1961 Volkswagen Limousine Export [Typ 1]

1961 Volkswagen Limousine [Typ 1] in P.S., Movie, 1979

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
rjluna2 ◊ 2021-04-01 15:26	Am I seeing oval taillight?
tore-40 ◊ 2021-04-01 17:33	You do. From this angle it looks like a pre-1965 (even a Pope's nose lamp housing?) What would it be like, for a normal citizen, buying a car from across the border during the cold war- @Ingo, @andrepa, @Animatronixx, @Mystery Man?
Animatronixx ◊ 2021-04-01 17:47	<- Pronounced West-German with zero interest or experience in East-German stuff whatsoever. Sorry, I'm out.
tore-40 ◊ 2021-04-01 18:18	OK. Just me being curious. Remember, it's only 60 years, about the time this car was new, since we could freely buy new Western cars up here in Norway as well.
Gamer ◊ 2021-04-01 18:56	Before the wall it was no problem getting Western cars into the East.
Mystery Man ◊ 2021-04-01 19:26	Owning a car in the GDR was something special. Owning a Western car, the condition doesn't matter, was nearly priceless and just possible as artist, when you got it before the Wall, with Western relatives, living in East Berlin or just with very good contacts...
tore-40 ◊ 2021-04-01 19:39	So back to the car in question: Probably a (late) 1961 or a very very early 1962 - before the wall