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Date:         Sat, 13 Jul 2013 02:02:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Ohana <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject:      Re: Friday VW trivia
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2013071218273671@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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*that* is impressive. A detail I have never heard of beforein VW Land.


Who's worked on a Tatra ?  I want one, lol.
I can only claim Citroen, Borward, NSU  and a few oddballs like that.




On 7/12/2013 3:27 PM, David Beierl wrote:
> At 05:52 PM 7/12/2013, Jim Felder wrote:
>> Volkswagen was a later name for the "kleinauto" (small car) that Dr
>> Porsche
>> invented. The original name was the KdF-wagen, which stood for
>
> You say "invented" -- Tatra's suit against Porsche for copying the
> Tatra T97 was interrupted by The War, but in 1967 VWAG paid Tatra DM
> 3,000,000 to settle the matter.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
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