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| posted on September 4th, 2002 at 02:59 PM |
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Cool old photo's.
Hey all.
Use this link http://www.pictureaustralia.org/ and type in VW, or
Volkswagen in the search for some really cool old VW Australian factory and advertising photo's.
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| posted on September 4th, 2002 at 03:48 PM |
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Whats with the datsun in the front????
Didn't know VW made them?
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| posted on September 4th, 2002 at 03:50 PM |
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They were assembled in the Nissan factory in Vic.:o
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| posted on September 5th, 2002 at 12:32 AM |
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that place is odd, of the doubles of pictures that show only every second pictures can be clicked and seen in full size
(hope that makes sense) 
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| posted on September 5th, 2002 at 03:57 PM |
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Wonder how many VWs are left in the Antarctic ???
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About to ask a similar question.
I'd never imagined a beetle could cope in the Antartic.
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| posted on September 8th, 2002 at 05:49 PM |
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VW's kicked ass in Antartic
VW's kicked ass in Antartic...
They a couple down there...And a few buggies to I believe!!
Find this book......
"Knowing Australian Volkswagens" written by Dave Long & Phil Mathews.....I can highly recommend this book...It's great read!
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| posted on September 8th, 2002 at 09:09 PM |
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Are there any still down there or did they bring them all back?
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Article
Humpty, followed you lead. Here's an article from "Knowing Australian Volkswagens"
http://www.rallybugs.com/antartica1.htm |
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| posted on September 10th, 2002 at 11:07 AM |
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So interesting
Hey the article is really interesting
I wonder if they did keep shipping them back?
It would be interesting to email Mawson to see if we can get some current info
OK, call me crazy but I've emailed Mawson's Station and Field Support giving them a link to the post and to the article and asking nicely
for information. Hmmm, I wonder if I'll hear back. I'll let you know :o
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| posted on September 10th, 2002 at 02:25 PM |
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Got reply
Hi Jen
Unfortunately we do not have a lot of information available on the volkswagons that were used at mawson. The article that you already have provides
most of the information. As far as I can ascertain, just the two VWs were used in Antarctica, this wasn't a regular occurence on the stations.
It would seem that this was a good publicity stunt for VW, however. We had a copy of the VWA review (June 1963) which features Antarctica 1 - I have
scanned this and attached the individual pages.
Hope this helps
Laura Cunningham
Information Services
Australian Antarctic Division
Laura has attached 8 jpg's which I will post later if your interested. Or I can forward on the email and attachments to anyone who wants to copy
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| posted on September 10th, 2002 at 06:57 PM |
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Dubs down south!
I'll sign up.....Yes please!
Can you email them to me...Nice to know what the crew @ Mawson thought of the "stunt".
Later
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| posted on September 11th, 2002 at 11:30 AM |
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Oops....
Go to 'VW Pic of the week' if you want to read the info sent on the Vee Dubbs in Mawson
Well I guess they ARE pics |
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