Heh
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VW had the best commercials in the later 60's. They were all understated like that one, and in a similar format. My father was in advertising, so we were made aware of that sort of thing.
"You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell
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VW had the best commercials in the later 60's. They were all understated like that one, and in a similar format. My father was in advertising, so we were made aware of that sort of thing.
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IIRC, VW Beetle fenders use a fender welt, like American cars in the 1940's.
Their engines were super-easy to rebuild, too. My wife's uncle had a shop that specialized in VW's. They could pull a VW engine, mount it on a rotating frame they had made and sit in one place while rebuilding the motor. Took them about 90 minutes from pulling the motor to having it back in.
We need a vehicle like that, today.
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Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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VW had the best commercials in the later 60's. They were all understated like that one, and in a similar format. My father was in advertising, so we were made aware of that sort of thing.
@Mik In the '7os VW put out a full-page print ad, a black and white photograph of the Lunar Module Eagle that took up the whole page including the margins, with a bottom caption that redd, "It's Ugly, But It Gets You There." At the bottom of the page there was a white strip with the VW logo centered. That was the whole ad.
It was incredibly striking.
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IIRC, VW Beetle fenders use a fender welt, like American cars in the 1940's.
Their engines were super-easy to rebuild, too. My wife's uncle had a shop that specialized in VW's. They could pull a VW engine, mount it on a rotating frame they had made and sit in one place while rebuilding the motor. Took them about 90 minutes from pulling the motor to having it back in.
We need a vehicle like that, today.
IIRC, VW Beetle fenders use a fender welt, like American cars in the 1940's.
Their engines were super-easy to rebuild, too. My wife's uncle had a shop that specialized in VW's. They could pull a VW engine, mount it on a rotating frame they had made and sit in one place while rebuilding the motor. Took them about 90 minutes from pulling the motor to having it back in.
We need a vehicle like that, today.
They were. I was a VW mechanic for a few months. Four bolts to pull the engine. If you had aa lift and a hydraulic floor jack it was even easier.
I wasn't a very good mechanic, but even I could rebuild one.
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