Madman’s Dream Car (Dec, 1953)
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Dec, 1953
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Madman’s Dream Car
DID HITLER really intend putting a Volkswagen in every Super-man’s garage, or was Der Fuehrer playing a gigantic con game with the German people?
What has the beetle-shaped Volkswagen got that makes it the best-selling car in Europe today?
The answers are supplied in Gordon Wilkins’ fascinating story in the December CARS (The Strange History of “The People’s Car”).
In the same issue:
CARS reveals the fantastic facts behind the plot to suppress a 20-year car battery (The Truth About the Nickel Cadmium Battery).
CARS reports on the latest entry in the automatic transmission field (CARS Tests Chrysler’s PowerFlite Transmissipn).
CARS presents a Who’s Who of the Hop-up World (The Real Wheels Behind Hot Rodding).
CARS gives you the inside track on an amazing discovery that will change your driving habits (Those Fabulous Fluorochemicals).
For bumper-to-bumper coverage of everything automotive read CARS—December issue now on your newsstand—25$
The Hitlermobile! (Advertising makes it happen!)
Comment by Sorcerer Mickey — October 22, 2007 @ 12:28 pm
Definitely a postwar car (the chrome hood and body side accents came in for 1949), probably a VW press photo (BN= British Zone Niedersachsen, BN38x= Wolfsburg).
Backdrop definitely NOT a VW press photo.
Comment by nlpnt — October 23, 2007 @ 3:08 am
That’s an early one, with flip out turn indicators, but it doesn’t have the split back window (maybe it got lost in the picture editing?)
I used to know my VWs better than I do these days, now I’ll have to hunt up that old copy of “Small World” (I think that’s what it’s called, this getting old thing stinks!!)
Comment by Neil Russell — October 23, 2007 @ 4:24 pm