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1303 Super Beetles are transported by an overhead rail system
Welding
1303 bodyshells at Wolfsburg
Bright
colours in final assembly Hall 12 at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg as
another completed body on the 1303 line is lowered onto its respective chassis.
About 15 minutes later, the completed vehicle was driven off the end of
the line
1303
bodyshell at the factory awaiting pnael installation
Automated
spray painting of a 1303 bodyshell at Wolfsburg, January 1973
VW
1303 assembly lines at Wolfsburg around 1973 or 1974
The
15 millionth Beetle, produced on 15 February 1972, in storage at the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington DC - one of many historic vehicles in their collection
Fully
painted 1973 model year VW 1303 Super Beetle bodies arrive in the fitting
out hall and commence final assembly, most likely at the Volkswagen factory
in Wolfsburg
A
1973 model year VW 1303 heads a line of bodyshells at Volkswagen Brussels.
The factory, located in Vorst in the south-west of the city and which had
been Audi Brussels since 2007, recently closed ending almost 76 years of
continuous car production including iconic brands and models like Studebaker,
Packard, Karmann Ghia, Porsche 356, Volkswagen and Audi
Super
Beetle Number 15,007,034 manufactured February 17, 1972 surpassed the production
record set by the Model T Ford. Photo courtesy of Juan Pablo Reyes
Sign
on the Karmann plant were all Volkswagen Super Beetle convertibles were
made - Photo courtesy of Jarko Aikens
Completed
VW Golf convertibles and VW Scirocco models parked in the main yard of the
factory while Super Beetle cabriolets on a train await to start their journey
to the port of Emden for shipping to North America - Photo courtesy of Jarko
Aikens
Fitting
the heated rear window glass and frame. A nerve-wracking job for most of
us, but routine for the Karmann craftsmen on the assembly line - Photo courtesy
of Jarko Aikens
Once
the bodies were joined with their chassis they continued their journey and
fitting out through the factory - Photo courtesy of Jarko Aikens
Karmann
guide Mr Juhe gives a tour group a glimpse of 1303 Super Beetle cabriolet
roof and top assembly - Photo courtesy of Jarko Aikens
Freshly
painted bodies emerging from the paint shop, including a black 1303 Super
Beetle cabriolet, two Golf cabriolets and a Scirocco - Photo courtesy of
Jarko Aikens
Karmann,
Osnabrück, 23 November 1979. Chassis preparation for the Beetle cabriolet
bodies - Photo courtesy of Jarko Aikens
Forschung
und Entwicklungsabteilung (Research & Development Department) Wolfsburg,
January 1973 - Image 1
Forschung
und Entwicklungsabteilung (Research & Development Department) Wolfsburg,
January 1973 - Image 2
On
the VW 1303 body fitting out and trim line at Wolfsburg in March 1973
Images courtesy of Volkswagen Factory Pictures