🚗️Käfer

1938 - 2003 | 1st generation | Typ 1

You might call this a formal portrait of my tkird Volkswagen, a 1973 model.  It had a larger motor and some other improvements.  It also had a steel sunroof, which needed too many repairs.  The photo was taken at Jubilee College State Park, near Kickapoo, a few miles west of our home in Peoria, Illinois.

I kept the llinois license plate, RW 4336, from my second year in Peoria until we moved to Annandale, Virginia.  It has my initials and birth date.  In Illinois, you could request any license plate with two letters and four numbers, if it was not already taken.
Photo by Roger W / CC BY-SA 2.0

Fact Sheet

This record is archived under the More Cars ID 10007096. It was created 8 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 3 days ago. The last update was performed 7 years, 7 months, 6 days ago.

NameKäfer
Built from1938
Built to2003
Generation1
Internal CodeTyp 1
Total Production21529464
More Cars ID10007096
Entry CreatedDec 3, 2017, 1:07 PM
Last UpdatedSep 13, 2018, 5:29 PM

Brand1

The »Käfer« is a car model from »VW«.

  • VW
    • Volkswagen
    • 1937-
    • 🇩🇪
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Successor1

The successor of the »Käfer« was the »New Beetle«.

Magazine Issues11

More Cars knows of 11 magazine issues that had an article about the »Käfer«.

Image Gallery7

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