My Dad has just bought an early type2. 58 he thinks from the paperwork. I remeber a web site which described year by year all the changes made to the production models. going from barndoors through adding fuel gages, taking out the reserve switch, changes to door hinges etc etc.
Rich. Not much help, but I have a book by Lawrence Meredith, which details the Beetle year by year. I guess there must be one for the bus also. Anyone who has it, there's an interesting passage re the V over W emblem & the Beastie Boys issue.
Here's that quote, for any interested parties, from the 1962 page...
" ..In recent times, the Beetle has both enjoyed and suffered from a massive revival in popularity, as we all know, and VW bonnet(hood) badges in particular have been become targets for thieves of questionable parentage and stunted evolutionary development.."
and great way of saying "Chav Bastard"
...it goes on....
"..During the later 1980's, thousands of badges were stolen from Beetles and other Volkswagen models by younger people attempting to identify themselves more closely with a pop group the Beastie Boys, who were enjoying some success at the time with their version of modern music. The connection between the group and Volkswagen badges is something of an enigma and, although the craze seems to be over, the V-over-W emblem is still far from safe from late developers who have not quite grasped the ephemeral nature of what passes for fashion...."
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