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Father Of The VW Beetle
Ve know where you live!!!!
"KWW" > wrote in message ... > 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 >> ... >>> 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 >>> >>> On 4/3/2012 7:00 AM, P.J.Berg wrote: >>>> On Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:44:27 +0200, > wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> > 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> > 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. >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Using Opera's revolutionary email client: >>>>>>>> http://www.opera.com/mail/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > > --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to > --- |
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