> Ole ben came up w/ the concept, & everything evolved from that! The fact that the 1st attempt on a bug frame failed is not his fault-it was the fault of some marketing guy or exec. who tried to implement the concept w/o the engineering knowledge to translate ben's idea into reality, or not! Tom B.-kinda like Bill Gates developing the pc platform?(as opposed to Steve Jobs) Flame suit on > I just can't understand why people believe Pons was the inventor of > the Type 2. A box with a Beetle floorpan ain't a Type 2. An indirect > predecessor, perhaps, but no more than that. > > The first Type 2 was built in 1949... every panel was handmade (oh, > baby, where is it now??). It LOOKED just like a Barndoor, which is > basically what it was. This vehicle was not designed or styled by > Pons. I don't think it used a Beetle chassis either... too narrow, > with no crossmembers. It was indeed not strong enough, and was > redesigned for production. > > And whoever styled it was a genius. How to make something shaped like > a box (or loaf of bread) look NICE, well, whoever he was, he > succeeded. > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin > New Zealand > Fossil preparator > <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> > Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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