Old VW's

Photo taken in November of 1965 in front of McNash Motors on Shelburne Road. The VW Beetle in the photo had just passed 200,000 miles. /UVM Special Collections

 

I found this on YouTube, it was made in 1960.



BTW, as another satellite factory is featured, the narrator refers to the Type II Transporter as a "station wagon," among other versions of the Type II.

 

VW checkers ?

 

Only if they're in Mexico. But the one left of center picture, it is marked "COURTESY WAGEN."

 

Oops, was thinking checkerboard.

 

Oh, I remember that, also. We had two dealers we could take our Bug to, and both had them, but only one had the VW 'master craftsman' sign, as it was on U.S. 99/SR 99. Long-gone now, which historically is a bummer, but that dealer owns and displays a late Forties Type 1 (grey-blue color, correct Continental tires and semaphore signal arms) that I should stop by and get pics of.

 

Those of us who lived in that time will remember those great VW ads. They, in a sense, created an entire culture arouund VWs. IMO, Apple patterned their early marketing after VW's.

 

I missed the VW ads, but remember the Apple ads. Looking at all of the material that's been shared over the years, I would say that's a very accurate assessment.