Damn!� I had a hatchroof camper (mine was a '63) that looked just like that, complete with roof rack!� Not the van's fault that I did not know how to search for hidden rust when buying such a vehicle.� Soured me on VWs for a while.
�
Stephen

--- On Mon, 12/28/09, Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

From: Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Henry ford and the Germany VW Factory
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, December 28, 2009, 10:26 AM

This is the Henry Ford Greenfield village collection:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mstebbins/RBToHalifax2008#5242282200652594194
and the next photo (right arrow key).
I was there, I took the photo. M

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From: George Wietor <wietorg@YAHOO.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Mon, December 28, 2009 2:04:57 PM
Subject: Re: Henry ford and the Germany VW Factory

Any VWs in the Henry Ford Museum car collection? Certainly no Vanagons.
Long after Henry #1's death in the 1940s the Ford Motor Company made multiple attempts to reprise the success of the Model T.
My 1960 Falcon and the later Pinto, Maverick and Focus come to mind.
The Beetle made few inroads in our suburban Detroit neighborhood of the 60's- career suicide to drive one to your Big Three auto job.
VWs strategy of offering a basic model with few yearly changes or improvements certainly originated in Dearborn.� I recall a few Ford employees driving tiny little Fords built in British and German factories. George
1983.3 Westy Lenny
--- On Sun, 12/27/09, Charles Nighbor <cnighbor1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

>� Living in Detroit and knowing him a
> bit thru articles in local papers I bet
> Henry ford never acknowledged that the VW was ever a true
> car.