miracle every new germans thirst for luxury. about now i'm up there on a hot vintage car expired pushed out by worse as wealthy german lawyer baron hard to sleep when i was going from bad to now haim was an artsy kind of sewer for whom a mass produced beagle just wouldn't do so he designed this wonderful v.w. beetle stoke to pay in 1951 local coach builders stall undertook the customization based on an export beetle model to be a valid to break with uniformity. the v.w. is platform allows for different bodies to be fitted which is ideal for customization. but the boss back then and rick nordoff stressed that v.w. was a car maker not a jessie maker and declared we want to control what the vehicles that bear our name look like still v.w. made only small cosmetic changes to the beetle and even in the 1970 s. it was still allowing others to fit the bug with more luxury as body. so that it

was like the crystal says that underneath the elegant body of this v.w. beetles to coop a hides a pretzel beetle which v.w. discontinued in 1953 the v.w. beetle stowe coupe a doesn't have its trademark principles shaped rear window though christophe says instead it has a large rectangular rear window that was likely taken from the then brand new b.m.w. 501 christiane says the good view is crucial because this doku pay has no side mirrors only introduced larger rear windows to its mass production beetles in 1957 the. gradual improvements made the v.w. beetle a massive hit in 1955 the car makers celebrated the production of his one millionth beetle by building a luxury beetle coated in gold dust and jewels by this time reaping houses unique stole who pay had already covered tens of thousands of kilometers.

have a feel good about kristen says reap in house and put over 400000 kilometers on his custom built v.w. an impressive technical feat for the 1950 s. and sixty's and leap in house and was traveling in style that is leather seats and door panels who are worthy of a rolls royce or a bentley kristoff now itself. would likely have wanted to bring along a suitcase or 2 those story space is pretty limited chris duff points out a clever folding mechanism you can fold the rear seat bench forward creating story space for evening wear or what have you it said that volkswagen later patent this feature. i'm going to have the folksongs beat on. the stone ku pays front section is identical to the production model beetle.

it's stylish head like covers and folding canvas some proof were available at the time as optional accessories everything else though was custom built. i was high i think as heat and bigger stuff things these indicators on the b. pillar and these air vents so-called rheumatism flaps look pretty peculiar about today's standards this feature was installed only in 1051 models but the still kootenay also has a special silhouette with beautiful wheel covers and is striking notch back and says christophe here you can tell it's all been built by hand truly one of a kind i will copy it. underneath the hood is the granddaddy of all v.w. and shoots a 4 cylinder boxer engine with 1 point one leadership displacement and 24.5 horsepower. i look up put the

crystal says it takes about 50 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour the car's top speed despite the meager 24.5 horsepower doesn't feel slow the car way so little that the engine has an easy time. coach builders rummage through his and have also developed high end beetle versions and osnabrück carmaker carmen developed open top models that served as prototypes for 1949 beetle convertible but all still ever developed was this one luxury is still pay. just for its christof says the v.w. is still coupe a was one of a kind and a trailblazer by the 1950 s. it had become highly fashionable to customize mass produced cars like the v.w. beetle especially in the us the dune buggy trend was one example mass produced

beatles offered plenty of options for customization and to realize one's on a mode of dreams those who paid made that abundantly clear so christopher thinks it's a milestone in automobile history. soon folks wagon acknowledged the appeal of combining exquisite car bodies and robust automobile technology in 1955 task carmen with constructing the elegant karmann ghia based on the v.w. beetle for which the stay with stoke who crashed at essentially paved the way. the next time i drive it we check out mercedes new luxury ford. that c.l.'s. and take the jeep wrangler on a rock opera see you then. from

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