BORDER PATROL Writing the feature on Len Jones’ Kübelwagen for this issue came at a time when I’d just come back from this year’s VolksWorld Show.
As I say in the feature, I’d never paid much attention to wartime VWs until a few years ago, and the only thing that brought them onto my radar then was seeing a ratty, slammed Kübel. The only reason I thought that one was cool was the ratty, slammed part!
I can recall seeing features on Type 82Es and a Kommandeurwagen in early editions of VolksWorld. Ex-Editor, Ivan McCutcheon, would always flip his wig over them, and I know his dream VW was a Schwimmwagen.
Later, I’d see pictures of Schwimmwagens ‘Schwimming’ at events like Hessisch Oldendorf, but didn’t appreciate how cool they really…
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VolksWorld (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024