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yet another old 54 pic
kombikim - March 28th, 2007 at 11:00 PM

spose you are getting sick of my dads photos by now, but I found this one recently, taken August 1954, when the car was about 2 weeks old,it is the only photo I have before the roof rack & if you look closely there are a few interesting things, 1stly it was fitted with a radio from new, that was a few weeks pay in 1954, most people saved for a radio after they got the car, second thing is it has a suction cap sunvisor on passengers side, I dont remember that, so it probably did not survive long in the sun. it also has a glossy shine to the paint, this tended to fast disappear on 50's bugs, I dont ever remember it being shiney,
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l266/Kombikim/oval%2054%20pics/new54016.jpg


h - March 28th, 2007 at 11:07 PM

hey i could never get sick of real old pics that have family n vws connected to them.. nice one..
what an era..


koolkarmakombi - March 29th, 2007 at 08:00 AM

Aaaah, more memories!

Nice work Kim


byronbus - March 29th, 2007 at 08:32 AM

Keep em coming kim...great


squizy - March 29th, 2007 at 10:45 AM

Great pic Kim. Keep pulling the old pics out mate. :thumb


gellecan - March 29th, 2008 at 09:06 PM

how many have suction cup visors these days i agree keep them comming


The Bigfella - March 30th, 2008 at 08:09 AM

Excellent - yep keep em coming.

Incidentally, speaking of old photos, I found a photo on the net of my boat the other day - taken in 1945 when she was in the Navy. Fitted with depth charges and .303 machine gun in those days - although the gun appears to be stowed in the photo unfortunately (waiting on a blow up from the War Memorial to tell).

Another find was movie footage of Dad being captured by the Germans on Crete. Spotted it while watching a doco on the history channel - and got a copy.