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 XXX-1.8T
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| posted on December 12th, 2014 at 02:31 PM |
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Vintage VW Audi Dealership Photos
Found this photo on Instagram:
Anyone have any Vintage photos like this in Australia?
Phil?
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| posted on January 7th, 2015 at 01:57 PM |
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oops!
Here it is:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/14598_1015297...
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| posted on January 9th, 2015 at 08:17 AM |
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Way cooool 
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| posted on January 9th, 2015 at 08:35 AM |
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wheres Phil these days surely he has some pics to share?
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| posted on January 9th, 2015 at 11:06 AM |
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Here's one from September 1990
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!
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| posted on January 9th, 2015 at 01:33 PM |
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Didnt know Mullers did Subaru?
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| posted on January 9th, 2015 at 03:00 PM |
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All the Volkswagen dealers did from the mid 70s to the mid 80s. Subaru was imported by LNC.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!
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| posted on January 11th, 2015 at 10:24 AM |
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things you find on here......... orange 67 beetle , oval window rear cut i put in , volvo sports mags i sold to Adrian ,parked out front
...the POLICE..never think it's as funny as you do
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| posted on January 13th, 2015 at 08:58 AM |
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Yes I have a few old dealership photos, but it's easier to find dealership ads rather than dealer photos. Most large libraries have local newspapers
on fiche rolls - look up the 1960s and you'll always find them.
That instragram photo is interesting. It looks like the UK to me, rather than Australia, looking at the number plate shapes. And that's a 411 in the
middle.
LNC took on the Subaru franchise in 1973 as a replacement for Rover, which they lost when Leyland Australia was formed. LNC was diversifying, with VW
only one of many franchises they operated. Instead of selling Subaru through a new chain of dealers, as they did with their Colt/Bellet, Yamaha and
Rambler franchises, they just sold them through their existing VW dealer network. For a few years they were 'joint' VW-Subaru dealers, but by 1977
(when VWs were fully imported, costs rose and sales dropped), they became Subaru dealers, with VW just an aside (mostly VW parts and service, and the
occasional Transporter or Golf/Passat diesel sale).
This is Eric Young's Motors in Lithgow, about 1984. As you can see, VW was just one of many LNC franchises by then. That's my Beetle parked in
front. The site is now a mower repair shop.
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| posted on January 13th, 2015 at 09:06 AM |
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Here's some examples of the VW dealer ads I mentioned.
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| posted on January 13th, 2015 at 09:28 AM |
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Hi Phil i was after ones with specific VW and Audi signage.
Got any more or VW / Audi adverts?
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| posted on January 13th, 2015 at 03:32 PM |
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Here is another shot of Muller and Muller, taken in the early 1990s. VW/Audi and Subaru were separated after Ateco took over VW, but were reunited a
few years under TKM/Inchcape. Even today VW can't quite escape Subaru - look at Bill Buckle at Brookvale, for example.
I have many hundreds of Australian VW ads, dealer and general, in my collection. I don't collect Audi ads though - you've got to draw the line
somewhere.
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| posted on January 13th, 2015 at 03:34 PM |
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Hi Phil
Thanks for this!
do you have any VW ads with Audi logo on them?
Cheers,
Costa....
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| posted on January 14th, 2015 at 11:28 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Phil74Camper- you've got to draw the line somewhere.
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In a circle
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!
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| posted on January 15th, 2015 at 03:09 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by AA003
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Phil74Camper- you've got to draw the line somewhere.
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In a circle
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Gold!
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| posted on January 17th, 2015 at 03:52 PM |
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Hi Costa,
Well Volkswagen ads normally promote VWs, while Audi ads promote Audis. I'm not sure what LNC did when the Auto Union (Audi) was first introduced
here in 1967, but I'll find out. I'll be sourcing VW ads from 1967 over the next couple of months, so if I find any early Audi ads I'll get copies
for you.
Audi had something of a 'relaunch' in 1974 when the Audi Fox was released - the luxury sedan version of the Passat (or the other way around?!) For a
few years Audis were counted as a Volkswagen model in the sales statistics, rather than a separate make as they are now. Yes they were occasionally
advertised together. Here's an example.
In more recent years the only time you'll get VW-Audi logos together is for dealership ads. The bottom ad from about 1990 is when Dale Ford at
Bankstown took on VW/Audi for a short time. They should have learned to use apostrophes correctly - they aren't used for plurals.
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| posted on January 17th, 2015 at 08:54 PM |
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.....and the Audi Fox was an Australia only model. I think that the rear suspension was Passat and German built models had independant.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!
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| posted on January 19th, 2015 at 10:41 AM |
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Thanks Phil let me know !
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| posted on August 16th, 2015 at 09:30 PM |
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OK I found some Audi ads from mid-1967, when the new range was released here for the first time. In those days, the 'Audi' was considered to be
another Volkswagen model, rather than a separate marque as it is today.
I also have some 1967 newspaper road tests of the new Audi, which I will reproduce in a future issue of the Club VW magazine 'Zeitschrift'.
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| posted on August 16th, 2015 at 09:34 PM |
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A couple more
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| posted on August 16th, 2015 at 09:41 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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.....and the Audi Fox was an Australia only model. I think that the rear suspension was Passat and German built models had independant.
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Not Australia only. It was also called the Audi Fox for the US market.
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| posted on August 21st, 2015 at 10:29 AM |
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Awesome Phil!
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| posted on September 6th, 2015 at 10:28 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Phil74Camper
In more recent years the only time you'll get VW-Audi logos together is for dealership ads. The bottom ad from about 1990 is when Dale Ford at
Bankstown took on VW/Audi for a short time. They should have learned to use apostrophes correctly - they aren't used for plurals.
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Dale European took on VW/Audi from Muller and Muller around 1995 . They handed back the Audi franchise at the end of 1998 followed by VW passenger in
2000 . They were also a Seat dealer from 1995-1999 . From memory Dale European closed its operations around 2002 about the same time McGrath took it
over in Liverpool
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| posted on September 7th, 2015 at 07:05 AM |
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Yep. The site is a Mitsubishi dealer now. I remember Dale had a large lit neon 'Volkswagen' sign inside their showroom - I wonder what happened to
it.
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