1979 Volkswagon Super Beetle ( Hawaiian Style ) / Cars by Brasspineapple Productions
"The People's Car"[edit] Dr. Ing. (h.c.) Ferdinand Porsche[note 1][12] A reconstruction of the Porsche Type 12 (1932) Scale model of the W30 prototype KdF Propaganda: "A family playing by a river with a KdF-Wagen and radio receiver" In April 1934, Adolf Hitler gave the order to Ferdinand Porsche to develop a Volkswagen (literally, "people's car" in German, pronounced [ˈfɔlksvaːɡən]). The epithet Volks- literally, "people's-" had been previously applied to other Nazi sponsored consumer goods such as the Volksempfänger ("people's radio"). There followed, in May 1934, a meeting at Berlin’s Kaiserhof Hotel at which Chancellor Hitler provided Porsche with more details, insisting on a basic vehicle, capable of transporting two adults and three children at 100 km/h (62 mph) while not using more than 7 litres of fuel per 100 km (32 mpg US/39 mpg UK).[8] The engine had to be powerful enough for rapid sustained cruising on Germany’s new Autobahnen. Everything had to be designed to ensure worn out parts could be quickly and inexpensively exchanged. The engine had to be air-cooled because, as Hitler explained, not every country doctor had his own garage.[13] The "People's Car" would be available to citizens of the Third Reich through a savings scheme, or Sparkarte (savings booklet),[14] at 990 Reichsmark, about the price of a small motorcycle. (The average weekly income was then around 32RM.)[15] 1979 Volkswagon Super Beetle ( Hawaiian Style ) - Cars by Brasspineapple Productions " This was a custom paint job from Drewsairbrushing, with a special Hawaiian Theme on this model Volkswagon of which was the last Year that this model was produced in Germany " " I personally had a lot of fun filming, and editing this video " " This is definitely a one of a kind car ! " Car Owner : Christine Currier , Location : North Fort Myers , Florida U.S.A. Date and Time : September 30 , 2013 @ 5:00 p.m. ( e.a.t. ) CARS BY BRASSPINEAPPLE PRODUCTIONS ( YOUTUBE / PLAYLIST ) http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA2B0DD826E0CDD71 CARS BY BRASSPINEAPPLE PRODUCTIONS ( FACEBOOK PAGE ) https://www.facebook.com/bookmarks/pages#!/pages/CARS-by-Brasspineapple-Productions/254634494613446 Music Credits : Old Song Of Hawaii Directed / Produced / Filmed / Edited : Jason Matthew Mahan Copyright © 2013 Brasspineapple Productions L.L.C.
About Porsche Type 12
The Porsche Type 12 was a German project to develop an "Everyman's automobile" (Auto für Jedermann) for Zündapp. Fritz Neumeyer, then owner of Zündapp, ordered Ferdinand Porsche to design and build the prototype in 1931. Eventually, two saloons, and one drophead coupé were built. All of those cars were lost during World War II, the last one in a bombing raid in Stuttgart in 1945. The Type 12 is considered an important early step in the development of the original Volkswagen.
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