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Battle for the Beetle
Battle for the Beetle

by Karl Ludvigsen
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The first type of car that the VW factory could produce after the war was modeled on the high-legged wartime Type 82E, with a Beetle body on a Kubel chassis. Ivan Hirst is second in this row of British officials with the cars they called the Type 51.

The first type of car that the VW factory could produce after the war was modeled on the high-legged wartime Type 82E, with a Beetle body on a Kubel chassis. Ivan Hirst is second in this row of British officials with the cars they called the Type 51.

Karl Ludvigsen
Karl Ludvigsen

In addition to his motor industry activities as an executive (with GM, Fiat and Ford) and head of a consulting company, Karl Ludvigsen has been active for over 50 years as an author and historian. As an author, co-author or editor he has some four dozen books to his credit. Needless to say, they are all about cars and the motor industry, Karl's life-long passion.

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