Aussieveedubbers · VW Pic of the Week

WTF is this

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/23770/wtf-is-this

VDUBXTC · 2 Jun 2004, 1:21 am

It has early vw wheels and brakes

Volkspower · 2 Jun 2004, 9:46 am

That's a Plattenwagen. They were made in Wolfsburg to carry freight around the factory. Ben Pon supposedly sketched the Type 2 after seeing these running around the factory.

Cruzin in a Golf · 2 Jun 2004, 11:32 am

which end is the front or does it drive from both sides.

vw54 · 2 Jun 2004, 1:14 pm

Yep thats what it is... didnt know the name, but knew thats what they were for in the factory.

Looks like this one is a later model from the 60s or so.

tonyg · 2 Jun 2004, 8:27 pm

There used to be an english ford with similar wheels to old VW... might be one of them ??? Sure looks like english styling.

Cruzin in a Golf · 2 Jun 2004, 10:45 pm

well the way it look it might have come a cropper a bit he he, i have seen pictures of one before but thought it was some crazy motor show concept, that amounted to nothing.