{"product_id":"german-wwii-military-volkswagen-beetle","title":"GERMAN WWII MILITARY VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs is well known, the VW Beetle was designed in 1937 by Erwin Komenda under Professor Ferdinand Porsche on the instructions of Adolf Hitler to produce a ‘peoples’ car’. Komenda’s aerodynamic styling included the split rear windows because curved glass was inordinately expensive. Stuttgart-based coachbuilder Reutter created the buck for the classic Beetle shape that would remain virtually unchanged until 1967. On the May 26, 1938, Hitler laid the cornerstone of the brand new factory near Fallersleben, Lower Saxony, that would produce the 'KdF-Wagen' or 'Strength through Joy' car, and the adjoining new town would be known as 'KdF-Stadt' – renamed Wolfsburg post-war. Hitler also introduced a savings scheme where aspiring owners could collect stamps that would eventually pay for their car. Production was to start in September 1939 coinciding with the outbreak of WW2. World War Two was declared. Though a trickle of Types 60 and 4WD 82e KdF-Wagens were built between 1939 and 1944, production inevitably focused on military vehicles such as the Kubelwagen and Schwimmwagen. For most of the war, the KdF plant escaped heavy bombing because the new town was not on many allied maps. From 1944 the factory manufactured the V1 flying bomb, until US bombing raids destroyed the factory. It’s possible that production of KdF Volkswagens between 1937 and 1944 totalled 840 units. The typ 92 was produced in less then 50 units , while the typ 82e in less then 400 units.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kdf 92 and the 82e has the kdf 82 (kubelwagen) chassis, being destined to military use.The military kdf , typ 92 and 82e , has the chassis starting number with 5 (engine number too), while the civic kdf the chassis starting number was 1 , typ 82 kubelwagen was 2 and typ 166 Schwimmwagen was 7.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Regimentals Militaria Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52870344343888,"sku":null,"price":166000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/4420\/5648\/files\/KDF444.jpg?v=1776420807","url":"https:\/\/regimentalsmilitaria.co.uk\/products\/german-wwii-military-volkswagen-beetle","provider":"Regimentals Militaria Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}