Tagged With "Sicily"
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Re: Spotted on the Road, Palermo, Sicily
The VW Beetle has been in production for 77 years !! It produced many derivatives during WW2 for army use. Another piece of magnificent engineering.
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Re: Spotted on the Road, Palermo, Sicily
The most common military version of the Beetle in WW2 was the "Kubelwagen," the German equivalent of the U.S. Jeep. Here's a picture of them together... Incidentally, "Kubelwagen" means "bucket car," named because it was one of the first vehicles equipped with bucket seats...deeply indented to help keep passengers from flying out when the side doors were not in place.
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Re: Spotted on the Road, Palermo, Sicily
Gumbo's got a photo of a 1943 Kubelwagen from the great Tampa Bay Automobile Museum collection.
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Re: Spotted on the Road, Palermo, Sicily
Originally Posted by GarryRF: Rommels' Afrika Korps ? Yes, that Palm Tree icon is their symbol. Uncanny resemblance to PortMoresby's avatar, although she's nothing at all like Rommel or his Korps.
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Re: Spotted on the Road, Palermo, Sicily
DrF, are you sure? Yours is, indeed, a Fiat 500. I drove the Spanish version, called a Seat, during a time I spent in Mallorca, mid '60's, a new one that broke down regularly, terrible car but rented, so the agency would pick it up and fix it. As PHeymont mentions, I think of VW as the real "People's Car", reliable and a '69 model, I may have mentioned previously, lives in my garage below me as I write. I intend to update its registration soon so a friend can drive it. I'm sure I'll be...
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Re: Segesta, Sicily (Where Gumbo Was #196)
Wonderful presentation DrF. Enjoyed sharing your travels !
