JAMES RICHARDSON
Preface.
The kdf-wagen.
The Wolfsburg motor works.
The nordhoff years.
Production survey.
Specification detail changes month by month.
Engines opstions.
Factory-fitted optional equipment.
Paint and trim colours.
Accessories.
Export, "the volkswagen is a favourite in 136 countries".
Beetles assambled or built overseas.
Hebmüller coupe and karmann cabriolet.
Beetle-based conversions.
Bibliography.
Index.
The VW Beetle is one of the best-loved of all classic cars, with many thousands preserved across the world, many in regular use. Over the years countless changes were introduced, together making a mid sixties Beetle, for instance, very different from one built in the mid-50s, or mid-70s, despite the obvious similarities.
With the aid of hundreds of full colour photographs this book documents all the Beetle's specification changes and model differences during the classic period 1949-67, making it possible to determine the original specification and fittings of any Beetle from this period.