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Date:         Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:03:34 EST
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
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From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: From the vw news rumor mill
Comments: To: albeeee@MCHSI.COM
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In a message dated 12/23/04 3:59:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
albeeee@MCHSI.COM writes:




> Not exactly sure where the KDF name came in, or was
> that the name of the savings- stamp programme?)
> 


KDF was the name of volkswagen before there was volkswagen.  it was a name 
Adolf Hitler picked,  and it meant Kraft Dürch freude  or "Strength thru Joy"   
very nazi propaganda-esque sounding.. KDF era beetles were made from the mid 
to late 30's..  the swastika surrounded by a cogwheel (the KDF car's original 
logo) was later followed by the \X/ surrounded by a cogwheel. 
not to be confused with KFC  which means "Very greasy chicken", a name which 
Colonel Sanders picked.


chris
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