April 7th 12, 09:35 AM
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Father Of The VW Beetle
Ve know where you live!!!!
"KWW" > wrote in message
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> As I recall some payment was made to the fellow to go ahead and quiet the
> dispute over design issues but either before or after that the German Govt
> (war-time govt) "convinced" all claims to be dropped against Porsche.
> KWW
> On 4/3/2012 10:45 PM, John wrote:
>> I,m sure it was in a "VW Trends' but couldnt find it in my old mags. Jan
>> was right though, I,m sure that was the bloke mentioned.
>> "Jan > wrote in message
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>>> Now this is out o fmy memory so I may have some of it wrong, but I think
>>> Porsche was at least accused of "stealing" Hans Ledwinka's (Tatra
>>> designer) designs to make the early KDF wagen designs.
>>>
>>> Jan
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>>> On 4/3/2012 7:00 AM, P.J.Berg wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:44:27 +0200, > wrote:
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>>>>> Thats the car. According to this book I read
>>>>> the bloke who designed that also did the beetle.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What book is that? It's the first I have heard of Tatra or its designer
>>>> in connection with the Beetle.
>>>> Perhaps there is something on Wikipedia.
>>>>
>>>> J.
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>>>>>
>>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>> news
>>>>>> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:32:21 +0200, > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Last I read the designer was actually a Czech bloke ( and I may be
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> error
>>>>>>> here re the engine) who designed a beetle looking car but much
>>>>>>> longer
>>>>>>> and a
>>>>>>> V8 in rear.
>>>>>>> No?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Different vehicle all together, you are thinking of Tatra.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> J.
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>>>>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>>>> news
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:58:55 +0200, Bill Berckman
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In every VW book I have read, they cite Ferdinand Porsche as the
>>>>>>>>> person who designed the VW Beetle. I ran across some information
>>>>>>>>> today that disputes that. It says that an engineer by the name of
>>>>>>>>> Josep Ganz was the person responsible, but because he was Jewish,
>>>>>>>>> he
>>>>>>>>> was forced to leave Germany during that time, and his name erased
>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>> German history books
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Take a look at the link if you get a chance and see what you
>>>>>>>>> think:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.josef-ganz.com/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just read that somewhere myself, probably less than two weeks ago.
>>>>>>>> Not
>>>>>>>> entirely certain of the name though.
>>>>>>>> I'll take a look at the link later.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> J.
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