Ferdinand Porsche is the founding father of the VW and Porsche faiths and
there is plenty of influence from Citroen on our Vanagons too .

I'd like to see Andre Citroen added to The List.  He invented the double
helical gear (hence the double chevron logo) and pioneered front wheel
drive, radial tires and halogen headlights too.  In 1946 your Citroen 11L
came with front wheel drive, radial tires, halogen lights and a monocoque
body,  way ahead of everybody else.

Seeya, Jake

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:09 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 12:03 AM 7/5/2010 Monday, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans wrote:
>
>> Iconic Automotive Empire builders  :
>> my list is ..
>> Etore Buggati,
>> Enzo Ferrari,
>> Henry Ford,
>> Carol Shelby,
>> Colin Chapman
>> Fernand Porsche
>>
>
> You better find Vanagon somewhere in that list, or this will be too
> off-topic...
>
> :-)
> d
>

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Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

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