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1957
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Oval Window, 1953 - 1957
In 1953 came the first major changes in Beetle styling. Rear view was increasingly a problem and so the boys in Wolfsburg cut out the centre post and made the split into an oval. Some callous butchers are known to have manually cut the center post of the split rear window out either to improve rear visibility or to make their cars look newer!
This window stayed in vogue until 1958 with the first small square rear window model.
Note that the rear bonnet was the same as th
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― Bugspray
― Bugspray
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In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture.
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― Notebooks 1951-1959
― Notebooks 1951-1959