Old Pics of VW Factory!

[wainair]

OOOOh look at all the Ghia bodies!!! I want two!!

http://en.nkfu.com/1963-wolkswagen-factory-pictures/

 

[Oberkanone]

Enjoyed the link.

What do you suppose the liquid is from the hoses above the Beetle body?

 

[Woodstock_TDi]

Enjoyed the link.

What do you suppose the liquid is from the hoses above the Beetle body?

They are wet sanding the lacquer finish and that's the water for the 'wet' portion of the process

 

[Woodstock_TDi]

OOOOh look at all the Ghia bodies!!! I want two!!

http://en.nkfu.com/1963-wolkswagen-factory-pictures/

Very, very cool! Thanks for sharing

 

[fitzski]

What's going on here:
http://en.nkfu.com/images/Fabrica_VW__12_.jpg

QA? Mirrors so guy in the car can check if the lights are working?

(And yes, great find! Thanks for sharing!)

 

[Cummins Driver]

Vintage Pics of Factory

My dad was a dealer from 1959 - 1970 in NE Ohio. He has 8mm film taken in the factory of bodies being electro-coated with primer, engines being built, etc.....

Karmman Ghia bodies were hand built. I am told that an inspector wearing a special glove checked the seam on top of the front fender, just behind the head lights where the 2 pieces of metal met and were welded. Ghia's were also fairly expensive; a coupe was $2630 and convertible, $2695 (1960).

What did the cars cost? In my sig line is a link to a scan of his 1960 price list. There were probably more model variants available then than many realize.

You gotta like the price of a 1960 Beetle/Type 113 !

 

[je]

Here's a newer archive of the VW factory.
http://www.425dubs.com/golfstory.html

 

[mike100]

Here's a newer archive of the VW factory.
http://www.425dubs.com/golfstory.html

wow... the 1963 factory workers were a lot younger than the 1980 rabbit era ones. Probably still some of the same workers 17 years later!

 

[Bugdoc]

Enjoyed the link.

What do you suppose the liquid is from the hoses above the Beetle body?

Bier, of course

 

[PDJetta]

If you want a really nice coffee table book get Peter Keetman's Volkswagenwerk 1953:

http://www.artbook.com/3936646287.html

Amazon has it too for the same price too.

--Nate

 

[wainair]

I'm sure that would be a good read!

 

[PDJetta]

I'm sure that would be a good read!

I bought it a while back and it has some awsome pictures of parts and vehicle manufacture and stockpiles of parts. The plant visit was in May of 1953, about 25 days AFTER the split (rear) window was discontinued in the Beetle, so unfortunately, every VW in the place is an oval window.

--Nate

 

[2Goldens]

I had a 1978 Rabbit, 4 spd. Great car. But the car didn't last with the harsh Erie, Pa winters.

 

[Woodstock_TDi]

Similar book for Porsche?

To TDJetta or any others, do you know if there is any kind of similar book like this for Porsche?

Thanks

 

[MonsterTDI09]

Have things changed



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[Woodstock_TDi]

Does clicking on the above picture to enlarge work for anyone? I get a "you need to be registered" message... yet I am logged in to my registered account

 

[Steve-o]

Does clicking on the above picture to enlarge work for anyone? I get a "you need to be registered" message... yet I am logged in to my registered account

For some reason the pictures area requires a separate login from tdiclub. Just click on the Login link on that page and type in your tdiclub ID and password. Leave that tab/window open and go back to this page and click. Enlarged picture.

 

[Woodstock_TDi]

Thank you Steve-o. That picture cannot be real.

 

[PDJetta]

Thank you Steve-o. That picture cannot be real.

Its real. I read an article about this a few years ago in a materials handling magazine and it is vehicle storage after manufacture, prior to shipping, 100% automated. State-of-the art, of course.

http://www.neatorama.com/2006/05/11/volkswagens-new-car-storage-facility/

--Nate

 

[Dunno513]

Have things changed



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Job requirements...

Clean driving record... No fear of heights.

 

[honda93]

I love seeing pics from how things were done so long ago. You appreciate the craftsmanship of the old-world methods; yet for me at least, it allows me appreciate the precise, consistent, modern methods even more.

 

[MayorDJQ]

What are all those funny looking creatures putting the cars together? They don't look like robots.