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Date:         Sat, 03 Feb 1996 14:21:53 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dan Geer <geer@OpenMarket.com>
Subject:      library research



My twelve year old daughter was at a flea market
and bought me this as a gift:


Popular Mechanics, July, 1955 issue


Cover (illustration) is a two-toned (white over orange)
Kombi parked at a lake shore, side doors open, with the
headline "Volkswagen Camp Car"


The other cover headline is "What can we do about smog?"


Inside the two-page VW article begins:
        There are cars, and there are cars -- and then
        there's the Volkswagen.  As one enthusiast described
        it: "The VW is not just a car, it's a disease.  And
        a very contagious one at that!"


Other information is that the Kombi is $2095, the MicroBus
is $2195, and the DeLuxe with fold-back sunshine roof is $2745.


I must also say how it closes:
        What about spare parts?  Take along an extra fan
        belt -- that's all you need.  VW engines normally
        go 100,000 miles without an overhaul!


--dan
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