. NZ were still driving pristine Morris Minors in the mid 80's as they didn't have an auto industry. The bust proof locks seemed to have exceeded their stress limits .. |
05-29-2018, 01:49 AM | #16 |
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Wow, that is a very significant historical photo in the development of the VW Beetle! It was only a year after that accident that VW came out with this new model:
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05-29-2018, 06:42 AM | #17 |
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Synchro909 - it popped up in a Facebook group I belong to - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...&theater&ifg=1 "ONLY vintage PHOTOS of cars, motorbikes or trucks from 40s to 60s"
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05-29-2018, 02:12 PM | #18 |
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The Bug appears to have semaphores, Euro front bumper and an oval rear window
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05-29-2018, 09:59 PM | #19 |
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Front bumper over riders didn’t appear here till a couple of years after the larger back window. Up till then, the front bumpers were like the one in the photo.
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