So here are the contents, while it may not be exciting I find its the tiniest of details that make all the difference in a restoration be it a firearm or a vehicle. These three packages allow me to improve the car and after this its just attend to some paint corrections and keep it running happily on either road, trail, or water.
^ rubber welting for the transmission compartment lid from Poland, D shaped Bosch voltage regulator plus decal for same from Germany, rubber disk (actually a universal joint of sorts) from the Czech republic and a nice VW in a cog shift knob and (comically) small shift boot (that was the devil to fit on the car).
History lesson time.
Todays VW in a circle actually has a bit of history. When VW was getting stood up to build the "peoples car" they where pretty much financed through the Kraft durch Freude (KdF, Strength through Joy) organization which was essentially a national socialist tourism and leisure group operating within the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF, German Labour Front). KdF pretty much paid for the development of the VW "peoples car" and set up a factory at Fallersleben. Anyways the cogs have a direct connection to the German government of the day and VW had it incorporated into its logo. When the British took over control of the VW factory at wars end they had to 1. get a country back up on its feet and 2. De-Nazify the country. The cog being a symbol of the "previous government" was deleted and todays VW in a circle has a direct connection to wartime production and politics. Fallersleben was renamed Wolfsburg by the British on May 25 1945 a name which it carries to this day. So if you ever find yourself on cash cab and get asked about VW logos you now know.
^ rubber welting for the transmission compartment lid from Poland, D shaped Bosch voltage regulator plus decal for same from Germany, rubber disk (actually a universal joint of sorts) from the Czech republic and a nice VW in a cog shift knob and (comically) small shift boot (that was the devil to fit on the car).
History lesson time.
Todays VW in a circle actually has a bit of history. When VW was getting stood up to build the "peoples car" they where pretty much financed through the Kraft durch Freude (KdF, Strength through Joy) organization which was essentially a national socialist tourism and leisure group operating within the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF, German Labour Front). KdF pretty much paid for the development of the VW "peoples car" and set up a factory at Fallersleben. Anyways the cogs have a direct connection to the German government of the day and VW had it incorporated into its logo. When the British took over control of the VW factory at wars end they had to 1. get a country back up on its feet and 2. De-Nazify the country. The cog being a symbol of the "previous government" was deleted and todays VW in a circle has a direct connection to wartime production and politics. Fallersleben was renamed Wolfsburg by the British on May 25 1945 a name which it carries to this day. So if you ever find yourself on cash cab and get asked about VW logos you now know.
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