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orange beetle van summer 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. This article is an example of exchange content that editor Lansdale felt would interest our members. As such, this example is reprinted \u00a0in our journal with permission from the Club Rollei<\/em> magazine back in early 1997 (issue 22-5).<\/p>\n

The article investigates the possible link between Rollei and Volkswagen, The article is written, “by Ian Parker\u00a0with contributions by <\/span>Gary Rougier and the <\/span>Volkswagen Archives”. Parker begins his article, “In <\/span>D<\/span>ecember <\/span>yo<\/span>ur <\/span>ed<\/span>it<\/span>o<\/span>r <\/span>[Ian Parker] was able t<\/span>o\u00a0<\/span>vis<\/span>it <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>R<\/span>o<\/span>ll<\/span>e<\/span>i <\/span>factory with Tony H<\/span>i<\/span>lt<\/span>o<\/span>n<\/span>, a <\/span>Club R<\/span>o<\/span>ll<\/span>e<\/span>i\u00a0<\/span>m<\/span>e<\/span>mb<\/span>er <\/span>from <\/span>Sydney in <\/span>Australia. While in <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>Board\u00a0Ro<\/span>o<\/span>m a<\/span>t <\/span>Roll<\/span>e<\/span>i, <\/span>Ton<\/span>y <\/span>no<\/span>ticed th<\/span>e <\/span>large s<\/span>i<\/span>g<\/span>ns <\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>Audi\/VW <\/span>o<\/span>ut <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>window. Audi\/VW <\/span>r<\/span>e<\/span>nt <\/span>p<\/span>a<\/span>rt <\/span>o<\/span>f <\/span>th<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>R<\/span>o<\/span>ll<\/span>e<\/span>i <\/span>factory which th<\/span>ey <\/span>u<\/span>se <\/span>for research. In <\/span>Jun<\/span>e <\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>this yea<\/span>r <\/span>[’96] the<\/span>y <\/span>will m<\/span>ove o<\/span>n <\/span>and R<\/span>o<\/span>llei<\/span>, <\/span>with th<\/span>e<\/span>ir\u00a0<\/span>expans<\/span>i<\/span>on<\/span>, <\/span>and <\/span>b<\/span>ein<\/span>g sh<\/span>ort <\/span>of <\/span>sp<\/span>ace, will <\/span>b<\/span>e glad <\/span>to <\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>ab<\/span>l<\/span>e t<\/span>o m<\/span>ove int<\/span>o thi<\/span>s space.<\/span><\/p>\n

“H<\/span>owever. T<\/span>ony m<\/span>enti<\/span>on<\/span>ed that <\/span>h<\/span>e h<\/span>ad <\/span>seen on <\/span>T. <\/span>V. <\/span>a report <\/span>th<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>R<\/span>oll<\/span>ei <\/span>h<\/span>ad mad<\/span>e ca<\/span>rbur<\/span>ettor<\/span>s for VW<\/span>. <\/span>I thought thi<\/span>s <\/span>was <\/span>imposs<\/span>ibl<\/span>e, <\/span>a<\/span>nd <\/span>deci<\/span>ded t<\/span>o <\/span>find <\/span>o<\/span>ut <\/span>more.<\/p>\n

“Fortunately I ow<\/span>n <\/span>a<\/span>n\u00a0<\/span>Audi\/VW <\/span>fra<\/span>nc<\/span>hi<\/span>se <\/span>di<\/span>s<\/span>tributo<\/span>rs<\/span>hip <\/span>in <\/span>Guernsey so <\/span>I <\/span>was ab<\/span>l<\/span>e <\/span>t<\/span>o\u00a0<\/span>find <\/span>o<\/span>ut <\/span>who was <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>b<\/span>es<\/span>t <\/span>person\u00a0t<\/span>o <\/span>find o<\/span>ut <\/span>if R<\/span>o<\/span>ll<\/span>e<\/span>i <\/span>did in <\/span>fact\u00a0he<\/span>lp <\/span>VW <\/span>to <\/span>ge<\/span>t int<\/span>o <\/span>produc<\/span>ti<\/span>o<\/span>n\u00a0after the <\/span>war.<\/span><\/p>\n

“In <\/span>September 1<\/span>93<\/span>1 <\/span>Dr.\u00a0<\/span>Ferdinand P<\/span>o<\/span>r<\/span>sc<\/span>h<\/span>e a<\/span>nn<\/span>o<\/span>un<\/span>ce<\/span>d\u00a0<\/span>hi<\/span>s des<\/span>i<\/span>gn <\/span>for <\/span>a <\/span>V<\/span>olk<\/span>swagen <\/span>–\u00a0‘<\/span>A <\/span>p<\/span>eopl<\/span>es Car<\/span>‘.\u00a0<\/span>. In <\/span>1<\/span>933 NSU <\/span>built <\/span>thr<\/span>ee pr<\/span>ot<\/span>ot<\/span>ypes\u00a0whi<\/span>ch <\/span>were <\/span>given <\/span>ext<\/span>en<\/span>sive\u00a0road <\/span>tes<\/span>ts. <\/span>It <\/span>was <\/span>no<\/span>t until 1<\/span>934 <\/span>that th<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>n<\/span>am<\/span>e Volk<\/span>swagen b<\/span>ecam<\/span>e gen<\/span>erall<\/span>y known <\/span>when <\/span>th<\/span>e\u00a0German <\/span>Re<\/span>ic<\/span>h gove<\/span>rnme<\/span>nt <\/span>drew <\/span>up <\/span>a co<\/span>ntrac<\/span>t fo<\/span>r th<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>P<\/span>or<\/span>sch<\/span>e D<\/span>esi<\/span>gn Office <\/span>and <\/span>th<\/span>e th<\/span>en <\/span>German\u00a0<\/span>Automobile Indu<\/span>s<\/span>tr<\/span>y <\/span>Association t<\/span>o <\/span>d<\/span>es<\/span>i<\/span>g<\/span>n <\/span>the p<\/span>eo<\/span>pl<\/span>e’s\u00a0<\/span>ca<\/span>r and <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>machinery <\/span>to <\/span>build s<\/span>uch a <\/span>ca<\/span>r. <\/span><\/p>\n

“In <\/span>Fe<\/span>bruary\u00a0<\/span>19<\/span>38 <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>foundation s<\/span>t<\/span>o<\/span>n<\/span>e <\/span>was laid <\/span>for <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>n<\/span>ew <\/span>fa<\/span>c<\/span>t<\/span>o<\/span>r<\/span>y\u00a0<\/span>at B<\/span>ra<\/span>un<\/span>schw<\/span>ei<\/span>g, \u00a0<\/span>n<\/span>amed VORWERK <\/span>(before work)\u00a0and had today’s symbo<\/span>l <\/span>for th<\/span>e <\/span>VW <\/span>motif. This factory\u00a0was <\/span>compl<\/span>et<\/span>ed by <\/span>th<\/span>e middl<\/span>e of <\/span>19<\/span>39 and <\/span>was <\/span>u<\/span>sed for\u00a0<\/span>tr<\/span>ainin<\/span>g of <\/span>appr<\/span>entic<\/span>es in <\/span>sk<\/span>ill<\/span>ed wo<\/span>rk <\/span>for <\/span>the <\/span>m<\/span>ain <\/span>fac<\/span>t<\/span>o<\/span>r<\/span>y <\/span>in <\/span>Wolfsburg.<\/p>\n

“Wolfsburg i<\/span>s o<\/span>nl<\/span>y a<\/span>b<\/span>o<\/span>ut <\/span>20 mil<\/span>es <\/span>from\u00a0Braun<\/span>sc<\/span>hw<\/span>e<\/span>i<\/span>g. <\/span>Co<\/span>n<\/span>s<\/span>tru<\/span>c<\/span>ti<\/span>o<\/span>n <\/span>work was co<\/span>mpl<\/span>e<\/span>t<\/span>e<\/span>d <\/span>o<\/span>n\u00a0<\/span>sc<\/span>hed<\/span>ul<\/span>e <\/span>and <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>in<\/span>s<\/span>ta<\/span>llatio<\/span>n of <\/span>American <\/span>mac<\/span>hinery\u00a0<\/span>co<\/span>mm<\/span>enced <\/span>in <\/span>April 1<\/span>939. <\/span>The first Volkswagen, <\/span>th<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>t<\/span>ype 64 <\/span>with <\/span>a t<\/span>op speed of <\/span>149Km <\/span>per <\/span>h<\/span>our <\/span>(about <\/span>82\u00a0<\/span>miles), <\/span>was <\/span>announced in <\/span>September 1<\/span>939.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Building work was <\/span>stop<\/span>ped a<\/span>t the s<\/span>tart o<\/span>f the war\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>nd <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>factory built <\/span>a <\/span>milit<\/span>a<\/span>r<\/span>y <\/span>t<\/span>ype <\/span>of <\/span>J<\/span>ee<\/span>p <\/span>throughout\u00a0th<\/span>e war <\/span>with <\/span>many <\/span>p<\/span>art<\/span>s comin<\/span>g fr<\/span>om th<\/span>e\u00a0Br<\/span>aun<\/span>schw<\/span>ei<\/span>g plant<\/span>, as <\/span>th<\/span>e appr<\/span>enti<\/span>ce sch<\/span>em<\/span>e was\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>top<\/span>pe<\/span>d in <\/span>ea<\/span>rl<\/span>y <\/span>1<\/span>940.<\/span><\/p>\n

“During th<\/span>e war <\/span>both factories were bombed a<\/span>nd <\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>1<\/span>944 t<\/span>wo <\/span>third<\/span>s of <\/span>th<\/span>e W<\/span>olf<\/span>sbur<\/span>g factory <\/span>was destroyed\u00a0<\/span>in <\/span>two <\/span>daylight <\/span>ra<\/span>id<\/span>s <\/span>w<\/span>i<\/span>th <\/span>73 <\/span>ki<\/span>ll<\/span>ed a<\/span>nd <\/span>160 <\/span>injured.\u00a0<\/span>Ma<\/span>c<\/span>hinery <\/span>was <\/span>th<\/span>e<\/span>n trans<\/span>fe<\/span>rr<\/span>ed <\/span>to <\/span>Braunsc<\/span>hweig a<\/span>nd\u00a0<\/span>oth<\/span>er sit<\/span>es and <\/span>Wolfsburg <\/span>continu<\/span>ed <\/span>as <\/span>an <\/span>assembl<\/span>y plant. …”<\/p>\n

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