Commander’s bug: 1947 Volkswagen Typ 1

The history of Volkswagen during the Second World War and in the years immediately following is complex and has many dark sides or in any case little known if not by the greatest experts of the brand. One of these is the vehicle rebuilding program set up by the US army immediately after the war, with the aim of rebuilding vehicles damaged during the conflict since the Volkswagen factory had…

Santa Barbara car: 1958 Volkswagen Typ 1 Cabriolet

In 1958, 451,526 units of Typ 1 were produced, more generally known as the “Beetle”, compared to this important number, only 9,624 units in the cabriolet version were produced. We are therefore talking about 2% of production built with a soft top and, of course, you can imagine how many of these almost 10k units have been recycled. In a nutshell: this is now a rare car and this particular…

1967 VW Typ1