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Subject:Re: If Ted Kennedy Had Been Driving a VW........
From:neil N
Date:Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:44:16 -0800
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 1:56 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 04:31 PM 1/30/2009, Richard Golen wrote:
>>
>> It definitely wasn't a poster, it was an "ad" in the National
>> Lampoon. Here's a link to a copy of it:
>
> I remember as a young'un seeing a little squib with picture in
> Popular Mechanics or maybe Popular Science mag.  VW dealer in Sydney
> OZ who greased the door seals, fitted a prop and used to drive around
> Sydney harbor for twenty minutes at a time.

And if IIRC, the precursor to the VW bug, the Kublewagen, would float.
Some even had a prop on the back (No pics of prop)

http://www.cybermodeler.net/armor/kubel/images/kruse_kubel_01.jpg
http://www.cybermodeler.net/armor/kubel/images/kruse_kubel_11.jpg

Neil.