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One
of many inspections in VW engine manufacturing. Here we see cylinder liners
being checked
A
view from the assembly line at Volkswagen Brussels in 1972 or 1973
New
Super Beetles awaiting shipment at the Volkswagen plant
Professor
Dr. Ernst Fiala, photographed on site at Volkswagenwerk Wolfsburg with the
Split Window and Super Beetle
Beetle
body is laying upside-down in the Volkswagen Brussels factory, during a
summer holiday shutdown in the early 1970s. Thankfully not a Super Beetle
Worker's
parking and the power station in September 1972. The 1303 was so new even
the local population were stopping to look at the one or two that were in
the streets, this one obviously been collected from the factory by a US
buyer
Installation
of wiring and electrics on a 1973 model year 1303 Beetle at the Wolfsburg
plant, November 1972
A
delivery of new Volkswagens from the Factory, comprising Beetles - including
1303 cabriolets on the top deck - and a Type 3 Variant
Volkswagen
number 750,000 for The Netherlands, a 1303 Beetle, was celebrated at the
end of the assembly line at VW-Werk Wolfsburg on October 31, 1973
At
the top of the windshield of the 750,000th Super Beetle produced you can
see the export code HO (Holland)
The
'home made' last ever Beetle to be made at Volkswagen Brussels in 1975,
a 1303 model. The following pictures are of this very special Super Beetle
View
of the front apron of the last ever Beetle built by Volkswagen Brussels,
a 1303 created out of spare parts in 1975. The car has a unique production
plate. Normally the plate shows the week and day, but on this special car
the number is the total Beetles built at the Brussels plant +1 (1143665)
The
'home made' last ever Beetle built by Volkswagen Brussels in 1975, a 1303
model. View of the central tunnel under the back seat revealing the car
has no chassis number
Speedometer
of the 'home made' last ever Beetle to be made at Volkswagen Brussels in
1975, a 1303 model. Just 22 kilometres on the clock
Interior
of the 'home made' last ever Beetle to be built at Volkswagen Brussels in
1975, a 1303 model
The
'home made' last ever Beetle to be made at Volkswagen Brussels in 1975,
a 1303 model. View of the 1200 engine
The 'home made' last ever Beetle to be made at Volkswagen
Brussels in 1975, a 1303 model. Note the car has no reversing lights or
VW 1303 badge on the deck lid
A
1302 Super Beetle is being set up for crash testing
As
well as the Mk.1 Passats, there are at least two special edition 1303 Beetles
- either the Big Beetle or City Beetle. You can see their distinctive side
stripes on the lower body and sports steel wheels
A
Super and a Standard Beetle pass just metres away from where they were born
at the VW plant in Wolfsburg. The huge factory Heizkraftwerk power station
makes an imposing sight in this photo from 1976
Images courtesy of Volkswagen Factory Pictures
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