Volkswagen history in an image

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Have a good look at this photograph, sent to us by Ian Bennetts. What we see is the Volkswagen factory from the outside, supposedly shot just after the War when VW production had already started. Prototype Beetles were ordered to be scrapped, and so one foreman takes out his forehammer to do what he is supposed to do. Note the Kubelwagens (No! They are Schwimmwagens!) in front, too. We found a bigger picture of this scene, showing even more Beetle prototypes. There are six of them in this shot of you look closely, which is believed to have been one fifth of total prototype production with 30 of these cars made.

Were they all demolished? They weren’t, as a few cars of this type survived the ravages of time. One is in the VW Museum, another in the Autostadt museum. But an even older car was found back in Lithuania in 2009 in a horrible state and using a Volga chassis and engine. The car was meticulously restored over a long period of time and turned out to be chassis number 38/06, which was used in the War by a Nazi commander named Doktor Ley. It may even be seen on the picture above..?

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