Factory Pictures
The Birthplace of Cool: VW Factory Views
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La Grande Bug has it's wheels installed in 1974
The
instrument panel of a 1303 Super Beetle can be seen in this factory picture
from Wolfsburg 1973
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Standard and Super Beetle can be seen parked outside the VW Factory in 1973
Colorful
Beetles roll down the line in 1973
Wolfsburg
1303 Super Beetle production March 1973
1973
models embarking the train on track 41 in Wolfsburg
1303
body shell production starts in August of 1972
To
celebrate the 40th anniversary of the WM-Cabrio in 2014, the restored 1303
Super Beetle of Josef "Jupp" Heynckes - who played in the 1974
World Cup - was featured in VW Classic magazine and photographed at the
Olympiastadion Munich where the final was played
The
1940's body panel press is still working at Wolfsburg
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storage yard of new Volkswagen Super Beetles somewhere in Denmark with a
large consignment of 1974 model year cars, many of which are limited edition
models
Installation
of wiring and electric's on a 1973 model year 1303 Beetle at the Wolfsburg
plant
Going
for a skinny dip. A 1303 body going into the primer bath. Wolfsburg, January
24, 1973
Deutche
Bundesbahn Class 42 steam locomotive 042 356 stands next to a 'Pon train'
loaded with new Volkswagens, including VW 1303 Beetles, pictured just over
the German border at Oldenzaal in the Netherlands, 1973
1303
Super Beetle promotional picture taken by he Karmann factory
1303
body shell assembly at Wolfsburg
New
VWs being loaded onto trains at the Wolfsburg factory in 1973. Everything
from 1200, 1300 and 1303 Beetles to Type 3s, Type 4s, a Thing and even a
K70 along with a Type 2 Bus can be seen
1303
models being assembled at Volkswagen Brussels
1303
front body assembly at Wolfsburg, 1973. The front assemblies, mounted on
dollies, are moving on a circular carousel. Side members are inserted and
then machine spot welded
Forschung
und Entwicklungsabteilung (Research & Development Department) Wolfsburg,
January 1973
Three
different versions of tail lights in one photo. We see both the 1200, the
1200 1.6 (with the vented engine cover), the 1300 and a 1303 Super Beetle
outside the Brussels factory
Images courtesy of Volkswagen Factory Pictures