1945 VOLKSWAGEN Käfer Pritschenwagen

            The very first pre-Beetle was presented in May 1938 and was called KdF-Wagen, which stands for Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy Car). This cheap car was developed by Ferdinand Porsche commissioned by the Nazi regime, although it's actually still debatable if the basic ideas of this revolutionary rear engined air-cooled car were originally his.
After WWII Volkswagen Werk came under control of the British Military.
In Oct. and Nov. 1945 Volkswagenwerk started to make Vans and Pick-ups based on Beetles and on the Kübelwagen.
This Type 81 Pick-up was based on the Beetle body fitted to a Kübelwagen floorpan. Most of them were made out of spare parts and used around the VW plant and not meant for public sale. 

1131 cc air-cooled boxer engine.
Production VW Type 81 Pick-up: 1945.

Original photographer, place and date unknown.
Source: Stiftung Automuseum Volkswagen.
Image taken from the book 'Volkswagens of the World', by Simon Glen, Veloce Publishing Plc, Dorchester, 1999.

Amsterdam, July 7, 2018.

© 1999/2018 Veloce Publishing/Sander Toonen Amsterdam | All Rights Reserved
   

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