1955 Volkswagen De Luxe Sedan 'Beetle' [Typ 1]

1955 Volkswagen De Luxe Sedan [Typ 1] in The Real McCoys, TV Series, 1957-1963 Ep. 3.09

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for: USA

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Ingo ◊ 2010-07-26 13:22	1953-57. When came the first metallic paint, 1955? Btw.: VW was unable to offer metallic paint in respectable quality until the end of the 70ies. This one above from the 50ies was worse, the following ones, too.
DynaMike ◊ 2010-07-26 13:46	Metallic blue since March 1953, but I'd say this is rather Polar Silver since March 1955. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/paintcodestype1.php
rjluna2 ◊ 2010-07-26 14:02	When did the oval taillight were introduced?
DynaMike ◊ 2010-07-26 14:16	Small oval lights with glass on the top: 1954/55, bigger oval lights with no glass on the top: 1956/1961. The lights here look like teh smaller ones.
rjluna2 ◊ 2010-07-26 14:36	That is what I thought